^(the poster above the secessioner) you think I was out of line? I agree with you but do you agree that Khayr is a despicable human being for saying what he said? Wasn't he out of line? C'mon now, be honest with yourself, how can someone score political points on other's misfortune? There is a time and place for everything and this isn't the avenue for it.

^(the poster above the secessioner) you think I was out of line? I agree with you but do you agree that Khayr is a despicable human being for saying what he said? Wasn't he out of line? C'mon now, be honest with yourself, how can someone score political points on other's misfortune? There is a time and place for everything and this isn't the avenue for it.

^(the poster above the secessioner) you think I was out of line? I agree with you but do you agree that Khayr is a despicable human being for saying what he said? Wasn't he out of line? C'mon now, be honest with yourself, how can someone score political points on other's misfortune? There is a time and place for everything and this isn't the avenue for it.

Khayr, what a despicable human being you are. Hungry and homeless people have acres of land, is that what it has come to? Leave it at the door? The poor people in question do not own a dime to their name, much less a land to call theirs, so for you to sit there, looking ways to lose weight because you can't get enough of canjeero every morning, so much so that your belly fat is causing you to have health problems as well as preventing you from climbing the stairs in your usual daily routine and you have the nerve to rationalize the people's misfortunate on Media play and how aid workers are now double agents, looking to harm your precious boys eh? Get your calool weyn out of this corner before aan bariis wajiga kaaga tuurin. People like you deserve nothing short of nacalad, inkaar caloosha hagaa gasho and lets hope masaakiinta iney cunto caawa ilmahooda u helaan while you burn in hell, AAAMIIN dheh calooley.

Khayr, what a despicable human being you are. Hungry and homeless people have acres of land, is that what it has come to? Leave it at the door? The poor people in question do not own a dime to their name, much less a land to call theirs, so for you to sit there, looking ways to lose weight because you can't get enough of canjeero every morning, so much so that your belly fat is causing you to have health problems as well as preventing you from climbing the stairs in your usual daily routine and you have the nerve to rationalize the people's misfortunate on Media play and how aid workers are now double agents, looking to harm your precious boys eh? Get your calool weyn out of this corner before aan bariis wajiga kaaga tuurin. People like you deserve nothing short of nacalad, inkaar caloosha hagaa gasho and lets hope masaakiinta iney cunto caawa ilmahooda u helaan while you burn in hell, AAAMIIN dheh calooley.

Khayr, what a despicable human being you are. Hungry and homeless people have acres of land, is that what it has come to? Leave it at the door? The poor people in question do not own a dime to their name, much less a land to call theirs, so for you to sit there, looking ways to lose weight because you can't get enough of canjeero every morning, so much so that your belly fat is causing you to have health problems as well as preventing you from climbing the stairs in your usual daily routine and you have the nerve to rationalize the people's misfortunate on Media play and how aid workers are now double agents, looking to harm your precious boys eh? Get your calool weyn out of this corner before aan bariis wajiga kaaga tuurin. People like you deserve nothing short of nacalad, inkaar caloosha hagaa gasho and lets hope masaakiinta iney cunto caawa ilmahooda u helaan while you burn in hell, AAAMIIN dheh calooley.

^I pity you more mr exploisive is halal, Mr. let us encourage the killing of innocent people because the qu'ran prescribes it....

I blame Sharif Sheikh Ahmed for failing to improve security. Do not blame the enemy, blame your President, for he has failed his people and his country. Shame on you Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.

I blame Sharif Sheikh Ahmed for failing to improve security. Do not blame the enemy, blame your President, for he has failed his people and his country. Shame on you Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.

I blame Sharif Sheikh Ahmed for failing to improve security. Do not blame the enemy, blame your President, for he has failed his people and his country. Shame on you Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.

