Fort Bend County Judge Bob Hebert has joined the community leaders who have issued statements of support for Sugar Land District 4 runoff candidate Farha Ahmed following the release of a mailer linking Ahmed to Aafia Siddiqui, known as “Lady Al Qaeda” in the media.
Fort Bend County District Attorney John Healey, Fort Bend County Democratic Party Chair Steve Brown have also released statements in Ahmed’s defense.
Sugar Land Mayor James Thompson issued a statement on the issue, but according to city officials, “the statement issued by Mayor James Thompson did not indicate support for Farha Ahmed or imply his defense of any specific person. He suggested that all candidates should focus on qualifications, not religion or ethnicity, and encouraged voters to take this into consideration.”
Ahmed is on the runoff ballot along with Harish Jajoo. Election Day is June 11.
“It is not my practice to endorse candidates in other elections, especially non-partisan municipal elections; however, I feel an obligation to come to defense of my very good friend Farha Ahmed, who has been wrongfully slandered by an anonymous political piece that attempts to link her to Al-Qaida in the United States,” said Hebert. “The anonymous mailer attempts to tarnish her image by implying that she served as legal representation to a Pakistani, serving an 86-year sentence, for allegedly attacking US Military and FBI agents. Farah Ahmed is not a criminal Defense Lawyer, and in fact, not licensed to practice outside the State of Texas.”
Ahmed told FortBendNow that she does not represent Siddiqui but insinuated that the connection to Siddiqui could have been made through work she did a few years ago to help locate two missing American children who were believed to have been kidnapped overseas.
She has not responded to follow-up questions, and has not explained why Siddiqui named Ahmed as her legal counsel in a handwritten letter in October of 2010.
“She is a fine American, competent attorney, a good friend and supporter of mine who has served on my Citizens Advisory Committee for the last nine years,” said Hebert of Ahmed. “She’s been strength to me in working through a lot of the issues of our very diverse community and I strongly support her right to run for any office in this county or this State that she feels like she’s qualified. The ‘mailer’ that went out slandering her is an example of what is absolutely the worst of our great democracy and I urge voters to judge the candidates on their qualifications and not on this type of libelous slander.”
Siddiqui, an American-educated Pakistani cognitive neuroscientist, was convicted last year in a U.S. federal court of assault with intent to murder her U.S. interrogators in Afghanistan. In September, 2010, she was sentenced to 86 years in prison.
In 2004, the FBI described Siddiqui as an Al Qaeda “facilitator” willing to use her education against America
In 2008, she was arrested in Afghanistan with 2 pounds of poisonous chemicals, bomb-making instructions and a list of New York landmarks on her person.
According to prosecutors, when American agents were sent to question her, she grabbed a rifle and started shooting. She was then shot by a soldier.
I believe judge Hebert got it right when he urged voters to vote based on the issues and “NOT THIS libelous slander”.
sooth, scout
Its been enlightening “talking” to yoose both, but I have a project at work just come forward several days, so I gotts earn a livin’
It’ll take me away from the screen for a while so I wont be able to continue our banter.
I’ll not be finished and back into town until after the fun on Saturday, so it will all be over by the time I’m back / sigh.
oh, and as if you need an invite, feel free to disparage and malign me while I am away. See how creative you can be but remember, eyes will be following you.
And to save you the finger exercizes, no my job is not realted to anything in the political field….or PR . . .or marketing . . . or construction . . or urban development . . . in fact . . . I doubt you can guess what my job is inside of 20 guesses.
C ya
charlene
ps forgive me for not posting this on the other boards, but I seriously gotta run
Here’s one you could ask him Drew, who paid for the expensive mailer and if it isn’t libel as the DA and judge claim, then why all the cloak and dagger?
soothsayer
I am sorry, perhaps I didnt make it clear before – so for the record here you go
I did not make that mailer, I did not put stamps on that mailer, i did not help in making, stamping, mailing or funding that mailer.
i am not aware of who did make the mailer, i am not aware of who did put the stamps on that mailer. I am not aware of how that mailer got funded or who funded it or where it was sent.
i have not been paid by, encouraged by, directed by any person, firm, candidate, special iinterest gropu, lobbying entitiy, PAC or other organization to make these entries
Now – challenge me on any of that, and you are on very sticky legal grounds my friend.
