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In a remarkable bit of television, Sean Hannity brought radical Muslim cleric Sheik Anjem Choudary front and center last night to remind Americans of exactly the problem the world faces with the Egyptian situation. Here's the link if you missed it.
This could not be more serious, as the events in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East demonstrate.
Choudary, sitting in London, flatly stated the Islamic fundamentalist objective: "Sharia will come and it will remove the corruption of democracy, and freedom, and all of your exploitation.…You are worried because you know Islam is coming to your backyard."
To his immense credit Hannity bored in on the guy, quoting previous statements and finally getting him to admit that, well, yes…he was a supporter of Osama bin Ladin. As to Israel? "When you occupy someone's land, and you steal their resources, and you kill innocent, men, women, and children, then of course that needs to be repelled." Which is to say, as with Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Choudary wants Israel wiped off the face of the earth in a 21st century Holocaust.
As Choudary obscenely danced around whether 72 virgins were greeting the 9/11 hijackers after their deed, Hannity let him have it, as our friends at Newsmax have noted: "The point is, you are radical, murder-supporting fascist, and you want [your ways] to be spread to the rest of the world."
Surveys have shown repeatedly Americans "don't know much about history," so this is apparently the moment to remind of the history between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Nazis. Here's a thumbnail sketch over at YouTube of the relationship between the Palestinian Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin Al Husseini, and Adolph Hitler. It's narrated in part by British historian and Churchill biographer Sir Martin Gilbert, and explains the ties between Hitler and the Mufti, showing old film of the two men together. Also on this video is John Loftus, a former Justice Department prosecutor. In a 2004 article at David Horowitz's Frontpagemag.com, Loftus said:"The grand Mufti of Jerusalem was the Muslim Brotherhood representative for Palestine."
There was no Israel in 1936, and as is pointed out on the video, there was only one reason why Hitler would deal with the non-Aryan Mufti: they both wanted to exterminate the Jews.
Which brings us back to Sean Hannity's interview with the radical cleric Sheik Anjem Choudary.
There is an Israel today, and Hitler is long dead. But the essence of the Nazi-Muslim Brotherhood connection -- the zeal to murder the Jews -- is still alive and well. Let it not be forgotten that it was this kind of thing that led directly to World War II.
Sheik Choudary -- who quite openly professed his admiration for Osama Bin Ladin -- vividly illustrates the point made so long ago by the Muslim Brother's Grand Mufti.
As a considerable number of Americans -- including some conservatives -- fumble for a response to what is going on, they should pay attention when Senator John McCain yesterday pointedly linked Mohamed ElBaradei to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Last night Hannity brought 21st century television's spotlight to a very old -- yet still very dangerous -- evil. Hopefully, we're all paying attention.
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Kent Lyon| 2.3.11 @ 3:44PM
Not only is no one paying attention, the lack of attention is purposeful and very pointed. I wouldn't be surprised if Obama, who sent a billion dollars directly to Hamas, winds up supporting the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, as Jimmy Carter did the Ayatollah in Iran.
Paul McGrath| 2.3.11 @ 3:58PM
Hannity is useless. Instead of letting the guy speak and burying himself, he injected his own personality into the story. I am so tired of this guy.
Paul McGrath| 2.3.11 @ 4:11PM
How about this for a question? All right, you win, the Israelis leave tomorrow, and cede their territory. Who gets it, Mr. Imam? Ooh, I would love to hear that answer.
Or how about this? 3,000 people were killed on 9-11. Did you support the actions that killed them?
There are, of course, many other questions that Hannity could have asked directly, instead of resorting to name-calling and assumption. He is just not a great spokesman for conservatism. That's not to say he is not a conservative, it is to say he is a horrible spokesman.
ds80| 2.4.11 @ 7:25AM
Paul McGrath, your indignant squeal for perfection in others is just more noise. What did it accomplish, except to show how little patience you have?
Too Many Tims| 2.3.11 @ 4:30PM
Useless? Hannity took on a man/movement that doesn't hesitate to murder it's enemies. It was courageous.
Willy| 2.3.11 @ 4:08PM
The problem is that the elites still believe that they can 'reason' with anyone, history notwithstanding. We need to continue the effort to inform voters that conservatives are serious about both our freedoms and protecting the country from those who seek to destroy us. This regime is Carter II and we will be put at risk again because of it.
gsr| 2.3.11 @ 4:22PM
So tell me then, why has Mooooslim immigration gone up since 9/11? Why are we importing these people, with their "bizarro-world" views? When we import people, we import their culture, period.
Because libs & conservatives mostly are open borders liberals (small "l"), that's why.
