Chicago email controversy
Apparently it is offensive to quote the Prime Minister of Australia! Several senior Australian conservative politicians have indeed said that Muslims should leave if they don’t like the way things are done in Australia:
“Sporting a patriotic tie, Frankfort Township assessor Paul Ruff launched his bid for re-election as he charged that recent controversy over an e-mail he forwarded was “manufactured” and “politically motivated.”….
In a written statement, Ruff said he receives thousands of e-mails “with provocative thoughts.” “As I have done thousands of times, I forwarded the message on my private e-mail account to people I know,” the statement read. “This wasn’t a hateful e-mail but one that touched upon a sentiment in this county and around the world that immigrants have to adapt to their new homes,” it said. “It was not done with any malicious intent, but unfortunately some people have attempted to make it a political issue.”
The e-mail, forwarded by Ruff to several in the Mokena/Frankfort area in June, suggested that America follow the sentiments of former Australian prime minister John Howard, who said Muslims who want to live under Sharia law should get out of the country. “Maybe if we circulate this amongst ourselves, American citizens will find the backbone to start speaking and voicing the same truths,” the e-mail continued. “If you agree, please send this on.”
Ruff refused to comment on the e-mail for weeks. “It really, really makes me mad when a newspaper calls me a racist,” he said.
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Posted by JonJayRay on August 24, 2008 9:13 am
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Muslims Against Sharia vigorously object to characterization of ‘Muslims who want to live under Islamic law [need] to “get out of the country”‘ sentiment as anti-Muslim. There are many Muslims in America who left Islamic countries for a single reason: to escape the yoke of Sharia. We fully support the sentiment that if someone wants to live under Sharia, they should immediately leave the United States. On the one hand, there are plenty of countries in the world that are ruled by Sharia law; so Sharia proponents can be free to practice according to their beliefs. On the other hand, Sharia is incompatible with Democracy and installation of Sharia in the United States will result in denying freedoms for the vast majority of the population, including Muslims.
http://muslimsagainstsharia.blogspot.com/2008/08/e-mail-called-on-muslims-who-want-to.html