May 12, 2010, - 1:59 pm

EXCLUSIVE: Miss USA Contestant is Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah Supporter, Used Pageant Name to Promote Muslim Female Subjugation; Hezbo Taqiyyah Allows Bikinis?

By Debbie Schlussel

**** UPDATES, 05/16/10:
* Donald Trump, Dhimmi: Miss Hezbollah Wins Miss USA; Was Contest Rigged for Muslima Hezbollah Supporter? Miss Oklahoma’s Great Arizona Immigration Answer
* You Stay Classy: Muslim Miss USA Contestant Has “High-Class” Supporters; More “Islamic Modesty”
* Confirmed: Islamic Terrorist Financed Miss USA Contestant
* Miss USA Pageant Sponsor Attacked “Whites,” Bragged About Dad’s Massacre of Jews, is 9/11 Truther, Anti-Israel

**** UPDATE, 05/13/10: Meet Miss USA Contestant’s Hezbollah Family ****

A couple of years ago, I told you that Donald Trump moved the Miss Universe pageant, which he owns, from Dubai because it would not allow Miss Israel into the country to compete.

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Hezbollah USA: Don’t Count in Miss USA Officials to Ask Miss Michigan, Rima Fakih, to Denounce the Group

But now, Trump has brought the Islamic intolerance INTO the Miss USA pageant, rather than escaping from it.  Rima Fakih, Miss Michigan USA, who will compete in Sunday Night’s pageant broadcast on NBC, is a Dearbornistan Shi’ite Muslim who is a supporter of Hezbollah and used the pageant name at a forum promoting Islamic subjugation of women.  She was born in the Hezbollah stronghold of Srifa in South Lebanon, which Israel was forced to attack in the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war because it was a site of Hezbollah weaponry.  Her devout Muslim family comes from the Hezbollah-controlled South Lebanon.  Intelligence sources confirm that at least three of Fakih’s relatives are currently top officials in Hezbollah and that at least eight Fakih family members were Hezbollah terrorists killed by the Israelis in past Israel-Lebanese wars and interventions.  Some of her family members were originally in Harakat Amal [the Shi’ite Amal militia], which is now essentially a part of Hezbollah.  There’s a reason that even Al-Manar TV–Hezbollah’s official TV network–is high on Fakih in the Miss USA pageant.

Last year’s Miss USA pageant was controversial because airheaded Miss California bimbo Carrie Prejean rode both sides of the fence in responding to pageant judge and gay activist Perez Hilton’s (a/k/a Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr.) question about gay marriage.  But will judges in this year’s pageant have the guts to ask Miss Michigan USA a far more important question:  if she will condemn Hezbollah, the Islamic terrorist group which murdered over 300 US Marines and civilians in the 1983 bombings of the barracks and U.S. Embassy in Beirut?  Will they ask her to condemn the group that tortured and trampled to death Navy Diver Robert Dean Stethem after hijacking TWA flight 847 and tortured to death Col. Rich Higgins and CIA attache William Buckley?  The group working with Al-Qaeda to provide explosives to blow up our troops in Iraq and to blow up innocent civilians in several other Qaeda/Hezbollah joint ventures?  Don’t count on it. And they have to ask her to specifically condemn Hezbollah. The usual nebulous “Islamic terrorists” condemnation doesn’t count because they don’t think any of their groups, like Hezbollah, are terrorists, but “legitimate resistance.”  And don’t wait for them to ask her if she recognizes Israel’s right to exist.

They simply don’t have the guts.  And I doubt Donald Trump does either.  He didn’t even have the guts to stop Libya’s lunatic leader, Muammar Qaddafi, from renting his property.

Don’t let her lack of a headscarf and her donning a bikini in public fool you.  Miss Michigan USA, Rimah Fakih is a Muslim activist and propagandist extraordinaire.  She recently participated, using the Miss Michigan USA name to promote Islamic subjugation of women, in a Henry Ford Community College’s tax-funded forum promoting Islam, featuring many Shi’ite extremists.  One of the prominent participants on-stage with Fakih was Najah Bazzy, the Islamic Nurse Ratched who was apparently involved in Medicaid fraud at Oakwood Hospital, helping thousands of pregnant Muslim alien women use fake social security numbers to pay for the delivery of their babies, and enabling instant anchorbabyhood.

Topics at the forum in which Miss Michigan USA participated included these:

• Why do some Arab women cover themselves while others don’t;
• Are Muslim women allowed to marry non-Muslim men?
• Under Muslim law, are women allowed to divorce their husbands?

Hey, maybe the Miss USA pageant judges can ask this Muslima pageant contestant if she believes in the separation of mosque and state.