Charlene
I’m sure everyone believes you.
I would very much welcome this coming out and in front of a judge in a libel case. Discovery would expose this hidden network and I think it would be a good thing for the community to put you in front of a jury, so let’s do it. Let’s get this all out in the open. I have faith that a jury will recognize a political smear campaign when they see one. A very good idea. File your case. It takes about 40 days to get the service papers and discovery should be fun. So let’s do it.
She has not responded to follow-up questions, and has not explained why Siddiqui named Ahmed as her legal counsel in a handwritten letter in October of 2010.
UHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM………………………………
Actually she has, you just refuse to accept it. Why should anyone respond to a anonymous smear campaign?
anyone else reading this finding it amusing that two posters on this blog
netscout and soothsayer keep a laser beam focus on damning others for making anonymous statements
charlene
I find your tactics amusing. When posters don’t buy your attack they are then attacked. Nothing new in that. Keep it coming.
Where can I find this? Where does she answer these questions? How does she explain all of this now……weeks after the fact….she was first asked back in April and refused to comment.
I see, so you read the court records and everything else but not her response here on FBN on June 3rd? Oh wait you already posted on that thread several times so you are just gaming some more. How typical of you.
That’s an interesting claim charmar. I’ve posted on these threads extensively and you’ve only continued the same blind mantra. You even skip Drews question below. Why, it doesn’t fit your agenda? Which marketing firm do you work and who is the client?
So anyone that dares disagrees with you must be getting paid? That sounds exactly like a poster here named Chris would deduct.
Hmmmm
netscout
I am sorry, perhaps I didnt make it clear before – so for the record here you go
I did not make that mailer, I did not put stamps on that mailer, i did not help in making, stamping, mailing or funding that mailer.
i am not aware of who did make the mailer, i am not aware of who did put the stamps on that mailer. I am not aware of how that mailer got funded or who funded it or where it was sent.
i have not been paid by, encouraged by, directed by any person, firm, candidate, special iinterest gropu, lobbying entitiy, PAC or other organization to make these entries
Now – challenge me on any of that, and you are on very sticky legal grounds my friend.
Charlene
I’m perfectly willing to play this smear of yours out all the way. Bring it on!
Anyone wanna discuss the other allegation in the flier – the one that claims Farha Ahmed is connected to and serves/served on the board of Muslim Brotherhood groups, and pals around with Islamists and Jiihadis ?
Netscout, soothsayer, I notice you conotinually stay away from those discussions.
Wassa matter – truth got your tongue?
I’ve been reading these articles and posts for a while now and I can’t really get a grasp of what everyone’s concern is. It seems we have several members of the community playing the six degrees of Kevin Bacon game, who are disgusted that others either don’t believe them or aren’t concerned.
I would appreciate it if someone could spell out their actual concerns about Farha Ahmed getting elected to the Sugar Land City Council. Maybe there’s a lot more power and authority associated with such a position that I’m not aware of. Sure it’s a step up from student council or an HOA board, but it’s not exactly a senate seat or the head of homeland security.
This isn’t a criticism, I’m just asking for your actual concerns.
Very good questions Drew. Also ask them why they keep pushing Farha as some sort of criminal when NO law enforcement org is seeking her out.
Drew
thanks for your interest
a different side of Farha Ahmed has been discovered. This side shows that over the past few years she serves/has served in Leadership roles of some non-mainstrean groups having an Islamist agenda. When the composition of those Leadership boards/councils is known, and its discovered who Ahmed serves alongside, it reveals a group of Muslim Brotherhood operatives who have stated either personally or as leaders of their respective organizations concepts of Muslim supremacy and cultural or stealth Jihad.