^ you don't have to look for them but you can take a lesson from this peace loving Doctor, author Terry Paulson, a respected pschologist in his community, who befriended his co-passengers during a domestic flight because the men abroad the flight fit the profile, which he deemed threatening, thereby taking action, which meant, making inquiries that led him to bedfriend them in order to gather information that could determine whether these men were a threat or whether in fact they were just ordinary travelers who happen to fit the profile of a terrorist. He shared the following incident from four years ago in his weekly column yesterday, in which he said: Four years ago on a small regional flight, I noticed four Arab passengers sitting in different rows. One appeared to be reading a holy text, another an Arab newspaper, a third stared out the window. The final one closest to me was dressed in western clothes and seemed relaxed. The rest in the plane were not relaxed. As an aging businessman, I scanned the plane for allies. Outside of the Arab passengers, I appeared to be the youngest passenger on board. I remembered seeing James Bond use a pen as a weapon to the throat, but I’m no James Bond. On hold at the gate, a plan emerged: “If they are terrorists, wouldn’t you rather find out while on the ground?!” I leaned back to the more casually dressed man sitting near me, “Do you live here or in Chicago?” “Chicago,” he replied with a smile. “I coordinate corporate tours for visiting executives from the Middle East. We are returning from a tour of a plant in Indiana.” The sigh of relief in the plane was evident; others joined in the conversation. We had profiled. We had faced our fears. We had found friends, not terrorists. Not all Muslims are terrorists, but the terrorists who wish to kill Americans are Muslim extremists. Whether it is politically correct or not, we’re all profiling. Profiling is not bigotry; it’s smart self-defense! I'm sure the profiling isn't as simple as Dr. Paulson describes it because not everyone wants to start chat session with his fellow passenger but it is something that is encouraged, plus, its better to be nice than dead, don't you agree Fabre?

Fabre, dawlad-diids dont have the luxury of criticing supporters or offering commentary on the affairs of the President of the republic's office, motives or anything else for that matter. Instead, their attention should be focused solely on praying on staying alive, loyalty and worshiping the figureheads of the founders. On the other hand, the pro-government supporters can criticize their President and at the same time call for his resignation, holding him accountable for the failure of his administration, after all he is our President. Those that voted for him and those that supported him (i.e myself ) can evaluate the events that led up to his nomination until now and come to a sound conclusion, which is that he is not fit to carry us to the next face which to start implementing the eradication policy of terrorists masquerading as Islamic organizations who are looking to restore the republic under Sharia in our country. At the same time, Fabre, there are pro-government supporters who disagree with me, few so far have commented and I respect their decision to stand behind him but I feel that I ought to express my strong views about the President's lack of leadership. The inability to take a lead among your circle, your foot soldiers, administration is a failure, one in which one can not reasonably dismiss nor deflect the attention back to the economy and lack of funds from donors or all other excuses one can find, including but not limited to jibrish nonesense. For instance, the poster who commented about the economic failure and lack of funds available to the administration which is limiting the President's effor, i.e taking a more hands on approach is far from the truth but atleast I respect this said posters position, waayo he is not like you, a notorious dowlad-diid, therefore he can take a stand regarding the affairs of the administration and Our President. All in all, fabre, we supported him yesterday, love him today and will call for his resignation tomorrow, thats how system of governance works. (we are not a cult organization) No results=failure, therefore President Sharif is a failure. I hope this clears up any misundertanding you might have had. PS:Abwaan, ina caato is not welcome to express views about Our President, ee please go indulge in bililiqo, after all thats what your lord imprinted in your hearts and minds, bililiqo in this life and the here after.

