CAIR Joins Occupy Wall Street, Will Hold Friday Prayers in Zuccotti Park

They say one can tell a lot about people by the company they keep. If that adage is true, what does the Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR) endorsement of Occupy Wall Street — and the organization’s choice to conduct Friday “Jummah” prayers in Zuccotti Park — tell us about both CAIR, and, the Occupy protesters?

An official invitation issued by CAIR’s New York chapter tells members to show “solidarity” with “the 99%” by attending Friday prayers in Zuccotti Park at 1:00pm. CAIR’s stated goal in hosting the prayer service at OWS is to “expand the role of New York Muslims in the Occupy movement.”

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*sigh*

Really, people, is this still about the "99%" or has it become a forum for special interest groups?

I've been against this movement but have tried to gain an understanding of their intentions.

If I were part of the OWS crowd, personally, I'd be rather steamed over the co-opting of this movement.

Your thoughts?

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Thank you.
Thank you for providing some true insight as to what the movement is all about.

There is much I see wrong with the approach, but I appreciate your candor.

Thought I'd give this a wee bump

“The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly - it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over”

We are the 99% The Rich are evil.

Tell me who your friends are and i will tell you who you are and who are the OWS friends?

Marxits,Communists,Fascists,Nazis, and has the support of Iran,China and every other ultra left wing faction and now the coup de grace.

The CAIR.

Beezer still want a apology and still want to give them the benefit of the doubt?

Birds of a feather always flock together and OWS is nothing any should want to be apart of.

Originally posted by neo96

“The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly - it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over”

We are the 99% The Rich are evil.

Tell me who your friends are and i will tell you who you are and who are the OWS friends?

Marxits,Communists,Fascists,Nazis, and has the support of Iran,China and every other ultra left wing faction and now the coup de grace.

The CAIR.

Beezer still want a apology and still want to give them the benefit of the doubt?

Birds of a feather always flock together and OWS is nothing any should want to be apart of.

I know I'll never get that apology, and this has become more of a grab bag of ideologies than a clear concse message.

Too bad, really. A shame.

You were right, Neo.

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Didn't want to be you walked the better path on this one than i did you were willing to listen to the other side.

Me once i heard the target was money and a whole bunch of it there was nothing going to change my mind.

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Misguided anger, unions, socialists, DNC endorsement, now CAIR?

Yeah, that about sealed the deal. It just took a bit longer for me.

Guys.. get real.
These people will show up and support any person they think they can talk to.
They'd talk to coma patients if the hospitals would let them.

The comatose support CAIR.

All the ones who want a civil war, revolution, or invasion are supporting it.

These naive people are being used for other countries' political gains.