My intelligence sources laugh at the overwhelming praise and bragging over Fakih on several Lebanese Hezbollah Arabic language blogs.  After all, she will be parading around on-stage–as all Miss USA contestants do–in a bikini, a complete no-no according to Hezbollah’s strict Muslim rules about covering women up.  But, as we all know, and as one source confirms, Muslims frequently go against Islam in this way for propaganda purposes.  It’s a form of taqiyyah, the Muslim concept of deceiving infidels.

Hezbollah Muslims believe that Fakih is a tremendous propaganda tool for them.  And, in fact, on Sunday Night, some of Dearborn’s key Hezbollah figures and agents are holding an event to watch the broadcast at Dearbornistan’s La Pita restaurant, where–several witnesses confirm–the restaurant staff frequently sings Hezbollah war songs in the kitchen after hours. The owner of the restaurant is also a Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah supporter.

So, will Donald Trump and the Miss USA contestants do anything about the fact that one of their contestants supports an Islamic terrorist group that murdered hundreds of Americans, the second most deadly Islamic terrorist group to Americans behind Al-Qaeda?

The Trumps are usually about PR, not doing the right thing, as Trump did in Dubai.  Yes, Trump’s daughter Ivanka recently converted to Orthodox Judaism to marry a rich guy.  But that didn’t stop her from promoting her latest project, “Girl Up,” which funds Muslim extremism in girls through the United Nations Foundation.

I’ve sent a press inquiry to the Miss USA pageant press people. Like I said, don’t hold your breath for anyone to do the right thing and nix Rima Fakih.  I doubt we’ll be hearing the Donald tell her, “You’re Fired.” Or even hear him ask her the tough questions.

More to come later on Rima Fakih and her Hezbollah family, whom she won’t condemn. Stay tuned.

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Don’t forget my fave Hezbollah beauty contestant:  Hezbo leader Hassan Nasrallah, the ultimate girlie man (he hides from the Israelis underground and in hideouts, while he sends others to die for him) . . .

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Hezbollah’s Girlieman Leader Hassan Nasrallah

(Nasrallah Girlie Man by David Lunde/Lundesigns)

**** UPDATE, 05/13/10: Meet Miss USA Contestant’s Hezbollah Family ****

**** UPDATES, 05/16/10:
* Donald Trump, Dhimmi: Miss Hezbollah Wins Miss USA; Was Contest Rigged for Muslima Hezbollah Supporter? Miss Oklahoma’s Great Arizona Immigration Answer
* You Stay Classy: Muslim Miss USA Contestant Has “High-Class” Supporters; More “Islamic Modesty”
* Confirmed: Islamic Terrorist Financed Miss USA Contestant
* Miss USA Pageant Sponsor Attacked “Whites,” Bragged About Dad’s Massacre of Jews, is 9/11 Truther, Anti-Israel




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203 Responses

Eck!

If there is any justice, Trump’s toupee will self-destruct!

tanstaafl (jw) on May 12, 2010 at 2:22 pm

Its a crossing a red line… NO ONE should qualify for any kind of American recognition or honor if they support terrorist groups that have killed hundreds of Americans and are this nation’s sworn enemy.

If Donald Trump can’t bring himself to kick out Rima Fakih, the rest of us will have to do it. And that’s where your blog comes. Even in our morally benighted age, public exposure and shame can still make the right thing happen.

Silence is simply aiding and abetting evil, if not extending it approval. So will Americans say NO to a Hezbollah-supporting beauty pageant contestant?

Stay tuned – and Debbie, good work! We love ya!

NormanF on May 12, 2010 at 2:25 pm

    YOU GUYS ARE FUKIN RACIST PIGS I AM A LEBANESE AMERICAN CITIZEN AND U GUYS DISGUST ME WITH UR REPORTS JUSTTTTTTT BECUZ UR LEBANESE DOESNT MEAN UR A TERRORIST!!!! I WENT TO THE SAME SCHOOL AS THIS GIRL HER IN DEARBORN AND AM DISGUSTED THAT U ALLOW THOUSANDS OF JEWS TO KILL WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN GAZA AND CALL US TERRORISTS U DNT REMEMBER THAT 20 SOME DAY OF ATTACK ON GAZA SCHOOLS AND ETC IN JAN SOME YEARS AGO!!! EVEN THE UN SUPPORTED THAT ISREAL WAS OUT OF LINE WE ARE NOT TERRORIST I AM A LEBANESE AMERICAN AND THE FIRST PART ESPECIALLY FOR EVER!!!! LONG LIVE LEBANON!!!!!

    ADIB on May 17, 2010 at 7:33 am

Not exactly the picture of modesty, is she? Then again, it would be hard for her to compete with hijab and burqa…

Alan on May 12, 2010 at 2:33 pm

Nasrallah has his own blog!

http://nasralla.blogspot.com/

The judges should ask her what David Horowitz asks:

“I’m a Jew. The head of Hezbollah has said that he hopes that we will gather in Israel so he doesn’t have to hunt us down globally. For it or against it?” with this question: has said that he hopes that we will gather in Israel so he doesn’t have to hunt us down globally. For it or against it?” or against it?” The Muslim student responded: “For it.” In essence, the student was saying she is for a second Holocaust.

