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Should We Believe Rashad Hussain?

Daniel Pipes

 

Rashad Hussain, Barack Obama's special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, has run into a problem: He appears to be an Islamist. The evidence largely concerns a public statement he made six years ago, as Josh Gerstein reports in Politico:

 

What brought you here?: 
There is reason to believe that a major media outlet has helped an avowed Islamist in Obama's administration to whitewash his past. What do you think?

President Obama’s Muslim Ummah media blitz in Washington, New York and Doha

Last weekend, the Obama White House rolled out a media blitz directed at members of the Muslim ummah both here, and in the Middle East. The elements of that orchestrated PR effort can now be seen in several actions.

What brought you here?: 
John Brennan, White House Countereterrorism Czar, Rashad Hussain, White House Deputy counsel, Louay Safi, ISNA, NYU Law School, Islamic Law Students, Secretary clinton , US-Islamic world Forum, Doha, Iran nuclear sanctions, shadow warriors.

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