5 Reasons why the President should resign: 1) He can not go on being a ceremonial figure. The people elected him to be more than a figure that we call President. We expected a more close engagement with the public should have reflected his role as a President, and after nearly a year, he has shown no improvement and I have no faith he will in the future, for this reason, he should step aside. 2) To the Presidents credit, his diplomatic work this past summer has worked because the Security Council imposed sanctions on Eritrea. The council overwhelmingly voted for the resolution to impose arm, travel sanctions on the country of Eritrea on December 23, 2009. For this reason, President Sharif should be recognized for his tireless effort in diplomatic work and engagement with the international world and his close work with Secretary Clinton that finally made this resolution pass. Kudos to President Sharif but being a diplomatic President does not earn you praises in the battlefield, you must do the work that you were elected to do and that is to fight insurgency when diplomacy fails and you continue fighting until they plead and beg you to sit down for peaceful talks, for this reason, President Sharif is a failure and he should step down. 3) The President has fooled the Somali public, abroad and at home into believing that he would protect the public, engage the public, when in fact he has been confined to his Villa, specifically the bomb room that the AMISOM troops build for him in this past year, in hopes of keeping him safe. Mr President, you are the President of Somalia, not the President of Villa Somalia, therefore, the President of Villa Somalia should step down. 4) The President has failed in improving security when in fact he has failed in proving his own security personnel consisting of Somali intelligence forces, instead his security is provided by foreigner troops 24/7 and has no single one security official that is a Somali descendent. For this reason, I fail to see how he can command authority in his cabinet when the cabinet members and those government bureaucrats are a threat to his life. The President has isolated himself from the public, from the administration and he is not deemed as a threat to the corruption of officials and the disloyalty shown by army personnel, for this reason, the President should step aside. 5) The President has failed the public in that, he can not form a simple and effective police force, army, for this reason, he is a failure. (his idea of forming an army is keeping the company of AMISOM soldiers in armored vehicle) He has failed to secure security for the public, more innocent civilians died under his watch in one year than in the last 5 years. The average Mogadishu resident does not know or engage the president, nor does the average resident have faith that SHARIF, SHEIKH VILLA can protect them, much less restore the country. What more can be said of Sharif Sheikh Ahmed? What more is left? Step aside Mr President All in all, President should step down as he is disgraceful to his people and to his country and he should not look back. I hope he hands in his resignation on his one year anniversary. We all due respect, I supported Sharif Sheikh Ahmed under the assumption that he will restore the republic, put the militant force in their place, instead, under his watch, militant activity increased, Suicide bombing became a Somali Phenomena, heavily depended on foreign fighters by a President who relies on foreign troops to assure his safety. Disclaimer: I still adore SHARIF the man,not SHARIF the president.

^as far it will let it, but this isn't just about government's responsibility. I mean, family members, neighbours, friends reporting on the suspicious action of the said suspect. It is simple, keep your eyes open Fabregas, just because he is a Muslim brother does not mean he is not planting to blow up the masjid that you frequent for friday prayers, thats how far. I believe that it is in the interest of everyone to keep an eye out. DHAGAX, were you saying that when you were being told to take your shoes off yesterday, today underwear, tomorrow faraha aa lagu galin, all because abdul and zakariye decided that the next time they plot, they would hide it in you know where and go to the washroom and shit out the explosives, so we must search you and leave human dignity at the door before you enter an airport? No, way brother, I would rather report on any and all gardheeres in high populated areas, ofcourse, with caution. PS:Fabre, I don't agree with you. The Muslim apologists are far from practicing profiling at the highest level, just listen to Obama and how cautioned he is in fear of saying the wrong thing or waging war on everything Muslim, they are always fearing backlash from the Muslim communities or worrying about what organization will call them an islamaphobe, etc etc. Time to take the gloves off, the west didn't damage the Muslim name, the terrorist did.