Google: David horowitz Muslim student

NewYorker on May 12, 2010 at 2:44 pm

But what is the problem ? you have about 8 M muslims in USA ?
& many do love also Bin Laden.What can you do except that you must open your eyes if they are not good citizens.
By the way I don’t think she is beautiful at all ( LOL )

JHY: Don’t promote CAIR’s bloated, fake statistics. There are only about 2.1 million Muslims in the US. Here are the real stats, from liberal Pew Research Center:

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/5261/hey-obama-does-0-6-of-the-population-make-america-a-muslim-nation-update-video-added/

DS

Jacqueline Hanna Youssef on May 12, 2010 at 3:03 pm

    Debbie, only if you can trust either one of them. The real truth is no one knows how many are here – if they even fill out the Census forms accurately or are counted right.

    And I think you know what that means.

    NormanF on May 12, 2010 at 5:25 pm

JH Youssef writes, “But what is the problem ? you have about 8 M muslims in USA ?”

Those are CAIR’s claims (echoed by Obama). Recent surveys suggest it’s closer to 2.5 million.

Raymond in DC on May 12, 2010 at 3:17 pm

I am not sure how beauty and politics are related? Maybe debbies is just a jealous female. I am christian but at least god my god or any god has always told us to respect other human beings. it is so funny that debbie will remember people defending their country that she calls terrorists; but she doesnt remember a single name or family or number of victims killed by the israelies such as qana where two massacres happened on a land where jesus did his first miracle. I am sorry you dont beleive in christ, at least islams they do and have the most respect to Mary and Jesus. debbie if miss rima fakih is supporting hezbollah why hasnt the goverment put her and her family in jail? Oh i am sorry you are just spreading rumors and the goverment have not beleived your story. I am a haddad and it is the largest family name in the arab world that extends from syria to jordan to lebanon and many other countries. if a haddad commited a crime does that make me a criminal?
Have respect for others so people respect you. Hijab is a choice not an obligation. but it seems being cruel is an obligation for you because you want attention.

Chadi Haddad on May 12, 2010 at 3:21 pm

    Chadi Haddad is a MUSLIM name not a Christian name, did you convert? And please you MUSLIM liar stop with the false claims of massacres. Remember the Israelis went into Lebanon in the 1980’s to STOP the massacring of Chrsitians by Fatah terrorists! In fact they saved your Ass.s! Let us NOT forget the Gr4and mufti’s instigated riots that caused the massacre of 60,000 Palestinians 50,000 of whom were Jewish Palestinians, 10,000 made up of Bedoins (REAL Arabs), Druze, and non-arab christians. When the number of Israeli self defense murders come close get back to us. Remeber the world agreed upon Palestine mandate (that is Palestine as the JEWISH homeland) required ALL of modern day Israel, the so called West Bank, East Jerusalem, and all of Gaza, and last but NOT least ALL of modern day Jordan. The British in order to prevent more genocides by the mostly Non-Arab Muslims who he inccorectly named Filistines reniged on their international mandate and carved Israel into the current sliver of nothing!

    Moses on May 12, 2010 at 4:43 pm

    You really need to work on your taqqiya. It is really quite poor. Try being an honest Islamist, and you will at least gain more respect.

    Worry01 on May 12, 2010 at 5:38 pm

      Is there such a thing?

      tanstaafl (jw) on May 13, 2010 at 12:29 pm

    Chadi,

    You are a filthy liar who would defend the most heinous crimes against humanity if it meant making your Islamist brothers look good

    John on May 13, 2010 at 9:51 pm

    Sorry but Jesus is respected as a lesser prophet, then Mary is named, but it does not mean she is respected. Then there is the problem of the cross. Do you know that in the Koran it says, not Jesus was crucified but in his place another man? Of course by this Islam denies several key points of the salvation as taught by Christianity. Not that I believe all this, the point is, Islam is so far away from Christianity as the Moon is from the Earth.

    Martin Koschuttnig on May 15, 2010 at 9:48 am

Just as an observation, usually the only time I see photos of muslimas as pretty as this one is after they have been honor-killed. Good luck wit dat, Rima.

Richard on May 12, 2010 at 3:28 pm

Rima does look like a bit of social promotion. As a male, I would not say that she was ugly or plain. However, especially in the first photograph, Rima is not especially attractive. I have seen other other Lebanese gals, and knew one personally at one time, who would have put this woman in the shade. As I said, this seems to be an example of social promotion.

