#CAIR Urges Washington State Mayors to Drop Islamophobe Jerry Boykin as Speaker The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) today called on mayors in that state not to host notorious anti-Muslim bigot retired Lieutenant General William G. Jerry Boykin at Clark Countys 13th annual Mayors & Civic Leaders Prayer Breakfast to be held October 17 in Vancouver, Wash., hosted by that city’s Mayor Tim Leavitt. SEE: Prayer Breakfast Event Set for Friday Morning columbian/news/2014/oct/11/mayors-prayer-breakfast-friday-vancouver/ Keynote Speaker: Lieutenant General William G. “Jerry” Boykin clarkcountyprayerbreakfast.org/speakers/ Boykin’s extreme viewpoints resulted in his withdrawal from a similar prayer breakfast at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. CAIR: Islam Critic Backs Out of West Point Cadet Event (AP) tinyurl/8262zeq General Withdraws From West Point Talk (NY Times) nytimes/2012/01/31/us/lt-gen-william-boykin-known-for-anti-muslim-remarks-cancels-west-point-talk.html Islamophobic General has Withdrawn from Prayer Breakfast tinyurl/896gv6w Boykin recently said “Americans need to have more babies and populate this country with red-blooded patriotic Americans” to counteract the population growth of American Muslims. Jerry Boykin: Americans Need to Have More Babies to Counteract Muslim Population rightwingwatch.org/content/jerry-boykin-americans-need-have-more-babies-counteract-muslim-population Boykin asserts that [Islam] should not be protected under the First Amendment, that there should be no mosques in America and that there can be no interfaith dialogue or cooperation between Muslims and Christians. In 2003, President Bush rebuked Boykin for his anti-Muslim stance. In 2009, Boykin said there is no greater threat to America than Islam. Jerry Boykin: Romney’s Anti-Muslim General (Salon) tinyurl/928fqky Boykin: Islam Should Not Be Protected Under the First Amendment rightwingwatch.org/content/boykin-islam-should-not-be-protected-under-first-amendment Boykin: No Mosques in America rightwingwatch.org/content/boykin-no-mosques-america William G. Jerry Boykin, Former Army Officer, Hired By Family Research Council huffingtonpost/2012/07/19/william-jerry-boykin-family-research-council_n_1684706.html Bush Says He Disagrees With Generals Remarks on Religion nytimes/2003/10/23/world/bush-says-he-disagrees-with-general-s-remarks-on-religion.html The former general has also made comments viewed as anti-Semitic by many. He derided pastors who are “destroying the efforts. . .to lead Jews to Christ,” and said, “The Jews are the cause of all the problems in the world.” Rightwing Ex-General: ‘Jews Are The Problem’ thedailybeast/articles/2014/03/13/rightwing-ex-general-jews-are-the-problem.html “While Mr. Boykin has the right to hold extremist anti-Muslim views, his un-American bigotry should not receive the endorsement of elected officials who serve citizens of all faiths,” said CAIR-WA Executive Director Arsalan Bukhari. CAIR has been challenging Boykins un-American bigotry for a number of years. CAIR and People For the American Way objected to a speech Boykin gave to a mayors prayer breakfast in Maryland. Hundreds of people contacted city officials to protest Boykins appearance. CAIR: An Army Officer, Years On, Still a Lightning Rod (Wash. Post) tinyurl/6vrs6oq Editorial: Religious Bigotry in Ocean City? (Baltimore Sun) tinyurl/8a3w4fc CAIR is Americas largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding. - END – CONTACT: CAIR-WA Executive Director Arsalan Bukhari, 206-367-4081 or 206-931-3655; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair; CAIR Communications Manager Amina Rubin, 202-341-4171, arubin@cair
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 11:00:09 +0000
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