Happy New Year SOL You are probably reading this thread now and hesitating to go any further because "anger aa facaa kaa raabe", or so the saying goes . For one, this is not about me or any of my views about a certain subject "JIHAD". In fact, this is about you, SOL member, you and your loved ones and ways to defeating terror by tightening security and yes, this is not a long term solution because Allah knows what attack the enemy is plotting against you and your loved ones today. It is a work in progress, thats what this thread is about. As you read the title of the thread, you abruptly wonder, who are the so called "good guys" and who are the so called "bad ones" ? And another question is, who categorized these people in this order ? Duh, me, you and the rest of the civilized world, who else? Surely, not the bad guys. The answer to your question is rather simple one. The good guys are people who are peaceful human being. In short, the good guys are you, solers, every last one of you. If you wake up every morning to pray for the health of your family, for yourself for your people back home and you pray to see them every day and you fear allah, and do everything is asked of you by your loved ones, a person who minds her/his business, who follows the law and who does not in any way want to harm others or inflict pain, regardless of his or her ethnicity, religious convictions i.e, you are the good guy. (tolerating abti johnny scores you good guy points, really, it does) On the other hand, the bad guys are the opposite of you. Those that plot to attack innocent civilians, those that have no qualm about destroying lives in pursuit of divine deeds in the form of reward in the here after. The bad guys don't care if you believe in the same God, nor do they sit and worry about how many people they are taking out, including their loves ones, even if their intentions are engaging in Holly war, your God against theirs, even thought both the good guys and bad guys have the same god. Its obvious, they deem themselves hollier than thou, so, for this reason alone, they do not care about your safety or the security of the public, whether you might be. The reality is SOLers, these people have made a choice and its time you make a choice for yourself. Its time for you to decide if you are one of the good guys or the bad guys and what measures you are willing to support in order for such measures to be adapted to law that will combat terror in the near future. You, soler, you have to decide if your safety and the safety of of your loved ones are worth more than supporting someone because you feel he or she has been dealt the wrong hand, which may or may not justify their actions and because wey ashhaadaan and claim to be Muslims. The time has come to decide but before you make a decision let me just define what I deem ethnic profiling and why its different than behavioral profiling and whether one or both should be implemented as a short term solution, which can possibly combat terror by putting some individuals more than others in the shorter list. As most of you know, the bad guys have been winning and when I say winning, I mean, they have been using the field of the west to score points on every last one of you. This isn't just a matter that only the west, especially the governments need to concern themselves with. Oh no, you after all, took an oath to be a citizen, an oath of loyalty to your adopted country. Why else are you the place you are @ todaY? Obviously is it by choice, whether its temporary or permanent, you felt that you are where you are because you felt that was the best place for you righT? So, show it, prove that you are more than mere words. Prove to your adopted country that you will not shout foul when you hear news that brother arabia is being stopped at the stop light or the check-in counter for being an ARAB. After all, if you are innocent, your innocence should set you free, soo maaha? What is few minutes hold up, or behavioral profiling by an airport official or hand inspecting your luggage for being colored, muslim and a male? As for definitions, profiling itself is a set of analysis and examination of a particular trait or characteristic, whether its psychological or behavioral in order to identity the said characters based on the actions, threats they pose to the public. Similarly, ethnic profiling is one step ahead of behavioral profiling because ethnic profiling is said to be zeroing on a particular ethnic group who are deemed a threat based on past actions of this said group, therefore, shortening the list by focusing on the behaviours of such group, studying their actions and the methods that lead them to self-destruct, which help trained officials with being efficient in their daily task of identifying threat. Furthermore, Dr Marc Sageman said, "The only effective defense against Salafi terrorists, he claimed, was a thorough understanding of the web of relationships that sustained them, something that was sorely lacking in both the government and academia at the time". In other words, it is not an easy job to combat theoterrorism and the intelligence community can write or say so much, but unless the methods, behavior and the objectives are not understood, you, the good guys will lose again. Dr Sageman, an authority in the intelligence community in which he claims based on broad study of captured terrorist he has done in the past by stating; '"the principal terrorist threat today comes from diffuse elow-level groups". He adds, by saying "the true menace comes from loose-knit cells of western-born Muslims or Muslim immigrants studying and working in the West". These groups are isolated from the rest of the world, its rare that these tied knit groups he discusses are open to interacting with the public in great capacity. For this reason, its up to the decent Muslim citizen to report any suspicious actions, even if it involves people that you were once close to. It is your duty to protect the public, for God will not forgive you if you let a crime go unpunished. It is your duty as a God fearing Muslim to carry the world in your shoulders, because if terror doesn't concern you today, tomorrow it will. Case in point, in the early and mid 1950s, government officials, I mean the executive brass of the United States and Canada felt that in order to combat communism and espionage as a whole, they would assign task force and form intelligence sub committees who work hand in hand with the FBI and the RCMP in the case of Canada to outting suspects, whether they were guilty or innocent. The gravest thread were young, unmarried men, those were suspected of indulging in homosexual behavior and who held important posts with the government. They were high risk for communist recruitment or were more susceptible to blackmail as aid to spy against in North America. These suspects, guilty or innocent, were scrutinized in public, their reputation was damaged and more or less they were denied working in high risk departments and if you were proven to be homosexual, it was the end for you. The method was effective because it meant that spies and their aids were on alert and they were less likely to take part in communist activity in fear of being persecuted in public. At the same time, innocent folks lost their lives, careers and reputation as a whole but it was at the cost of national security, and for that, I'm sure, most would oblige profiling.....which brings me back to the original question....take a moment to think, bad guys or good guys? Would you support profiling, if so, would you prefer ethnic profiling or behavioral or would you adopt the El Al methods of combining both along with other elements to stay terror free in the air?