Worry01 on May 12, 2010 at 3:34 pm

I cant but laugh, it was not nasrallah who voted for her to be miss michigan. but she is beautiful in and out unlike debbie. yes thanks for the promotion love it i guess some us peagent judges helps promote rima to the top.

CH: No, Nasrallah didn’t pick her. Dumb politically correct Michigan judges who thought it would be nice to have a Muslim picked her. Same difference. DS

Chadi Haddad on May 12, 2010 at 3:53 pm

    I guess it seems that the hate comes from here to the middle east more than the other way around. I guess if we look deep enough we will know who is provoking all this mess. You have to live in the middle east to understand the situation and not just watch or listen to the media that is all controlled by the jewish lobby.

    Chadi Haddad on May 12, 2010 at 4:39 pm

      Yes, it is all the fault of the Jews. Is that how you explain car bombings, kidnappings, and other such wonders? You do not need to seek out hate, just look in the mirror.

      Worry01 on May 12, 2010 at 5:41 pm

      Yes Chadi,

      That’s why Pakistan murdered 3 MILLION Bengali Muslims in 1971. You people need to learn to take some f**king personal responsibility. You murder each other like human life is worthless and you have the balls to condemn those of us in the West who value freedom for speaking out against your filth

      John on May 13, 2010 at 9:53 pm

      Yeah this is why Muslims in France, Denmark or other Scandinavian countries go after Jews.
      Or a 13 year old Muslim boy assaults a young woman in a public bus, and beats her so badly that she spend time in the hospital because she did not offer her seat to him! Now this was not in some predominately Muslim city in the Middle East, but in the City of Vienna, Austria. All his defense was that she is a KAFFIR WOMAN BITCH, because she didn’t wear a Muslim headgear. I’m so sick and tired of hearing how the poor Muslims are the victims. Also the story about peaceful coexistence between Muslim, Christians and Jew in Spain is a lie. Muslim today in the Middle East who fight against Jews prove that they could never live together in peace.

      Martin Koschuttnig on May 15, 2010 at 10:06 am

    Debbie really means liberal judges. But the Red-Green alliance is a fact of contemporary life.

    NormanF on May 12, 2010 at 5:27 pm

That’s funny. Have respect for others…right. Last I heard, respectful words don’t stop a bullet or a sword.

I was also going to mention that particular video clip with David. My blood turned to ice when she coldly and quietly leaned into the mic and said, “For.” I cannot imagine going into the lion’s den itself.

cirrus1701 on May 12, 2010 at 3:57 pm

I guess debbie has nothing to say. what i heard is that she povokes people and stir up issus in the community so she can attack people and get them in trouble. havent you done that before debbie?

Chadi Haddad on May 12, 2010 at 4:44 pm

    She actually has said quite a bit. You might try reading it. Or, if you have trouble with reading comprehension, perhaps your caregiver could interpret it for you.

    Worry01 on May 12, 2010 at 5:48 pm

Where’s the Nat’l Organization of Tampons stand on the “subjugation” issue? Ooops..I forgot, we’re talking Allah, not Jesus.

Patrick on May 12, 2010 at 4:47 pm

@ Alan: it’s “taqiyyah” to fool ignorant Americans into believing that muslims are “just like us”: there are mostly moderate ones and a few violent ones – “just like us.”

Fact is, until we see “moderate” muslims taking to the streets en masse for something other than to cheer the murder of Jews or Westerners, there is no such thing as a “moderate” muslim.

DR.ROCKS! on May 12, 2010 at 5:04 pm

islam allows/condones/requires the following according to the koran:

child rape, child marriage, child divorce, slaves, sex slaves (possessions of the right hand), requires 4 male muslim men to prove rape of other female muslims, sex slaves and wives beating, kidnapping, extortion (jizya), lying (taqiyaa and kitman), theft, robbery, amputation, torture, terrorism, etc. etc.

Question from Infidel judge to contestant:

Which of the above crimes/atrocities by Western legal standards would you eliminate if you could?

Why absolutely none of course. They are all holy acts according to islam. Just check the koran, hadiths, etc. and you too can find the beauty of islam.

/Any of the following soldiers are MUCH hotter than Ms. Michigan
Babes of IDF

Jew Lover on May 12, 2010 at 5:21 pm

What must we do as a nation of American to rid ourselves of these disgusting Muslims? When push come to shove we all know where their allegiance lies yet we let these brainwashed people take over our towns cities and states by deferring to them on nearly every one of their challenges to our American/western ways.

