Dark Cloud Over Chris Christie?

Most Conservatives love Chris Christie.  Today I received some very disturbing news concerning Christie that may turn many of his supporters off.  I find it hard to believe that Chris Christie has any Islamist ties or connections.  Perhaps a recent decision is an oversite, perhaps he simply isn't knowledgeable about the Muslim nomination he has made, or is he just another dhimmi?   Daniel Greenfield reports on Governor Christie's Dirty Islamist Ties:

New Jersey, the Garden State, has just taken its first step toward becoming the Sharia State, with Governor Christie's nomination of Sohail Mohammed, an attorney to detained terrorist suspects, to a Superior Court judgeship in Passaic County. The Sohail nomination continues Christie's unfortunate pandering to the American Muslim Union and the Islamic Center of Passaic County.

Passaic County has the second largest Muslim population in the country. And the Islamic Center of Passaic County is the state's largest mosque, and it's the only one run by an an Imam who was a member of the Hamas terrorist organization. But when the United States government attempted to deport Mohammed Qatanani, New Jersey's pols and wannabe pols like Christie, quickly came to his aid. Despite the fact that Mohammed Qatanani was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, the organization that is behind both Al Qaeda and Hamas, despite his own guilty plea to being a member of Hamas, and despite the fact that even in the United States, he had defended a charity that provided funds to children of suicide bombers (this is done as an incentive to reassure terrorists that if they die their families will be taken care of), Qatanani was not deported.

This is less a sign of his innocence, than of the power and influence wielded by Qatanani and the American Muslim Union. There was hardly a top New Jersey public official who did not come out for Qatanani. And that included both of the major candidates in the governor's race, Governor Jon Corzine and Chris Christie. Christie called Qatanani, "a man of great goodwill" and "a constructive force" and allowed Charles McKenna, one of his associate attorneys to testify on behalf of Qatanani. Afterward Christie tapped McKenna to head New Jersey's Department of Homeland Security. McKenna had spent a good deal of time on Muslim "outreach" and made numerous statements echoing their talking points.

The pioneering terrorism researcher, Steve Emerson called it, "a disgrace and an act of pure political corruption". He stated, "I know for certain that Christie and the FBI SAC had access to information about Qatanani’s background, involvement with and support of Hamas." Defending Qatanani required Christie to pit himself against the Department of Homeland Security, which wanted him deported. But the Department of Homeland Security wasn't running for office in New Jersey. Christie was.  (continue reading at Sultan Knish [hat tip R.J. Godlewski])

Please read the entire article, which is very depressing to me as someone who had high hopes for Christie.  The work he is doing for the economy and budget in New Jersey is amazing and the fact that he has Democrats on board with him is almost miraculous. 

On the Ground Zero mosque controversy, Chris Christie 'warned other politicians not to overreact to the threat of terrorism by connecting all of Islam to the terror threat in the NYC mosque controversy.'  Christie said:

"We have to acknowledge, respect and give some measure of deference to the feelings of the family members who lost there loved ones there that day," the New Jersey governor said. "But it would be wrong to so overreact to that, that we paint Islam with a brush of radical Muslim extremists that just want to kill Americans because we are Americans. But beyond that...I am not going to get into it, because I would be guilty of candidly what I think some Republicans are guilty of, and the President is now the president is guilty of, of playing politics with this issue, and I simply am not going to do it."

As commenters at Sultan Knish notes:

New Jersey is one of the worst sanctuary states in the country and I could not understand why Christie wasn't addressing this enormous problem. Upon reading this post, more of the puzzle pieces are falling into place. New Jersey has a huge muslim problem with enormous mosques springing up like weeds.

As another, AOW, notes:

In my view, overall neither of the two major political parties in the United States "get it" about Islam. The politicians of today, especially the younger politicians, have been taught throughout our educational system that Islam is a-okay. The imprint is strongly made in their minds.

It would be easy to poo-poo this nomination, but I think we would be wrong to do so.  A message must be sent to Christie, and all other politicians who follow his lead.

Some might compare the situation in Passaic County to France with its “no go zones” where the local authorities and non-Muslims cannot enter, but it’s actually a good deal worse. The government and the judiciary is being taken over, small pieces of Muslim ruled territory are being carved out and expanded with the support of the state’s leading politicians, who trade political support and campaign contributions for something dangerously close to treason. It’s not just New Jersey. America is being carved up this way, piece by piece. The areas with the highest Muslim population like Illinois, Michigan and New Jersey are ground zero for the Islamist hijacking of America, using front groups, media friendly spokesmen, lawyers, leadership training and the slow climb up the ladder.