For example one of Farha’s fellow Direcotrs at Freedom & justice Foundation is Tarek Hussein. He is the head of CAIR Houston. On a Houston TV Station interview about the Ground Zero Mosque, he denied that 9/11 was caused by Muslims. Another is Mustafa Carroll, a self declared supporter of Hamas suicide bombers.
One of the other groups Farha aligns herself with is listed by the Department of Justice as fundarisers for Hamas and are designated as a front for the Muslim Brotherhood, which is a group who by their own admission is dedicated to bring Islamic Law to the USA.
Farha’s involvement with Freedom & Justice was at a time when that organization lobbyed the US government to delink Islam and terrorism, loosen provisions of the Partiot Act and remove investigation of Foreign born Muslim males ages 18-40 from terror watch lists. I readily accept that it depends on your point of view as to whether those lobbying efforts were a good thing or not, but taking an impartial view of those efforts it is not certain that at the time such lobbying was in the best interests of the US. As Farha was in a Leadership role of that organization at that time, it is relevant for Sugar Land citizens to be made aware of this.
The list goes on and yes you are right- this is only Sugar Land City Council we are talking about, but there are a group of concerned citizens who are aware of this information and think that Farha’s associations with these types of groups and individuals does matter, as it displays a side of Farha not shown by her or her supporters. Between them and a media strangled by Political Correctness this informatioon keeps getting suppressed.
I am of the opinion it is wrong to keep this side of Farha’s community activites unseen, and I am strogly of the opinion that once information about a candidate running for public office is being supressed, deeper investigation is almost obligatory
Irrspective of what netscout or soothsayer have written, no one has accused Farha of committing any crimes, or of doing anything unlawful (In fact those two posters go awol when challenged on this specific point)
Now, whether Farha’s associations with these radical groups and inidividuals matters or not is for voters to decide on Saturday, but at least it is being dislcosed, attempts are being made to discuss them and voters have a fuller picture of Farha’s activites.
The folks over at actforamericahouston.com have been doing a very good job of
explaining some of these associations in more detail, and if you visit their site, it is full of links to (mostly) original sources. They have also been tracking attempts to scrub these various organizations websites clean of references to Farha, a stange activity if her association with them, or their group themselves is benign.
hope this helps
charlene
Repeatedly Charlene has been asked for information and very carefully implies relationships with criminals or accused and then is unable to support the claimed direct links. When she can’t produce support she then attacks the posters asking the questions. For example, try and find a name or contact information for the smear site, mailer or any of the posters. Marketing firms at election time often engage in such activity. Ask yourself why they issued this attack against such an involved community member at this time and not many months or years ago. The truth is not all Muslims are terrorist but many want us to believe that especially at election time. Many local public figures have condemned this well financed campaign smear. The DA, the Sugar Land mayor, even the chief county judge. If you remember the “swift boat” smear campaign and who funded it a few years ago, it definitely smacks of similar tactics, funding and approach. Yes, some will do anything to protect their taxpayer funded projects. Ask Charlene why they aren’t looking into JoJo’s past given he isn’t even using his real name and has raised so much PAC money linked with city contractors and vendors. They don’t because all that matters to them is the smear and winning the election. If you have questions you want to ask Farah, just call her or talk to those that know her. Not those building nefarious circumstantial associations. And remember if this was a “concerned citizens” attack, why did they wait until now instead of going after her when the information came out?
Drew, my concerns are the apparent ties that Ahmed appears to hold with known groups that aid terrorist; and the denial of those ties. Lying about her relationship with Siddiqui and then playing the victim.
Maybe she sent the flyer so she could get some sympathy.
I think the judge and DA need to pursue these anonymous posters who are engaging in these deliberate political smears!
netscout
Soothsayer said yesterday in response to one of my posts
“I believe posters on this forum can share whatever opinion they choose and that includes you or scout”
So now you two have different views of freedom of speech ???
