Quote of the day

posted at 10:11 pm on May 11, 2007 by Allahpundit

“Meanwhile, the Council on American-Islamic Relations says Florida Muslims are offering special prayers for rains at mosques on their religion’s day of rest.”

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“Well isn’t that special!”

infidel4life on May 11, 2007 at 10:13 PM

Meanwhile, the other four religious majorities pray for bingo night winnings.

Wahhh?! Muslims praying for rain?

Kini on May 11, 2007 at 10:17 PM

Would it be an unforgivable pun to label this a muslim smokescreen?

infidel4life on May 11, 2007 at 10:22 PM

Great….just frakin great….a tropical depression off the coast of Florida and these guys are praying for Hurricane Abdul to put out the fire.

Limerick on May 11, 2007 at 10:41 PM

How nice, from The Religion of Peace!

abinitioadinfinitum on May 11, 2007 at 10:46 PM

I don’t get it. Why do they want it to rain at their mosques?

bloggless on May 11, 2007 at 11:05 PM

I’m sure it’s not rain they are praying for.

SouthernGent on May 11, 2007 at 11:08 PM

I DEMAND separation of mosque and media

RushBaby on May 11, 2007 at 11:11 PM

Actually, I prayed for rain before I prayed against…

Oh, never mind…

wccawa on May 11, 2007 at 11:13 PM

Oh good! A feel-good reason to love muslims everywhere! I wondered when the MSM would give us one.

thedecider on May 11, 2007 at 11:16 PM

SouthernGent on May 11, 2007 at 11:08 PM

Yeah – they’re praying for nuclear bombs to rain down on Israel.

thedecider on May 11, 2007 at 11:18 PM

I don’t get it. Why do they want it to rain at their mosques?

bloggless on May 11, 2007 at 11:05 PM

I’m with you, I’m lost on that one. Is this supposed to be a good thing??… Coming from CAIR??? Are we all impressed now? Sure wish I could roll my eyes in a comment!

4shoes on May 11, 2007 at 11:19 PM

Thank Allah, C.A.I.R has it under control. Send the fire fighters home.

Breathe easy boys, the showers of peace are on the way.

mojowire on May 11, 2007 at 11:24 PM

Thats reigns not rains. Burt Lancaster is outraged!

sonnyspats1 on May 11, 2007 at 11:28 PM

AP = Al Qaeda Press?

shooter on May 11, 2007 at 11:35 PM

4shoes on May 11, 2007 at 11:19 PM

Semantics. They’re praying for rain – at the mosques. Think about it.

thedecider on May 11, 2007 at 11:39 PM

Well, isn’t that special.

Can CAIR not have their minions masses pray for their bretheren to stop mass murdering innocent Men, Women, and Children in suicide attacks while they’re at it? A little snippet of prayer for some world peace would be nice too.

…bloody heathens…and I’m referring to the AP as well.

SilverStar830 on May 11, 2007 at 11:39 PM

I think some of you guys are missing the point of this. It’s not that they’re praying for rain that’s weird; it’s that the AP went out of its way to include that completely gratuitous fact in a story about wildfires. They’re doing free PR for CAIR.

Allahpundit on May 11, 2007 at 11:41 PM

Why should I CAIR about this story?

Bwahahahahahahaahah!

I crack myself up.

JayHaw Phrenzie on May 11, 2007 at 11:46 PM

Reporter: How can I help you?
IbraHAM: Yea, see, you’re gonna say something nice about us today, see…
Reporter: What the…but, you haven’t done anything nice lately.
IbraHAM: Look, I seen your newsroom. It’s nice. It’d be a shame if something, er, unfortunate happened to it. Today, got it?
Reporter: Uh, sure, I’ll think of something.

and that’s the way it was (he he)

OneEyedJack on May 12, 2007 at 12:01 AM

I think some of you guys are missing the point of this. It’s not that they’re praying for rain that’s weird; it’s that the AP went out of its way to include that completely gratuitous fact in a story about wildfires. They’re doing free PR for CAIR.

Allahpundit on May 11, 2007 at 11:41 PM

Oh I did get that part, it’s just that when I see the letters CAIR I automatically see red. But AP is not blameless, they’ve proved that before.

4shoes on May 12, 2007 at 12:08 AM

I hope it doesn’t rain at the mosque where the Fort Dix 6 were repairing the roof and the evil Bush team nabbed them before they finished!

SouthernGent on May 12, 2007 at 12:11 AM

It would be interesting to run a Lexis-Nexis search of all AP stories that mention CAIR and see how often something like this happens.

Just sayin’, I don’t have enough motivation. But, if someone else wants too…

mesablue on May 12, 2007 at 1:09 AM

HAHAHA!

My news director is CAIR, and CAIR says… hushed silence

OMFG. I used to work at a newspaper and got all sorts of PR sh!t over the transom. Girl Scout cookies, CDs, bottles of maple syrup…that didn’t mean we’d print it.

I’m guessing CAIR has a special fax machine that inserts their text right into the copy so editors won’t tamper with it.

Thanks Allah.

saint kansas on May 12, 2007 at 5:19 AM

I think some of you guys are missing the point of this. It’s not that they’re praying for rain that’s weird; it’s that the AP went out of its way to include that completely gratuitous fact in a story about wildfires. They’re doing free PR for CAIR.

Well, that may very well be, but I haven’t seen any CAIR SpokesImams praying for rain on Griffith Park or Catalina Island out here in L.A. Does this mean that CAIR doesn’t CAIR about us folks on the left coast?

Sean M. on May 12, 2007 at 6:13 AM

The story is by AP writer Russ Bynum. He’s not at all biased. Check out this purely objective article detailing how the Gestapo snatched all the good folks from a South Georgia town.

RedWinged Blackbird on May 12, 2007 at 7:10 AM

Allahpundit, we get it alright. We’ve been getting it for years. I think most of the comments here represent that we clearly see the absurdity of the writer’s motive. A stupid article deserves a stupid comment.

bloggless on May 12, 2007 at 8:31 AM

Well I was praying for a pony. Now I feel bad, Guess those Muslims just keep on top of the moral high ground. What a peace loving religion.
/sarc so thick you can’t cut it with a Bowie knife

LakeRuins on May 12, 2007 at 9:11 AM

Gestapo?? Good grief. Just when I think I can’t be suprised by what passes for journalism…

Wouldn’t it be great to send someone around after a reporter like this and find the people he talked to and didn’t quote?

MamaAJ on May 12, 2007 at 9:39 AM

Nice how they just stuck that in there. Like its really relevent.

vcferlita on May 12, 2007 at 10:03 AM