Tuujiye, explain to me how the government wronged her? Just in a sentence or two, just state how the government was wrong in this instance? I'm no harper fan but law is law, thats why you and I follow the rule of law, why cant the benefit and immigration frauds? go ahead, explain to me how harper and his government was out of line? You are right in that as the case progresses, we will find out the detail and the protocol of government officials, from the CAnadian consulate in Nairobi to the foreign office.

Cara Dear, What do you think of Gordon Brown's recent outburst? He told the BBC: ‘We’ve got to expose the extremists and we’ve got to, like the Cold War in the 1950s, we’ve got to use every method of communication possible because there are at least 5,000 internet sites promoting Jihadist violence.’ Great minds think alike, eh@cara?

Geeljire, typical of a farax to deny that this woman is fraud, even after it is proven that to be the case. Very typical of you to stand in arms in support of a woman who lied to the public, to her lawyer perhaps and to the government. A woman who lied to the media and her ultimate champion the star who invested their reputation on this woman when I said the opposite of everyone. THE FACT IS THAT SHE LIED TO EVERYONE WHO CAME TO HER DEFENSE. EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED HER AND WHO WERE ON HER SIDE, GAAL OR MUSLIM CAME TO HER AID, SAID THIS WOMAN WAS WRONGED BY THE HARPER GOVERNMENT...BUT DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT LAYZIE SAID IN DEFENSE OF THE GOVERNMENT REFUSING TO GRAND HER ACCESS TO CANADA? Remember I Said that the government issues identifications that were published in the newspaper did not match her and in fact she should have had a family member flight on her behalf, only later to send back the document via the postage for the real SUCAAD TO GET BACK HOME? Now we find out that it was none other than her sister who was infact stopped by the airline desk in cooperation with the kenyan officials and its quite possible that she was jailed only later to be released in the hands of the corrupt local police station, which now this woman is claiming as a loss of net on behalf of her supposed husband, who she denied at the beginning in kenya.... She filed 100K on his behalf and we didnt even know that his said husband existed at the beginning. SHE PLAYED THE SINGLE MOTHER CARD, WHO WAS DETAINED BY KENYAN AUTHORITIES BECAUSE SHE WAS VISITING HER AILING MOTHEr...REMEMBER HER? LIAR LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE AND IT SICKENS ME THAT YOU ARE STILL DEFENDING the INDEFENSIBLE ....TUUG AQLIGA KA TAGAY WAAYE NAAGTAAN BUT SHE DIDNT FOOL ME, SHE FOOLED EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU. NEXT TIME, DONT MAKE ME SAY I TOLD YOU SO...BECUZ I WILL AND IF NEED Be, I WILL PULL THE ORIGINAL THREAD BY MMA.......tolow he must have buried his head with shame when he read his beloved star.

North said: Calling Somalis rats? I knew you lacked basic comprehension but I pray that the day will come when you fully gasp the same truth. On the matter of the poster and what he said and didn't say is there for all to read. What he did not say is that SOmalis were rats or gypsys, quite the contrary, he said he would rather be a rat or a gypsy than be a Somali, which is not the same thing however many times you convince yourself that is what he said ya NORTH. Again, I pray to see the day aad adiga wax fahanto for the sake of fahan, allahu akbar ya north.

