Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Looks like the Bush Administration is finally getting wise about who deserves to be invited to the White House. The journalist who did the article might have done a little investigation into why the groups in the article haven't been invited to the White House (who's had directors indicted for supporting terrorism, who's got extremist views, who's being funded by unsavories from abroad...), but instead she took the easier path and just reported what "a group of American Islamic leaders said," thus granting importance to individuals and groups who may not deserve it. Anyway, that's an effort at "neutrality" I suppose. Who knows, but given the state of things, the guest list was still probably too large. My non-expert eyes see one stand out, anyway.
Muslims scold Bush over outreach - The Washington Times: Muslims scold Bush over outreach
Although the guest list included 92 persons, several Muslim organizations who differ vastly with the White House on political and religious issues complained they were left off the list.
Passed over, Mr. Bray said, was the Muslim Students Association, American Muslims for Jerusalem, the Islamic Society of North America, Project Islamic Hope, the Coordinating Council of Muslim Organizations of Greater Washington and the Council on American-Islamic Relations...
...Most of the guests were ambassadors from Muslim countries. Also invited were a few Muslim college professors, businessmen and representatives from Islamic organizations such as Karimah, a human rights group for female Muslim lawyers; the American Task Force on Palestine; the American Muslim Council; the Islamic Supreme Council of America; the Council of American Muslim Understanding; the Islamic Free Market Institute; and the Islamic Center in the District...