Islam is trouble…period

abob on May 12, 2010 at 5:39 pm

not that I would watch it…

but is it too late to organize a boycott the pageant & a letter writing campaign telling sponsors why…

leo pucketti on May 12, 2010 at 6:08 pm

We’re really reaching the tipping point where at least in a formal sense, huge numbers of events resemble those of totalitarian society. Beauty contests aren’t really beauty contests anymore; PC trumps all of it. Just like merit appointments aren’t merit appointments anymore, scholarships aren’t scholarships, superior performance by Government hacks in ICE (and of course I’m not referring to readers of this column), Dept. of State, etc. isn’t really superior performance; if someone was coming here from another culture and didn’t understand all of this, they’d really need a code book, but language has turned from being a descriptive mechanism into a PC enabler.

Little Al on May 12, 2010 at 7:10 pm

taqiyyah is tough when it comes in that kind of packaging.

Pretty packaging didn’t work for Miss California last year, even though the bimbo shouldn’t have been axed to leave for her comments on gay marriage. The Donald bowed. I think the pressure will make him overlook this insurgent hezbo-muslima.

How sad that so many will accept this muslim accomplice to the crime that hezbollah is and does. I wonder if she will wear a burqah or a bikini when she goes home to her Hezbo-Lebanon. Maybe she can stop off for her FGM nick in Egypt?

BB on May 12, 2010 at 7:20 pm

A friend of mine who lives in England once asked me why we call our baseball finals “The World Series” when both of the competing teams are from the same country. I didn’t have an answer for him, but it did raise another question: Why do you suppose they call it The “Miss Universe Pageant” when all of the contestants are from the same solar system? Ba-Da-Boom!

Just thought I’d lighten things up a little.

Daniel H on May 12, 2010 at 10:31 pm

Ya know–Daniel’s got a point there!

BB on May 12, 2010 at 10:56 pm

@ Daniel H: There are two countries that participate in MLB, not just one: US and Canada (Toronto Blue Jays and [now defunct] Montreal Expos.

DR.ROCKS! on May 12, 2010 at 11:20 pm

would it be politically insensitive to pose as one of her interview competitions questions as to whether or not her button was snipped by her devout islamic clan as a young cupcake?

hill billy on May 12, 2010 at 11:23 pm

@ Taryn: yeah, allah akbar to you too, buddy.

DR.ROCKS! on May 13, 2010 at 12:01 am

Taryn, out from up under what rock did you slither precisely? islam is hatred not DS…

son of hamas on May 13, 2010 at 12:07 am

“She was born in the Hezbollah stronghold of Srifa in South Lebanon”

Is she a US citizen ? Does one have to be, to compete in the Miss USA pageant ?

Ed on May 13, 2010 at 2:33 am

    schlussle is mad cause israel will never compete in any pageant cause they all look like ass with big noses. But don’t forget you are an arab too, surrounded by muslims. Don’t hate Debbie, not all jews agree with you, your just a zionist, that hate all but your kind, skank

    big daddy on May 13, 2010 at 10:52 am

Ed…if she is a citizen she probably naturalized on the “fast track” system. That’s where they don’t do the requisite background checks PRIOR to being cleared to take the oath and be granted citizenship. Once they’re granted citizenship it takes an act of Congress to strip it. Judging by the way Congress conducts business, don’t look for it in a theater near you anytime soon.

If not, no worries. Coming from Michigan, the “new mecca of the western world”, all that hezzie money bought her way in.

IceNoMore on May 13, 2010 at 4:00 am

Here, in France, we know already what it means being too late.

We let them in, they will kick us out.

You let them in, they will kick you out.

Dont tell me you will resist. You will not. It is too late.

Jean Breban on May 13, 2010 at 4:15 am

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/slideshow/photos-miss-usa-contestants-pose-lingerie-10615614

I guess that it is OK for a Muslim woman to take photos dressed like this for the world to see also. They are just so peaceful and open-minded when it is all about propaganda. What a bunch of freaks.

Angela04 on May 13, 2010 at 7:51 am

Fadil Berisha was the photographer for the contestants photos. The hypocrisy continues with the muslims.

Angela04 on May 13, 2010 at 8:04 am

Many Americans say the time for revenge for ’83 beirut is long overdue, but the festering continues until it will reach a boiling point. Never Forget ’83 Beirut! Those 300 Americans Patriots have not died for nothing.

Farouk you Beirut on May 13, 2010 at 8:28 am

Even if their numbers are 8 million = it’s still less than 3% of the population of the US. That is far from the numbers that should be necessary to “represent” the public’s interests.

Chuck on May 13, 2010 at 10:14 am

This post provides zero evidence/sources to support any of its claims, namely that Ms. Michigan supports Hezbollah or any other extremist groups. The fact that she attended a forum about the lives and experiences of Arab women doesn’t even prove that she’s a Muslim. Thus, she has no more obligation than anyone else to condemn Hezbollah.

