Imamectomy Update

Everyone who has read Debra Burlingame's piece, "A Wing and a Prayer," knows everything that needs to be known about the Imam Pray-in/9-11 Hijacking Reenactment/TSA Fire Drill that took place in Minneapolis a couple of weeks ago.  Her editorial is a terrific recap and commentary on the whole stunt.  As I followed the story in the Washington Times, who by the way were singled out by Fox News Watch as having the best coverage of this event, I noticed how the story evolved in record time.  Drawing on the first AP article and then a follow-up  article by Audrey Hudson of the Washington Times, Omar Shahin's original version was that the six imams, the six scholars, were trotted off in handcuffs.  But then, when talking to Ms. Hudson, he recanted, making a point of saying that they were treated well ("Damn!"). The two things you are absolutely sure of after reading the Times article is that Omar Shahin is a purveyor of dangerous lies with a knack for calling attention to himself and he's really, really stupid.  But he does dispute knowing anything at all about his ties to Hamas, which is to say he may have inadvertently had ties to Hamas, he just didn't really know about them.

Did you all know that Representative Keith Ellison, the first ever Muslim congressman, spoke at the North American Imams Federation Conference?  This is the conference that produced the disruptive, insensitive, militant, grievance-waiting-for-a-spotlight bunch of imams, including the really, really stupid Mr. Shahin, who were not carted off in handcuffs from Flight 300.  It's just a coincidence, I'm sure.  It must be terribly embarrassing for the freshman Congressman from Minnesota to be associated with these miscreants.  That's K-E-I-T-H E-L-L-I-S-O-N, THE MUSLIM CONGRESSMAN FROM MINNESOTA.  This is his email.  Let him know you know he's embarrassed. (hattip: Power Line)

Now for the really important insight and analysis you all have been waiting for.  I cadged this picture off Michelle Malkin's spin-off blog, Hot Air, via Allahpundit. 

This is Omar Shahin, but I suh-wear, if you changed the pant fabric to a loud yellow provençal print, he'd be the valance of my dining room window.

OK, I know for a fact that the Koran has plenty to say about what people wear.  But is it of any practical use to society at large, or, more to the point, to the cause of Destroying Western Civilization As We Know It, to wear pants that look like this?  This is like the long version of the jogging shorts that Bill Clinton used to wear that would ride up because his thighs rubbed together and made millions of women the world over hold their heads and whimper, "They can invent a female condom- why can't they invent a male burqa?"

I think that whoever took this photo deserves an award for The Most Islamophobic Photographer for perpetuating the "Muslim Men Dress Like Crap" stereotype. [Need more confirmation? Just check out Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or any picture of Khalid Sheik Mohammed.]