Not a pretty picture.

The headlines say "Muslim picked for New Jersey Bench", but that's not the entire story, it is who the Muslim is, who he is connected to, and what those connections think of the United States and the danger they are to America's freedoms.  We know they want Sharia law and what better place than having their own on our courts.

Mr. Mohammed helped arrange a law enforcement job fair at a Paterson mosque in which young Muslims were encouraged to apply for jobs with law enforcement agencies. The session also featured a question-and-answer session for mosque members with the police and prosecutors.

He was also asked to give many training sessions to F.B.I. agents on Islam and Muslim culture.

Mr. Mohammed, if confirmed, would become the second Muslim judge of the Superior Court in New Jersey. Last year, Hani Mawla was confirmed to the bench in Somerset County.  (New York Times)

Send a message to Christie and to all politicians, this is NOT what we want.

Also see 'Political Motives for Islamic Colonization' at Patriots Corner.

Comments

[Maggie@MaggiesNotebook]

You know, when Christie spoke out against GZ mosque protesters, something seemed very wrong. His mean-spirited amusement at Sarah Palin gave some clues to a dark and arrogant side.

This is terrible, terrible news. I had no idea there was one Muslim on the NJ bench, and now another!

Thanks Debbie. It is important news.

[Rashid]

Hamas are a splendid organisation who keep the Israelis in check.

[Debbie]

Maggie: It is depressing. Whether he knows or is ignorant, both are dangerous.

[R.J. Godlewski]

Sort of what I warned about "false flag" politicians, isn't it?

[Debbie]

I forgot to give you a "tip of the hat' on this, I'll go back and do that.

I'll let you respond to 'Rashid'.

Debbie

[R.J. Godlewski]

Fair enough.

Rashid, I can walk from one end of the Middle East to the other and I have no fear that harm will come to me from either an Israeli (or Jew from wherever they live) or a Christian.

I'm willing to bet, however, that Muslims would distrust me, attack me, or try to cheat me out of what I have. AND, I doubt very much that I would be permitted to walk into Mecca and say that "Christ died to save all men from evil! Beware of false prophets!"

So until I see a Catholic church built and remain unmolested in Mecca, do not talk about keeping people in check. The only people who need to be corralled are Muhammadans.

R.J.

[A.C. McCloud]

The pundits made much of Christie telling Wallace that he doesn't think himself arrogant enough to run for president after only a couple of years of governor experience. Everyone seemed to take that as a swipe at Obama, but connect the dots--who quit her governorship after 2 years?

I like Christie. He's the kind of no-nonsense pol we need more of. Maybe he doesn't think Palin is qualified--a lot of the GOP insiders don't. I'm not sure I do. But he won't be running because they'd be playing that clip over and over if he changed his mind, and unlike Obama (who also said he wouldn't) this time the media would care.

As to the Muslim thing, he would probably change his tune if ever running for prez since the Muslim vote wouldn't count for much.

[Bogdan from Australia]

Clouded judgment of AC.McCloud; So much for political sobriety of GOP's best hope for 2012.

He is always so eager to make a disparaging jab at his republican colegue Sarah Palin and yet we are to see him showing the courage to make similar references to Obama.

This is a cheap sort of courage. And that makes him crappy Presidential material.

On whose side is he?

Also, appart from rolling his eyes at the mention of Palin's chances as a prospective Pres. Candidate, he has never given any reasonable explanation for his doubts about Palins qualifications.

Chrisie, Krauthammer, Rove and now Gingrich...

Cowards. Hypocrites, Idiots.

[Buffylive]

Still trying to investigate this matter!!!

[VoiceofAmerica]

Great article. It seems a truly informed truly conservative politician is hard to find.

BTW, "oversite" is not a word. Use oversight instead.

http://www.wewantamericaback.net

[Debbie]

Thanks everyone. VoiceOfAmerica: I guess "oversite" was an "oversight", ha

[Isaac J.]

Debbie and R.J. Your comments are appropos, just continue to stay on the Christie case. People like Rashid are empty vessels who will curse anyone who is not a Muslim. It is nothing but jealousy of Israel and it's achievemenst that drives this hatred. This is the state of Islam; it has created hundreds of millions of psychopaths and paranoid people in it's wake.