03 March 2011

The ugly face of Islamophobia in Orange County, California

The Southern California chapter of the Islamic Circle of North America Relief USA organised a fundraising dinner in Orange County, last month. But guess who also turned up? A motley collection of protesters who can be seen here chanting in the above video distributed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations civil rights group:

[COMMENT] Problem is that too many of these putative peaceful fund raising groups funneled the money directly to hamas and Hezbollah and Al Quida, and no one believes them any more. The US government has made numerous arrests of people from similar groups. [guardian.co.uk] Read more