Keamon on May 13, 2010 at 10:45 am

G: You apparently didn’t read a word I wrote. This isn’t about her being kicked out b/c she is Muslim, but b/c she supports Islamic terrorism, specifically a group that murdered hundreds of Americans–you know, from the USA (as in Miss USA)? It’s also because she is using the pageant name to promote the Islamic subjugation of women. No American beauty pageant should condone contestants with these views. Period. Bringing in Catholicism and Judaism is completely irrelevant here, other than your desire to label these religions as morally equivalent to one that embraces the wholesale murder and abuse of billions of non-believers and flies planes into buildings. The anti-Semitic portion of your comment has been removed. DS

Sorry, Debbie should not be supported on this one. She is basically demanding that the Miss USA pageant not allow this woman to compete because she is Muslim. Which is, of course, ILLEGAL. As far as getting her to denounce Hamas, terrorism etc., no matter how Debbie attempts to correlate it to the Carrie Prejean nonsense, such a line of questioning would be DISCRIMINATORY and ILLEGAL. Perez Hilton asked a GENERAL QUESTION that could be asked of ANYONE regardless of their background. However, the line of questioning that Debbie demands that this woman ask would be SOLELY because of her RELIGION and PLACE OF ORIGIN/NATIONALITY. Those questions are ILLEGAL and as a LAWYER Schlussel knows it, just as the PROFILING LAWS and IMMIGRATION LAW CHANGES that Schlussel demands are ILLEGAL.

Now maybe it is legal to keep a Muslim out of a beauty pageant in Israel, because Israel is a Jewish state (and America is a religion-neutral state) and also Israel doesn’t have the bill of rights or equal protection guarantees. But in this country, barring this woman because she is Lebanese-Muslim or making her jump through hoops that any other contestant would have to is ILLEGAL. And yes, it is ILLEGAL to do so on the basis of a person’s political views. They CANNOT bar this woman from joining the pageant because she supports Hezbollah any more than they could bar someone for voting for Obama.

We cannot bar someone from entering a beauty pagaent because they are Muslim. We cannot ask harassing questions on someone’s political views because they are Muslim or from Lebanon. Further, as far as using someone’s position on Zionism as a sort of litmus test … why limit that to Muslims when there a ton of non-Muslim left wing Rachel Corries (and right wing Pat Buchanan/Bob Novak supporters) who feel the same way? Again, as a LAWYER, Debbie knows this.

“Hey, maybe the Miss USA pageant judges can ask this Muslima pageant contestant if she believes in the separation of mosque and state.”

Why not ask that of a Jewish pagaent entrant? And while you are at it, ask Catholic contestants whether their primary loyalties are to the Vatican or to our laws? Ask them if they agreed with the Vatican’s attempts to shield priests from criminal prosecution, and if they believe that the immunity given to the pope over the child abuse scandal should be lifted. Ask her if the child abuse and the behavior of the church hierarchy constituted “domestic terrorism”. Then again, since the Vatican is a country and we have an ambassaador to the Vatican, Catholic Miss USA contestants should be asked if it was foreign terrorism, and if the abusive priests who were moved from parish to parish were enemy agents of a hostile, criminal foreign regime operating on our shores and should be treated as such. And so on …

Really, start playing that game and you aren’t going to win. Muslims like this woman are CITIZENS whether you like it or not. And revoking the citizenship of Muslims solely based on their religion is ILLEGAL. Maybe you can do that in Israel. Looks like the supporters of Avigdor Lieberman are already headed in that direction. But in America, the Bill of Rights makes it ILLEGAL to revoke the citizenship of Americans solely on the basis of religion, and the Constitution makes it ILLEGAL to have separate classes of citizenship on the basis of religion. Even stuff like “national security” and “profiling” doesn’t apply here, because this is an organization running a beauty pageant, not a law enforcement agency looking for terror suspects.

Again, Debbie is a LAWYER. She KNOWS this stuff already. Really, all she is doing is campaigning for Muslims to be marginalized in this country so that they will either leave voluntarily or a political climate can be created so that they will be kicked out. The problem is that since this is not Israel or some Arab/Muslim nation who harasses non-Muslims like Iran, or won’t allow Jews to enter like Saudi Arabia, our Constitution and civil rights laws give the same rights to Muslims as they do everyone else. Denying those FACTS serve no useful purpose, and only result in delusion and frustration for the deniers.

Gerald on May 13, 2010 at 12:56 pm

    Sorry Gerald, any Person can be asked: “Do you support Hamas/Hezbollah or Neo-Nazis” ? Regardless of their religious/political background. I’m living in Vienna Austria, and often enough we are being asked if we support the Nazis. So it is a very legitimate question to ask a Muslima if she supports these Muslim Terror-Organizations..

    Martin Koschuttnig on May 15, 2010 at 10:31 am

Donald Trump…YOU’RE FIRED!

