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Department of Homeland Security |
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Two Muslims hold positions in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. |
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Sample email, received 17 October, 2010:
Here They Come...this will make your day!
Well, boys and girls, today the fox is guarding the hen house. The wolves
will be herding the sheep!
Obama appointed two devout Muslims to homeland security posts.
Obama and Janet Napolitano appointed Arif Alikhan, a devout Muslim, as
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano swore-in Kareem Shora, a devout Muslim, who was born in
Damascus, Syria, as ADC National Executive Director as a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC).
NOTE: Has anyone ever heard a new government official being identified as a
devout Catholic, a devout Jew or a devout Protestant...? Just wondering.
Devout Muslims being appointed to critical
Homeland Security positions? Doesn't this make you feel safer already??
That should make our home land much safer, huh!?
Devout Muslims being appointed to critical Homeland Security positions?
Was it not men of the "Devout Muslim Faith" that flew planes into U.S.
buildings not too long ago? Was it not a "Devout Muslim" who killed 13 at Fort
Hood? What the heck is this president thinking?
Please forward this important information to any who cares about the future
of our Country.
Checked this on
Snopes.com and it’s
TRUE!
See
http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/dhs.asp
Supporting Articles
A 2007
article in the German publication Der Spiegel described Arif Alikhan
as “a devout Sunni.”
Americans are even entrusting Muslims with key positions, such as that of the
deputy mayor of Los Angeles, a job with important homeland security
responsibilities. Arif Alikhan, a devout Sunni and the son of Pakistani
immigrants, has held the position since September 2006. He wears a shirt and
tie; his suits are better-fitting than those of most Americans. He's in his late
30s. His office on the third floor of the Los Angeles city hall is only three
doors down from the mayor's office. [Source]
In June 2009, Secretary Napolitano swore in the sixteen-member Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC), one of whom was Syrian-born
Kareem Shora, the National Executive Director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC):
Kareem Shora is the National Executive Director for the American-Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC). He received the American
Immigration Lawyers Association's Arthur C. Helton Human Rights Award. He has been published in multiple law journals and is a frequent guest on Al-Jazeera,
BBC, and numerous American television programs. In 2008, he was
selected by the Ford Foundation as a member of the Foreign Policy Task
Force designing their Laboratory for New Thinking on Foreign Policy. Mr.
Shora is a regular guest lecturer at Yale University School of Law. [Source]
Mr. Shora has
described himself as a "Muslim-American."
"There was a
challenge before but September 11 really put us under a microscope, and I am
speaking as broadly as possible as an Arab American, Middle East American and
Muslim American community. We had no choice but to mature, improve and address
these issues and challenges as effectively we can," Shora said. [Source]
Statement by Secretary Napolitano on President Obama's Intent to
Nominate David Heyman as Assistant Secretary for Policy and her
Appointment of Arif Alikhan as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
Release Date: April 24, 2009 |
Source
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
Contact: 202-282-8010
“Today, I am proud to make two key personnel announcements for the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)—President Obama’s intent to nominate
David Heyman as Assistant Secretary for Policy and my appointment of Arif
Alikhan as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development. Both individuals
bring a broad and impressive array of experience in national security,
emergency preparedness and counterterrorism to the Department.
“David comes from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS),
where he founded and was Senior Fellow of the Homeland Security Program
and led the Center’s programs on preventing, mitigating and responding to
catastrophic terrorism and natural disasters. With more than 20 years of
experience in government, the non-profit community and the private sector,
he is a highly regarded expert in U.S. national security policy and
international affairs.
“Arif comes from Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa’s office,
where he served as Deputy Mayor for Homeland Security and Public Safety.
As a key adviser to the Mayor, he has led the City’s efforts to develop
homeland security, emergency management and law enforcement initiatives,
including operational oversight of Los Angeles Police, Fire and Emergency
Management departments. He is a former federal prosecutor and senior
advisor to the U.S. Attorney General, and has partnered extensively with
local, state and federal agencies,” said Secretary Napolitano.
Biographies
Prior to joining CSIS, Heyman was Senior Advisor to the U.S. Secretary
of Energy from 1998-2001. Previously, he served as Senior Policy Analyst
in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Division of
National Security and International Affairs, from 1995-1998, and Director
of International Operations at RGTI Systems, a leading firm in industrial
automation and supply-chain management, from 1992-1994. Heyman is the
author of numerous publications and an adjunct professor in security
studies at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Policy. He completed
his graduate work at The Johns Hopkins School of International Affairs and
his undergraduate work at Brandeis University.
Before serving as Deputy Mayor, Alikhan was a career prosecutor with
the U.S. Department of Justice from 1997-2006. During that time, he served
as Chief of the Cyber and Intellectual Crimes Section for the U.S.
Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles and as a Senior Advisor to the U.S.
Attorney General in Washington, D.C., where he oversaw the national
Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Program for the Department of
Justice. Alikhan holds a J.D. from Loyola Law School and a B.A. from the
University of California, Irvine. |
