‘Atrocious’: What Muslims Have Planned For Veteran’s Day Has This Town In An Uproar
Not everyone is pleased with the first ever entry into this year’s Veterans Day Parade in Oklahoma City of the Oklahoma Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The group is sponsoring a float in the November 11th event.
Larry Williamson, a member of the Tulsa 912 Project, said it is “atrocious” to ask veterans to “march alongside people who represent our enemies in a current war,” the Tulsa World reports.
“I believe all American entrants who the parade is intended to honor should be made aware as soon as possible that they are being asked to share their honor with the Muslim Brotherhood, sworn enemy of the United States and our ally Israel and an enemy in our current war on the Islamic jihad in which American soldiers are fighting and dying,” he wrote in a letter to the Tulsa World.
The paper asked Williamson why he equated CAIR with the Muslim Brotherhood; he told them that the FBI has identified the group as an arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in America.
World Net Daily reports that “CAIR has consistently stated it has no connections with any terrorist groups yet the United Arab Emirates and other Arab countries have included it on their terrorist watchlist and banned its members from entering their nations….14 former CAIR officials have been investigated or charged in cases involving terrorist activity.”
Regarding his group’s involvement in this year’s parade, CAIR-Oklahoma chapter executive director Adam Soltani stated, “It’s something we have been wanting to do for years.”
“We support all veterans, and we support our country, so I don’t see why anyone should have any concerns about CAIR being involved,” he said.
“We are an American Muslim organization, and American Muslims support their government, support their country and definitely support our troops who are working to defend our constitutional rights and our freedoms,” he continued.
He also noted that two veterans serve on CAIR-Oklahoma’s board.
“Patsy Varnell, vice president of the Tulsa Veterans Day Parade Association, confirmed that CAIR-Oklahoma’s application to be in the parade has been accepted,” according to the Tulsa World.
“The parade is nonreligious,” she said. “We feel that we are exercising the rights established by the Constitution of freedom of speech, and this group has the right to participate. We do not want any problems, but we have to be fair to everybody,” Varnell said.
Williamson told the Tulsa World that it is his understanding that the 912 Project’s float will be next to the one sponsored by CAIR-Oklahoma in the parade.
“I’m not a spokesman for Tulsa 912, but I won’t march alongside the Muslim Brotherhood,” he said.
Ronda Vuillemont-Smith, president and founder of the Tulsa 912 Project, said the group is not asking CAIR-Oklahoma to be removed from the parade, but that the organizers “be honest and open and let people know that they are in.”
“My concern is that the parade committee was trying to keep this information out of the public eye,” she said.
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