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"Ahmed Bedier is the Executive Director of the Tampa Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Mr. Bedier is an expert on Islam, media relations, civil rights, hate crimes and the Mideast."

"Bedier repeated condemnations of violent extremist actions as not Islamic."

Sounds like this Bedier guy is a pretty moderate guy. Of course that's what he want's you to think. I mean, that's from the RoP playbook. Keep the kafirs in the dark about your true feelings and they will never catch on. What better way to wage war, sit in the midst of your enemy's lands and undermine its legal system at every chance you get. It's obvious this guy doesn't really condemn violence against infidels; if he did he would step up against every crime committed by his brothers and sisters in this country.

I believe silence is equal to approval. Mr. Bedier takes it one step further, when one of his brother's or sisters is accused of a crime he steps up to defend them, complete strangers. He defends them by inserting the notion that the police are corrupt or that the accused are victims of racial profiling. This alone proves the point that Mr. Bedier has no respect for our laws in this country and he believes that any crimes committed by his brothers or sisters are just. Until I hear him condemn these people, I will consider him, along with CAIR, a threat to the security of this country. Below are just a few links of Mr. Bedier defending people accused of crimes in this country. Notice the theme:



The case against Ahmed Abda Sherf Mohamed and Yousef Samir Megahed:

"Ahmed Bedier, the executive director of a civil rights organization for Muslims in Tampa, criticized the arrest as racial profiling, an accusation South Carolina police refuted."

And who can forget convicted terror supporter Sami Al-Arian.

"Mr. Bedier said Judge Moody unfairly drew on evidence from the trial that was not stipulated to in Al-Arian's plea agreement. The judge faulted Al-Arian for writing a fund-raising letter to seek financial support for terrorist "operations," but Mr. Bedier noted that jurors found there was no conclusive evidence that Al-Arian ever sent the missive."

One of the questions dealt with the morality behind Al-Arian's connection to Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Fountain asked, "If he was associating with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, doesn't that seem immoral, in your opinion?" Bedier responded, "To a certain degree. Now, before 1995 there was nothing immoral about it."

About Bedier's statements, Joe Kaufman, Chairman of Americans Against Hate, said, "It is disgraceful for Ahmed Bedier to make light of a cold-blooded terrorist organization, as he has about the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. It is offensive to the memories of all those that died at the hands of this monstrous group! It is equally offensive for Bedier to describe the acquittal of terrorist leader Sami Al-Arian in terms of 'jubilation.' Our organization calls on the news media to not seek quotes from this man, but to instead denounce his irresponsible statements."

It doesn't always have to talk like a duck to be a duck.


Some more reading about Mr. Bedier:

http://whatwouldcharlesmarteldotm.blogspot.com/2007/03/response-to-ahmed-bedier.html

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/013937.php - one of my favorite blogs -

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID={CB0442A8-2205-4752-B1B8-6A7468939FF5}

This dude even have a myspace page. Bah, that's so 2005.