...Isn't it interesting that the Pakistani reporter of a Pakistani newspaper mentions right off the bat that Muhammed Masood is related to notorious terrorist Hafiz Saeed? Although the Sharon Interfaith, Inc. clergy are willing to overlook this, a major Pakistani newspaper is not. What does a Pakistani newspaper editor know that liberal, interfaith American clergy do not? Is writer Khalid Hassan some sort of "Islamophobe" to mention the familial connection?

The MAS has also initiated a petition in support of Masood, which begins: "We the undersigned people of conscience, from multi-ethnic, multi-religious communities, implore the immigration judge in the case of Imam Muhammad Masood to approve his continued presence in this country for the good of our greater Boston community and its next generations." Bilal Kaleem of the MAS lobbied the Sharon Interfaith, Inc. group to sign the petition, and he sent them a summary document about Imam Masood. Some of the interfaith clergy members recognized that the summary information contained distortions and misinformation, and they declined to sign the petition...