Debbie | 2.3.11 @ 5:12PM
@Paul McGrath,
I tend to agree with you!, although I enjoyed Sean Hannity's remarks, I was trying hard to hear what the iman had to say, because he was so outrageous, everyone really needed to hear his crazy and dangerous remarks, and then when he had a chance to, as you say bury himself, then Sean could nail him.
Paul McGrath| 2.3.11 @ 6:28PM
I would have also asked him where he currently resides. I would have asked him where he was born, where he grew up, and where he was educated. Although he stated that he supports sharia law, I would have asked him if he believes it should be applied to the U. S., Canada, Europe, China, Cuba, N. Korea, Russia, Venezuela, etc.
To further nail him down, I would then have asked him if he believes that sharia law applies to women, specifically, if adultery--not to mention abortion--is a crime. I would have asked him if sharia law is in acceptance of homosexuality.
Instead of calling him names, interrupting him, and putting words in his mouth, Hannity should have simply asked him basic questions.
This is why he is so annoying. And useless.
tonypal| 2.3.11 @ 6:57PM
Paul, you and I watched a completely different interview. He repeatedly questioned him about 9-11. He didn't use the same words you used, but it seems he was essentially asking the same question.
My main problem with your critique is the list of questions he should have asked. It's easy to Monday morning quarterback any interview. Haven't you ever debated someone and then kicked yourself afterward because you should have said this or that? But what I'd like you to tell us is when exactly was he supposed to ask all these questions. He goes into the interview limited by the length of the segment, then has to deal with a guest who rambles on and on without actually dealing with the question. So how exactly was he supposed to ask all of your questions and elicit responses in that atmosphere?
Paul McGrath| 2.3.11 @ 7:20PM
My point, Tony, is that he should have been more direct. Hannity doesn't really ask a question until he pontificates for twenty or thirty seconds. And then he repeats himself ad nauseum. Yes, the guy rambled on, but with a guy like that you have to be direct. Hannity's problem is that he must always be in the spotlight.
And I thought of these questions as the show was going on, not this morning. To simply ask them, to consider them--whether the imam answers them or no--is to force the left, the right, gays, women, dictators and democracies to choose sides in the battle against this awful, dehumanizing ideology.
Sammie Jo| 2.4.11 @ 3:01AM
Your post is worth about as much as I paid to read it--nothing.
If you dislike Hannity so much, turn the channel, moron.
Amanda| 2.4.11 @ 8:46AM
Regardless of style, Hannity made him own up to who he is. This is of great benefit to Americans who need to pay attention to what Muslims and Sharia Law mean for this country.
JmsA| 2.3.11 @ 6:17PM
Mr. Hannity is not the most erudite individual around, but he sticks to the facts, has conviction and is persistent.
Paul McGrath| 2.3.11 @ 6:41PM
And O'Reilly's worse.
Amanda| 2.4.11 @ 8:48AM
Hannity is a conservative and O'Reilly is a liberal in independent's clothing.
PCC| 2.3.11 @ 6:54PM
I tried to listen to a discussion yesterday on Obamacare between two lawyers on the Megyn Kelly programme and had to change channels (to al Jazeera!) because I couldn't hear any one of them make their points due to loud and incessant cross-talk, a Hannity specialty. Don't these programs have producers, and aren't they watching their own products? It's infuriating!
Allison| 2.3.11 @ 7:34PM
Sean Hannity was very bold in his interview with that evil man. He is a hero and a great American conservative. Love the guy.
jgo| 2.3.11 @ 7:55PM
"Instead of letting the guy speak and burying himself, he injected his own personality into the story."
Yes, Hannity should not have interrupted.
Mark Levin does a much better job of suckering foolish evil people into revealing their evil, simply by asking a few polite questions.
Hannity also fastens onto minor things from time to time, and wastes hours blathering about them when more critical issues are on the current events hot-plate. But I still enjoy listening to both, and wish I could still listen to GGLiddy and Neal Boortz here, even though both of them were sometimes annoying.
More speech, and more talk radio, and more libertarian and conservative cable TV is the solution to the radical leftist propaganda machines.
MassGuy| 2.3.11 @ 9:54PM
The Nazi/Islam connection definitely exists. (with our without the Jewish equation)
Hitler himself lamented the fact that since Germany was a Christian nation, it slowed up his agenda. He remarked he wished that it was islamic, more so because that religion mixes soo easily with politics.
Will| 2.4.11 @ 7:12AM
And still...no statement from the President on the threat (that everyone is talking about) of an Islamic republic being installed.