Reuters:

U.S. Muslim groups criticized President George W. Bush on Thursday for calling a foiled plot to blow up airplanes part of a “war with Islamic fascists,” saying the term could inflame anti-Muslim tensions.

U.S. officials have said the plot, thwarted by Britain, to blow up several aircraft over the Atlantic bore many of the hallmarks of al Qaeda.

“We believe this is an ill-advised term and we believe that it is counter-productive to associate Islam or Muslims with fascism,” said Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations advocacy group.

“We ought to take advantage of these incidents to make sure that we do not start a religious war against Islam and Muslims,” he told a news conference in Washington. “We urge him (Bush) and we urge other public officials to restrain themselves.”

You see, it’s not the constant bombing and killing and slaughter of untolled thousands worldwide specifically in the name of Islam by Islamic fascists that is the problem. It’s the President’s intemperate rhetoric. Are we clear now?

Let’s try a different tack, Mr. Nihad Awad. Stop chiding President Bush and stop chiding us. Go “restrain” yourself. Go join a patriotic group and stop being a fellow traveler of our mortal enemies.

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