Layzie G., what world do you live in? HAPPY NEW YEAR KHAYR, To be honest, I do not think you and I live in the same world, because if you did, you wouldn't have asked me that, instead, I want you to read the below quotes to get an idea of where I'm coming from and what world I live in...which is not anywhere near where you live. "Only the Muslims defend their beliefs by burning down churches, killing people and destroying embassies. This path will not yield any results. The Muslims must ask themselves what they can do for humankind, before they demand that humankind respect them." By Dr. Sultan Yes, indeed Khayr, I live in the same world as Dr. Sultan because she is sane and reasonable and you are not. and I live in his world too smash the people whose legacy is restroom lockouts and airport shoe inspections. Then ask them if they care to lodge any human rights complaints, said Bill Murchison and her world Since Muslims took down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, every attack on a commercial airliner has been committed by foreign-born Muslim men with the same hair color, eye color and skin color. Half of them have been named Mohammed. ANN COULTER IN SHORT YA KHAYR, THE WEST SEEMS TO CONTINUE THEIR TOLERANCE POLICY WHILE THE OTHER PARTY SEEMS TO REJECT THAT SUCH NOTION EXIST... and .you ask what world I live in?

LABA XINIIN, if one were to closely look into the figures that you have quoted above, one would easily reach the conclusion that you have run out of reasoning by resolving to quotes of some of the most controversial, ancient figures, whose propaganda is just that, propaganda and should be dismissed along with you but not before I highlight some of the colorful figures aaad adiga caabudid as candidly as I can. For instance, you have quoted the angry figure aka Taymiyyah, whose fatwas were mostly an attack against the invaders and rationale of the previous muslim empire whose failure was on the hands of the invaders the mongols... He was angry and bitter figure and that is for all to read and for this reason, his work was never objective, not even after the some of the leadership of the mongol empire converted to Islam. For this reason, he will never be a legitimate source of truth and therefore, I will easily eliminate him from your reasoning as an authority source that condones bombing innocent people. He is after all, the role model of some of the most prominent figures in the terrorist community today, you should know that... NEXT Al Imaam, AL-Xaafidh, Ash-Sheikh Sulayman Al-Ulwaan alleged terrorist.... you could have done better than him dear? Al -Ulwaan of all people? He should have been in Gitmo, thats what. This Saudi will never be a truly be a respected authority that the Muslim Community worldwide would turn to for guidance in what is deemed acceptable, especially when it involves bomb making, for his answer will always be yes, "bomb the infidels", therefore, you have to do better than him. I have faith in you that in time, you can convince yourself out of bombing self. NEXT Sheikh Abdullah ibn Xumayd(grand mufti of saudia arabia) Another Saudi, or as I like to call him, the steve wonder of Arabia...God bless him and his blindness, for he memorized everything he knew, which means you and your likes need to do more reading, less audi tapes and videos, that way you dont follow his path when the time come when you will expiry like him. NEXT Al Bayhaqi, if it isn't the al bayhagi, the catholic equivalent of Saint IGnatius of Loyola.....may may, you really dig when you dig, but his rationale on the subject is outdated and you can not justify 21st problem with 10th century verdict, no way jose. NEXT... Yes, Tabari, the prominent Muslim historian, his narrations were just that narrations, nothing more nothing less. A reproduced work of other scholars, told more vividly, polished to capture the attention of the reader was just that, work of art. If Tabari was alive today, he would tell you that his stories should not be taken as Gospel. His well chronicled of historical events, his method of presentation, his vast knowledge of other fields was nothing short of remarkable but I fail to see how the man and his work supports your argument that sucide bombing is halal. NEXT... I can keep going ya Laba XIIN and point to the other Yemeni figure and how he is irrelevant to this discussion as the civilized world is now AT WAR WITH YEMENI REBELS but again, how does this help you or your cause? Be creative, use judgement and reason to justify the behaviour of abnormal individuals or say "my imaam said so" or something like that as other prominent figures in the terrorist community have done in the past but do not quote ancient and some 20th century terrorists as a way to present an argument, for that, you will lose followers and who then will take up the cause?

Naden, Naden, compose yourself dear. No need to go psycho on the brother. Nothing shocking about what he said. There are hundreds if not thousands of children that are worse off and need your help. Use your resources to do good instead of biting people's heads off.

