September 22, 2007	Saturday	Ramazan 09, 1428

NEW YORK, Sept 21: A republican politician who represents a suburb of New York , was chided for saying that “United States has too many mosques “ which breed radicals . He has been dubbed “extremist and Islamophobic” by many Muslim organisations in a statement on Friday.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim advocacy group called upon Muslims and other people of conscience to ask Republican leaders to repudiate remarks by Republican Peter King (R-NY) and to contact Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani and urge him to drop King and commentator Daniel Pipes as campaign advisers because of their extremist and Islamophobic views and comments.

The Democratic National Committee has already condemned King’s statements, calling them “deplorable.”

CAIR said both King and Pipes have a long history of rhetorical hostility to the American Muslim community and to the protection of civil liberties.

In a recent interview, Rep. King said: “Unfortunately, we have too many mosques in this country. There are too many people who are sympathetic to radical Islam. We should be looking at them more carefully. We should be finding out how we can infiltrate. . .I think there’s been a lack of full cooperation from too many people in the Muslim community. And it’s a real threat here in this country.”

King, who is on Giuliani’s Homeland Security Advisory Board, has in the past claimed that the vast majority of mosques in his state and nationwide are being run by “radicals” and called for racial profiling of Muslims in airports.

He said: “I think it is time to end political correctness. To me, if a person is of Middle Eastern descent it is legitimate for the screener to ask more questions.”

The CAIR points out that in 2004, King said that “85 per cent” of American Muslim community leaders are “an enemy living amongst us” and that “no (American) Muslims” cooperate in the war on terror. He made these claims despite the fact that American Muslims have consistently condemned terrorism and work to protect national security.

In a 2003 interview with The Minaret magazine, FBI Director Robert Mueller said: “I would like to thank the Muslim Americans for their support on the war against terrorism and working with the FBI around the country as well as state and local law enforcement. . .”

CAIR disclosed that Mr King had taken political donations from members of a New York mosque he claims is a hotbed of radicalism. An article in Newsday stated: “Rep. Peter King is attempting to link his political opponent to men he calls ‘radical’ Muslim leaders on Long Island, but federal records show the congressman accepted thousands of dollars last year in campaign contributions from some of the same donors.”

Daniel Pipes has long been regarded by Muslims and other observers as one of America’s leading Islamophobes. In 2001, Pipes claimed the “presence” and “enfranchisement” of American Muslims present “true dangers to American Jews.” Pipes recently renewed a call to “raze” Palestinian villages from which

anti-Israeli attacks are launched.

In 2004, Pipes said he supported the widely-repudiated internment of Japanese-Americans. He wrote: “Yes, I do support the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II.” He has also stated that the views of far-right French racist Jean-Marie Le Pen “represent an important outlook in the national debate over immigration and Islam.”