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To: Lane3 who wrote (8513)	11/1/2001 11:43:01 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

I agree with you, we should be able to see things like last night's CSPAN broadcast of the Black Panther Party panel, difficult though it was to watch. Lots of comments on FreeRepublic.com about the show: freerepublic.com Reading through it, I satisfied myself that the man I heard talking about Israeli/Zionist/Jews taking down the World Trade Center was, indeed, Imam Mohammed al-Asi from the Islamic Center in Washington, D.C. That's the place that Bush went to to give his "Islam is peace" speech. whitehouse.gov

To: Lane3 who wrote (8513)	11/1/2001 12:11:28 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Well, this is a bit of a relief. I have been googling around trying to find out more about "Imam" Mohammed al-Asi, allegedly "elected Imam" of the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C. - - the "elected" part raised my lawyer antennae. Turns out he hasn't been considered the Imam for about 20 years - they threw him out. >>About twenty years ago now the elected Imam of the mosque, Mohamed al-Asi, awoke one day to find hundreds of Washington police surrounding the Mosque where he lived. He and his family were being expelled. Orchestrated by the Saudis and the Egyptians the Washington Mosque was essentially being seized so they could control what was said during the Friday sermons and use the Mosque for their own "client-regime" purposes. No elections have ever been held since. Al-Asi, a highly unusual and articulate Imam who had served in the American military, and remnants of his flock, still to this day sometimes pray on the street corner across from the Mosque on Fridays, remembering their fate.<< waco93.com While I was trying to ID this speaker, I called the Black Panthers in D.C., asking if they had a line-up of the speakers. The woman who answered the phone told me I'd have to speak to Mr. Shabazz himself (he wasn't in). That suggests to me that the organization is small, although quite articulate and passionate.

To: Lane3 who wrote (8513)	11/1/2001 6:32:14 PM
From: JustTradeEm	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I think it's important for these events to be displayed for us to see. Hiding them from the public doesn't make them go away. Hi Karen, well, my feeling is hatred, bitterness and violence only breed more hatred, bitterness and violence. I think we are all witnessing that on a daily basis. If my cable company were airing a children's show I thought preached the above messages, I'd do the same thing. If a male were on C-SPAN preaching hatred, bitterness and violence toward women, would you do likewise ? Or the KKK spewing their garbage ? I never said hide a thing .... these things exist in our world and everyone is entitled to their "voice". I just don't have to pay for it which I do in this case being a cable subscriber. I said if people were offended they have a duty to voice their displeasure to the appropriate individuals. I think expressing one's opinion is important regardless of the situation or circumstances; if one is silent, they are part of the problem, never the solution. Peace .... JB