Last August, the director of CAIR St. Louis, Faizan Syed, wrote on their website that Muslims should realize the urgent need to monitor social media and then he gave a few of his ideas for monitoring it in a post titled Social Media Task Force http://www.cair-stlouis.com/component/k2/item/28-social-media-task-force (UPDATE 2/21/2013: Syed has removed this page but see my PDF of it below).
The picture above is a screen shot taken from a video of him found on his YouTube page. Syed, who was born in Pakistan and moved to the U.S. in 1991, suggested the creation of a Muslim youth association who would monitor the media. This group would counter negative Islamic messages on the internet instantly and aggressively. But, what really stood out was what he wrote under the section "I have few suggestions to make in this regard" (5th bullet):
"Report anti Islamic and anti Muslim content on the internet to appropriate authorities to take action to remove it and go after those who post it online and prosecute and take actions according to the Shariah ruling."
Take action according to the Shariah ruling? Is this man serious? I mean - in some Islamic countries this could mean death. No doubt, Syed's recent talk titled Shariah Coming to a Court Near You was to convince others they have absoutely nothing to worry about with sharia law.
Simply astonishing.
-----
Also see:
A pdf of the CAIR webpage: Download Prosecuteantiislamwww-cair-stlouis-com
Recent Comments