Friday, March 16, 2007
The Jerusalem Post covers the ongoing ISB series of lawsuits, and focuses attention on one of the aspects that can't get too much -- the Islamic Society of Boston's love-affair with Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi (Qaradhawi): Boston: Islamic group sues scholar for libeling Muslims
Qaradawi, considered to be a supporter of suicide bombings, is being sued in a Boston court for libel against Muslims [sic -- Dr. Ahmed Mansour is the local moderate Muslim being sued by the ISB]. And the Islamic Society of Boston has not only sued an "Islamic cleric, a Christian political science professor and the Jewish daughter of Holocaust survivors," says The David Project, a Jewish group that educates and trains students and the Jewish community about Israel that is a defendant in the lawsuit, along with The Boston Herald, Investigative Project head Steve Emerson and Fox 25 News. They have also twice subpoenaed the Anti-Defamation League, which declined comment.
Photocopies of Islamic Society of Boston IRS tax returns from 1998, 1999, and 2000 which list Qaradawi as a trustee are included as evidence in the statements of several of the defendants being sued for libel. At the same time, notarized 1993 documents from the City of Cambridge also list Qaradawi as a trustee...
The article makes no sense as written. The ISB is suing an Islamic scholar named Qaradhawi, but Qaradhawi is also a trustee of the ISB?
Where are your copy editors, Jerusalem Post?
Ha! Yeah, you're right. I didn't even notice. Funny how you skim when you figure you know what's being said.
BTW, thread subscriptions should be fixed now.
The JP seems to be a bit sloppy, but the case is definitely interesting.
Time to do something about Red Ken's bosom buddy.