Cara, I take offense to your claim that habo xalimo who recently immigrated to the great state of Wisconsin from uganda via Kismaayo is ignorant of the law of the land and would not know how to report a crime committed against her and her family to the police or take the necessary steps to combat such violent acts against her if such an incident were to happen. I take offense because you are suggesting that habo xalimo did not watch reno 911 or the show cops from Ugandan living room while she awaited her papers, as her comrades back come can attest to that and the other reason is that Nur told us that we shouldn't consider an atheist views in this section, for this reason alone and only this reason, new immigrants, especially Muslims are off limits to you Cara as per Nur.(just following the rules of this section) And to the nameless creature who said: A backlash only defined as a tallying of reported crimes to police is quite frankly a retarded metric I couldn't disagree with you more. When the author mentioned the incident that happened in California, he was painting the psyche of the Muslim in the west. A criminal, who takes upon himself to carry the faith of over a billion people in his shoulders in order to harm another human being deserves no symphathy nor should he be called anything less than a criminal and at worst an extremist? If anything, it is a crime to assault another human being in this great civilized west that you and I and Nur reside in. You should know better than that ya nameless. Yes, you should equate crime to the decline of retaliation from the west against Muslims, especially the U.S.A The hands off approach and fear of backlash and decrease in hate crimes is the sole reason why terrorists are having success in recruiting young men from all over the world and is indirectly contributed to the increase in home grown terror in the west, especially the United States. The problem today is not whether or not a bigot takes up the cause of policing his or her neighborhood and being on the watch-out for extremists plotting to blow themselves up, instead, its the fear of officials offending the Muslim community.(the same community who turn a blind eye when one of their own is blowing up a bus full of innocent people or a girls school or a public place, a market, oh no, this muslim community turns a deaf ear when faced with the work of the terrorists) Officials should not concern themselves with offending anyone, especially muslims, instead, they should do the work they are paid to do and thats protecting the public. The leaders of the west ought to be concerned with protecting and finding safe passage for travelers, instead of worrying about how many Muslims might be offended by the extreme measures they take to protect their citizens. (i.e profiling, single, muslim men should not be allowed to board a flight without going through a mini interview) No more political correctness, time to protect the people from the evil doers and if Muslims are so fragile that they would take offense to a speech a politician made about curbing extremists, then tough luck, better yet, go GET ANGRY AT THOSE THAT LOOK TO KILLING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY UP , INSTEAD OF BEING OFFENDED....after all, if it isnt flight 253 today, it will be another flight that any one of you will be on next and count on it that it could happen to anyone. NO ONE IS IMMUNE to death, especially dying in the hands of savages. The innocent people in flight 253 this past christmas did not get on that plane to come back home just so that a lonely boy from lagos, who looked to belong to this world for a long time has found comrades who told him to blow up 200+ people and as a result, he was too fearful and instead waited the last possible moment to get caught in hopes of being saved from this mess he found himself in. Furthermore, the author in my view is alluding to the absurdity associated with anti-muslim backlash and government officials who walk on eggshell in fear of offending the Muslim community and as a result are indirectly contributing to the success of terror recruits who use young men to carry out attacks abroad, instead they should take history lesson and adapt similar tactics as that of the communism era in the 50s in the united states. NAME AND SHAMe, take aggressive steps to tackle extremist and above all, reward those vigilantes who look to police their neighborhoods and public places. Let us find the McCarthyism of this era, let us hope it will be as significant as it was in the 50s and its era of doom. Oh and nothing reckless about it, if its used effectively to curb terror, it can work.

LadyG, this woman's view of islam is as injudicious as her hairdo! She is dense, and has no substance in her antics! As a resident of Minneapolis, she is at no level to compete with Keith Ellison, he is a respected statesman and one who uphold the Islamic views, and matters of his constituency to the higher places. So, lets cool it w/another “crazy coolio” Raula, for your sake, I hope the congressman is clean and that the allegations against CAIR do not come back to bite him in the you know where...but say, what if you are wrong? Can you promise me that when(notice its not "if") CAIR's shady business dealings are proven beyond reasonable doubt, you would then stand up and put your support behind Torgerson? (PS: she passed the bar, can castro say the same thing? last I checked, he attempted to take the bar exam 2x) Castro, reading angry bloggers is not good for your health ee throw your support behind torgerson aan ku idhi.

^Quick, define the CAIR acroynm? (don't let Castro whisper into your ears) HURRY PLEASE