MPAC Calls on President
& Congress
to Repudiate ‘Bomb Mecca’ Remark
Washington, DC: The Muslim Public Affairs
Council (MPAC) has asked the Administration and Congress to
repudiate remarks made by Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) in which
he suggested that the US should consider bombing Mecca, Islam’s
holiest site, in order to deter terrorists.
Tancredo made the remarks during an interview on "Pat
Campbell Show", a Florida talk radio program, after being
asked what the US should do in response to a nuclear attack
on this country by "extremist fundamentalist Muslims."
Tancredo said one possible response would be to "take
out their holy sites." When Campbell asked if the congressman
was "talking about bombing Mecca," Tancredo replied,
"Yeah."
SEE: Excerpt from "The Pat Campbell Show" with Tancredo’s
Remarks
While Congressman Tancredo has since stated that the suggestion
was simply in response to a hypothetical scenario, he maintained
his stance that it is necessary to "lay out there as
a possibility the destruction of these sites." According
to recent media reports, Tancredo is considering a run for
the presidency in 2008.
MPAC has called upon individuals to respond to the remarks
by contacting national Republican leadership to request that
they repudiate the remarks and reiterate the sacred position
of all religious sites:
PRESIDENT BUSH
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
Email: president@whitehouse.gov
REPUBLICAN PARTY
310 First Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
Tel: 202.863.8500
Fax: 202.863.8820
Email: info@gop.com
CONGRESSMAN DENNIS HASTERT (R-IL)
Speaker of the House
235 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Tel: 202-225-2976
To email Hastert, go to: http://www.house.gov/hastert/write1.shtml
CONGRESSMAN TOM TANCREDO (R-CO)
1130 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Tel: 202-225-7882
To email Tancredo, go to: http://tancredo.house.gov/contacttom.asp
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