Dr. Qanta Ahmed: Rep. Omar is a disgrace to Islam

LIES, LIES. WE'VE GOT TO GO. MY NEXT GUEST IS AN AMERICAN MUSLIM DOCTOR. SHE SAYS CONGRESSWOMAN OMAR IS AN EMBARRASSMENT AND A DISGRACE TO THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY. JOINING ME NOW IS A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AND A COUNSELOR AT THE USC SHOWA FOUNDATION. DOCTOR, YOU ALSO SAY THAT OMAR IS NOT THE VICTIM. SHE PORTRAYED HERSELF TO BE. GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON. WHY'S THAT? >> IT'S DIABOLICAL THAT SHE COMMITS YET ANOTHER VIOLENT AGAINST THE FAMILIES OF SURVIVORS OF 9/11 AND THE FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF 9/11. FOREMOST I AM A PHYSICIAN WHO TAKES CARE OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SURVIVED OR HAD DISEASES COMPLICATED BY THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACK. THAT WAS DEVASTATING REMARKS THAT I HEARD WHILE I WAS IN AFRICA IN RWANDA COMMEMORATING A GENOCIDE THERE. SHE IS DEPICTING IN THIS DIMINISHMENT WHAT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS A PROFOUND DENIAL OF 9/11. AS YOU KNOW, AT WORK A LOT WITH ANTI-SEMITISM, AND IT REMINDS ME OF THE MENTALITY OF HOLOCAUST DENIERS OR, AS WE'VE SEEN IN RWANDA, SOMEONE DENIED THE GENOCIDE THEY ARE TOO. THIS DENIAL RAISES IN ME A COUPLE QUESTIONS. DOES SHE REALLY THINK 9/11 WAS NOT AN ISLAMIST JIHADIST ATTACK WHICH CAME FROM WITHIN THE MUSLIM FOLD. THE KORAN TELLS US, ISLAM TELLS US, WE MUST BE STRICT AND OBSERVING JUSTICE, EVEN IF IT MEANS BEARING WITNESS AGAINST OURSELVES, AGAINST OUR KIN. IT TELLS US WE HAVE TO DO THAT WITH IMPARTIALITY. WE CANNOT BE BIASED. IF WE HAVE CERTAIN PREJUDICES. SHE HARBORS PREJUDICES. SHE DIMINISHED THE WORST ATTACK ON THIS COUNTRY SINCE PEARL HARBOR AND SHE DOES AN ASSAULT ON MY PATIENTS, ALL FAMILIES WHO ARE GRIEVING FOR THEIR SURVIVORS. IT'S DESPICABLE. WORSE IS THAT OPPONENTS, WHEN THEY'RE IN HER PARTY ARE NOT ARE SHIELDING HER FROM THE KIND OF CRITICISM SHE DESERVES. >> Laura: DR. QANTA AHMED, WERE GOING TO HAVE AN ENTIRE HOU WERE GOING TO HAVE AN ENTIRE HOR WERE GOING TO HAVE AN ENTIRE HOO WERE GOING TO HAVE AN ENTIRE HON JUST THE CONVERSATION OF ISLAM AND THE WORLD TODAY, ESPECIALLY ITS ROLE IN AMERICA. THIS CONVERSATION SHOULD FOCUS ON THE FACTS JUST LAID OUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, LAURA, AND IF I CAN SAY THIS OBSERVATION OF DENYING 9/11 WAS MADE TO ME WHEN

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Length: 2min 29sec (149 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 16 2019