This is the same CAIR executive West ripped to shreds at a recent town hall.
(Palm Beach News) — At a town-hall-style meeting February 21, Nezar Hamze stood to ask Allen West a pointed question. Hamze, executive director of the Council on American Islamic Relations, asked West why he keeps claiming that the Qur’an instructs Muslims to attack America. West cut Hamze off before he could say much more than that. So we asked Hamze to write up what he intended to say to West that night. Below is Hamze’s response.
Congressman Allen West was once asked by a Marine why people would warp the religion of Islam to attack America. Mr. West replied to him: It’s not a perversion; they are doing exactly what the Qur’an is telling them to do. So I called him out on his statements.
It was a very simple question I asked: Can you show me where in the Qur’an it says to attack America, kill Americans, or kill innocent people? He replied that the Qur’an was written before America existed and mentioned something about the verse of the sword and killing infidels. Unfortunately the crowd was so excited and so vocal against me that my response was cut off. Mr. West lost his composure and told me “not to blow sunshine up his butt.” Then he said that I attacked America and told me to go home. For the record, I didn’t go home; I returned to my seat and finished listening to his presentation.
Mr. West, you have brought great shame to the United States House of Representatives. Your behavior that evening represents the antithesis of our democratic republic. We look to our leaders to answer difficult questions with dignity and composure. Your behavior represented that of a military commander barking orders at a soldier. Mr. West, you are no longer a military commander, and I am not your enemy. You looked at me and said, “You attacked us, you attacked us.” I didn’t attack anything, and for you to accuse me of such horrific events is just as baseless as your knowledge of Islam. Terrorists attacked us on 9/11, Mr. West. Terrorists attacked us!