The Islamic Republican Club?

August 17, 2011 | Filed under: Florida Review | Posted by: Javier Manjarres

by Javier Manjarres
Nezar Hamze, the Florida Director of the Center for Islamic American Relations (CAIR), has told the Shark Tank that he intends to join the local Broward Republican Executive Committee (BREC), and ask for a club charter to start the first ‘Islamic-Republican club’ in the county. Hamze said that he spoke to Broward GOP Chairman Richard DeNapoli about his intentions, and said that DeNapoli did not deny him the opportunity to start an Islamic-Republican club, let alone join the committee. Hamze is best known for his confrontation with Congressman Allen West earlier this year, where he attended a townhall meeting with a Koran in hand, to confront West.
Hamze considers himself as being ‘very conservative’, and believes his political views are in-line with the Republican party’s political platform. The local GOP Chairman ran for his current position on a ‘GOP Unity’ platform, and said he would work with ‘all’ Republicans in the county. The ‘big tent’ Broward Republican party already has a religion-based club/coalition, named the Broward Republican Jewish Outreach. So will there be an Broward Republican Islamic Outreach club in the near future?

Allen West Confronted by Koran-Wielding CAIR Executive(VIDEO)

February 21, 2011 | Filed under: Commentary | Posted by: Javier Manjarres

by Javier Manjarres
At a townhall meeting hosted by Congressman Allen West on Monday evening in Pompano Beach, the Q&A segment of the meeting featured a Koran wielding Nezar Hamze, Executive Director of the Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR). Hamze confronted Congressman West and asked him to point out where in the Koran does it give marching orders to Muslims “to carry out attacks against Americans and innocent people”. West quickly pointed out that the Koran was written long before America even existed and that it does indeed tell believers to kill infidels, and then proceeded to chronicle a lengthy list of historical Muslim acts of aggression. Congressman West closed his retort by referencing the Fort Hood shootings and 9-11 attacks, saying that his first hand experiences on the battlefield has given him insight into the tactics that Islamists use before telling Hamze not to “try to blow sunshine up my butt” with his criticism of him. West took offense to Hamze’s amateurish criticism of his stance on radical Islam and concluded by telling Mr. Hamze to “put the microphone down and go home.”

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CAIR’s South Florida Chapter Executive Director Goes on the Record

February 19, 2011 | Filed under: Florida Review | Posted by: Javier Manjarres

by Javier Manjarres
The Center for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) recently granted me an interview with Nezar Hamze, the South Florida Chapter’s Executive Director for the purpose of addressing misconceptions and dispelling all of the accusations that have been leveled against the organization. Hamze explained that CAIR has many independently run chapters across the country with its headquarters located in Washington D.C. Hamze also states that CAIR was established to protect the civil rights of Muslims and educate people about Islam.
Mr. Hamze says that both he and his organization repudiates any violence by terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah:.

Any organization, any person who take it upon themselves to take an innocent life, and an innocent life meaning someone standing on the side of the street, not doing anything and they get killed-that person has lost their path, that person has lost the straight way, and it is against Islam to take an innocent life… anybody that takes an innocent life, any organization, any government has lost their path, and we cannot be with them,we are not with them, as far as Islamically standing, we are not with them.”

Hamze insists that CAIR is not tied to the Muslim Brotherhood or any other Terrorist organization like Hamas, and he repudiates Hamas and its terrorist activities.

Hamas has made the decision, now, Hamas has been attacked, obviously, but Hamas has made the decision to take innocent lives and we cannot stand with them. Period, it’s very clear.

Mr. Hamze goes on to state that he supports the Palestinian people, and that Palestine also needs assistance and should become a state just as Israel is. Hamze supports Israel as a state, but believes that Palestine should be afforded the same opportunity for statehood that Israel has enjoyed. Hamze then explains some of the tenants of sharia, and he offered his insight into sharia in an effort to dispel the the growing criticism against sharia that is facing throughout the world.