Bob Porrazzo on May 13, 2010 at 1:06 pm

I think asking any muslim “how do you feel when groups like Al Queda, Hamas, hezbollah, JI, etc kill innocent people in the name of your religion” is a legitimate and important question, especially when its a public figure. Either they will:

a) condemn the acts – good, because it might influence others
b) support the acts – good, because it lets us see where they stand
c) say the question’s illegitimate for some reason – good because it clarifies their position (maybe they think its all some Israeli trick or some nonsense)

Tristan Yates on May 13, 2010 at 1:51 pm

We will never forget that thousands of Palestinian Authority Muslims celebrated the murders of our 3,000 fellow Americans and never forget that thousands of PA Muslims celebrate the murders of Israeli Jews whenever a Muslim killer blows up amongst Israelis. We must NEVER spit on the graves of our murdered American and Israeli brothers and sisters by surrendering Free World Jewish land to those who hate us and celebrate our murders.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrM0dAFsZ8k

israelinsider.com
Thousands of Palestinians again celebrate attacks, videotape suppressed
By Ellis Shuman and israelinsider staff September 16, 2001

On Friday and Saturday, thousands of Palestinians again paraded through cities in the West Bank and Gaza, celebrating the attacks on the United States.
“Jubilant Palestinians took to the streets of refugee camps of Lebanon and the West Bank, waving Palestinian flags and distributing sweets to celebrate the attacks.

“Palestinian policemen celebrating and shooting into the air, in addition to civilians dancing,”
…Arab students at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem held a party Tuesday night celebrating the attacks and giving out candy to participants.
http://www.israelinsider.com/channels/diplomacy/articles/dip_0087.htm

Linda Rivera on May 13, 2010 at 7:26 pm

Some of you people are really ignorant. I am from a Lebanese origin with a Christian background, though I am an ateist in these days since it is obvious that religions only cause WARS!

Let me just tell u something, first, don’t come up with conclusions regarding a person’s name (as Chadi Haddad), as it is a Christian name and not a muslim name ! Therefore, you should instead listen to Chadi as he has lived with the Lebanese muslims in their original country. We have every reason to be angry at them, but we don’t. We’ve been fighting for more than 30 years, but it wasn’t any fights before Israel came into the region. We should remember that Lebanon was flourishing with no regards to religion until early 70’s. Then suddenly divisions occured, mostly due to Palestinian refugees.

Therefore, just because 200 americans died on Lebanese soil (they had no reason to be there btw), it does not mean that every Lebanese-muslim is a terrorist! The way you portray every person on Earth with an arabic name as a terrorist is disgusting. A name like Chadi is as Christian as it could be, and barely 10 % of Haddad’s are muslims (I have never encountered a Haddad-muslim in my life btw), but still you are angry at him!

People, you should turn off ur TV’s, get out on the streets and talk to the nearest muslim, that’s what I have been doin every since I came to this country, because I realized that it is not the religion which steers the people; rather it is the culture and the mind controlling established by the Media and other extremist leaders. Understand that most arabs respect americans (even though they have the biggest reason to not to) but u do not respect any arab (even though u are takin’ over their countries)

And remember one important aspect in the Lebanese Culture; a Lebanese is not an Arab! we are Phoenician people, one of the oldest cultures on earth, therefore, know the difference!

Joe Lahoud on May 16, 2010 at 9:36 am

Taqiyya is a nasty, nasty thing. Nothing like adopting the culture of the infidels to make them think you’re harmless, right? We’re the 9-11 attackers at strip clubs the night before, or is that just hearsay?

Americans need to wake up and realize that the Muslims have been going after the Christian’s collective throats since they arrived. The Europeans as a majority somehow forgot that the Muslims have always been the enemy, and have let millions in legally and are now going broke by paying for all their necessities, forgetting somehow that Muslims tried for a thousand years to subjugate Europe by force.

That said, America’s First Amendment poses a tricky question – is a Miss USA contestant entitled to have her own views, however radical?
I’m going to say ‘no’ on this one. If you want to be a person who supports a terrorist organization that killed hundreds of people and calls for the destruction of the USA, you have no right to compete to be ‘Miss USA.’ Free speech may protect ugly speech as well, but its easily distasteful to see. Her running as Miss USA would be about as wretched as seeing Muslim-American soldiers or Marines, in their uniforms, marching in Pro-Islam rallys holding signs that say ‘Islam Will Dominate the World’ or ‘Prepare for the Real Holocaust,’ its twisted and sick.

If a bunch of judges from America’s armpit thought it would be cute to pick a Muslim girl for Miss Michigan, whatever. Let’s just hope the real judges have the decency to make her state what she believes on national television.

Do I think she’s physically attractive enough to win Miss USA? No. She’s attractive, but I’d be disappointed if she won. That said, thankfully the pageant requires the personality/mental aspect on top of the beauty, and having pro-Hezbollah views makes her the ugliest contestant out of the 51.

