“I found it hilarious”: Not the words I’d use.
Other than “I found it hilarious”, I agree with Tarek Fatah that “he honourable thing for Canadian Islamic leader Mohamed Elmasry to do is to resign his position.” And therefore, obviously, I don’t expect that he will, and even if he did, so what?
Jewish and Muslim leaders are demanding the president of the Canadian Islamic Congress resign after failing to apologize for saying all adult Israelis are legitimate targets for suicide bombers.
Mohamed Elmasry, president of the influential Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC), issued a news release on the weekend insisting his remarks, made on a television program last week, were “regrettable and misunderstood,” but he did not outright apologize.
He said he was simply relaying the views of most Palestinians, not his own beliefs. “I sincerely regret that my comments were misunderstood and, as a result, caused offence,” said Dr. Elmasry, an Egyptian-born computer engineering professor at the University of Waterloo.
But Jewish groups and at least one fellow Muslim leader dismissed the statement as half-hearted and insincere. “I found it hilarious,” said Tarek Fatah, co-founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress. “The honourable thing for Mr. Elmasry to do is to resign his position. But to put a spin on this and deny what he said is embarrassing for all Muslims.”
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