Bernard Ross on May 16, 2010 at 12:16 pm

Debbie, you really should be ashamed of yourself! Rima being a Shite Muslim doesn’t mean that she is a terrorist, supporter of hizbullah, or a supporter of any terrorist group.This is like saying all white texans are extremists, all blacks are criminals, etc, etc. lumping all muslims into the terrorist category is ignorant, stupid and racist. Hating on terrorists and muslims extremists in one thing, but hating on 1.7 billions Muslims in the World is completely wrong. I feel like I’m stating the obvious here and most people who have brains in their heads know that. I still don’t get the purpose of hating and slandering a young beautiful lady who is hoping to get a share of her American dream and become miss USA!

ali qadr on May 16, 2010 at 4:21 pm

Wow. Americans really need to stop watching CNN, FOX 9, etc. Do guys ever question the credibility of the sources you receive your information from. As an American, I find it funny so many Americans think our government is a moral saint. We only look at the atrocities that affect our own kind, as if American blood that is shed is more superior. America supports one of the largest terrorist countries in the world- Israel. That is 3.5 billion annually which comes from our taxes to support another Holocaust of Palestinians civilians. But, it doesn’t matter becauses its not an American. Nor does the 650,000 Iraqi civilians matter as well. As a wise man once said war makes the rich man richer and the poor man poorer. Obama and Bush are one in the same.America=land of propaganda.

Samantha on May 16, 2010 at 6:30 pm

Ahahahah Debbie you stupid wh*re!! Rima just won MISS USA ahahahahahahahaha!!! Are you going to cry now?

Zekemob on May 16, 2010 at 10:05 pm

Bernard Ross, yeah the judges were going to ask her opinion on Hezbollah. YEAHHH!! Do they ask Jewish woman what their opinion is on the terrorist Jews that were bombing British Hotels and Government Offices in the 1930’s, and assassinating British leaders in order to gain the land they currently call Israel? Why don’t you ask that question douche? Let me guess, it was ok then Mr. Ross because it was Jews doing the bombings?

Zekemob on May 16, 2010 at 10:10 pm

Guess what, people? She won Miss USA 2010! Thank you, God! As much as I despise Islam, I am glad that an Americanized woman of Middle Eastern descent and from a Muslim background won Miss USA. To those of you who did not watch the pageant, and who have not followed it from day one (like I did) – have NO right to judge or accuse this young woman of being a supporter of terrorism, since you don’t have any concrete proof. It’s all hearsay and speculations, and you’ve already judged her just because she’s Muslim like what you always do with all people of Muslim background. Shame on you!

angela on May 16, 2010 at 10:10 pm

Miss USA is a Muslim!!! AHAHAHA. Tel Aviv must be rioting.

Zekemob on May 16, 2010 at 10:16 pm

This post simply attacks her for being a Muslim from Lebanon, nothing more. Being a Muslim from Southern Lebanon — a fact beyond her control — doesn’t mean she supports Hezbollah or terrorism or anything of the sort. Being related to people in Hezbollah means nothing as well. The panel she participated in was simply a forum to offer diverse views about women in Islam. Just someone on that panel participated in some kind of reimbursement fraud means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING with respect to Rima Fakih.

Your charges are completely unfounded and LIBELOUS and you should probably be sued for this blog post. Find a quote where she says anything in support of Hezbollah or provide some evidence. Otherwise, you’re simply being a RACIST and making false charges. Yes, I’ll repeat it: a RACIST. I’m sure you don’t feel injured by that charge, Ms. Schlussel, because it seems clear you have no shame and probably not much of a brain.

Willard on May 16, 2010 at 10:26 pm

In fact, I think I’ll be forwarding this post to some people who can consider a lawsuit against you. Have a nice day.

Willard on May 16, 2010 at 10:28 pm

Looking at all the responses…. It looks like a Hate Ghetto. Insanity has overtaken your humanity

Imran on May 16, 2010 at 10:35 pm

I’ve really had enough of this bullshit!! It’s bad enough that we get stuck with a fucking muslim president but now miss usa is a fucking muslim….BULLSHIT!!!!!!! We need to deport all muslims out of this country now!!!

Ron on May 16, 2010 at 10:50 pm

    Ayyy Ron… shut the fuck up. !

    jasmine on May 17, 2010 at 11:36 am

Hello everyone

I come from france and as we know yet this girl have won the miss usa title. Can you explain to me something please? I wonder if you’re against her because she’s against israel’s right to exist, and the fact that she supports terrorists organisations such hezbollah or only because she’s muslim? PLease tell me because I want to know how you think in the USA but I’ll not judge anyone don’t worry. I trully love the USA that’s why I’m learning english

Thanks

Ben on May 16, 2010 at 10:58 pm

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