Maybe then they would read the documents!
lol
I see, everyone must drink your Koop-aid or they can’t play. How ignorant.
@soothsayer
Farha, is that you ?
How funny. You really are ignorant. Are you JoJo or Schiff. LOL
Just the facts, I stand on the facts, not opinions! Funny you stand on opinions! LOL
Have you read the documents? I triple dog dare you?
Chris, is that you posting under yet another alias?
You got that right sooth. Why would matter which of the two it is. The campaign is bought and paid for.
Bought and paid for? And you have the sheer gall to accuse others of smears?
When you engage in smears you should be ready to get called on it. Telling voters to do research on campaign funding is not a smear. Implying someone is a criminal or has strong relationships with criminals when the only proof you have is that they attended a large mtg where some criminals were in attendance proves nothing. Those are not facts because the implication is that everyone at the public mtg is guilty by association. A very old and tired political tactic and I might add, over used.
netscout
Am I understanding you correctly ?
When you tell people they should do their own research on campaign contributors – that is not a smear . . . but me asking people to do the same thing about a candidate not of your choice is a smear.
wow – please tell me thats not what you meant
and PS Ahmed was not merely at many of these meetings, she actively particiapted in them either as a moderator, panelist or co-host. The two male panelists that joined her as presenters at one of these conferecnes are now in jail. I do not know what profession you are in / were in but I presume you have some expereince of attnding conferences. Appearing as a panelist at a conference implies somethng more than attending a large meeting as a delegate.
What police org is after her? What law has she violated?
I doubt you understand anything because that is not your intention. Apparently your goal is to make sure JoJo (not his real name) is elected. I’m sure anyone reading this that isn’t engaging is very sure of your agenda. It was obvious to me after your second or third post and now your personal attacks on posters that’s buy your bull.
Next he will be using lines from Top Gun. :-)
A movie about this would be great! Maybe then you would understand all the issues involved!
Still believe Weiner?
Sooth, they get their lines from old movie scripts. No smear is above them.
You can’t handle the truth!
You mean your propaganda.
I triple dog dare you to read the documents!
Sorry I missed the fun yesterday. Get this sooth, another conspiracy and you are part of it. If you don’t sing the chorus you are exiled from the US. He even used a line from A Few Good Men, how hilarious.
Have you read the chorus? Have you read the documents? The underwear bomber lived in Houston for a while! Dr. Siddiqui lived in Houston! Does it bother you that FARHA Ahmed lied? What else is she covering up? I think it is legitimate for voters to want to know what her agenda is.
I bet you believed Weiner was telling the truth!
You sure did miss it. They stick to the script repeating it over and over again assuming others will simply repeat it without questioning it. Just like calling someone a liar without saying what they are supposed to have lied about or the strategy of trying to confuse the readers over the identity of Aafia and Farha as if Farha was the convicted criminal. Nothing more the smoke and mirrors financed by expensive city contractors/developers and their PACs. Got to have those tax subsidized projects and Farha won’t play ball so they smear her into oblivion as they have done with similar tactics in many other elections. One major problem in their empty rhetoric is that Farha isn’t wanted for anything and is not Aafia.
soothsayer
So many allegations and attacks packed into so few wrods its tough no know where to start
1. There are those that beleive Farha is not being fully truthful about her association and/or relatinship with Aaifa Siddiqui. For example – what was all this thing about missing kids ? (brought up by Farha not anyone else) Not sure what that has to do with anything, but she didnt explain.
2. There is nothing wrong with Farha being a friend of Siddiqui, or even in representing her legally for whatever she could. but then say that. To not do so didnt really help her case, nor shut the conversation down.
3. It has been proven by at least three independant sources (one of which is a court document) that a Texas Attorney named Farha ahmed is connected to Siddiqui. If you are of the opinion that the Farha Ahmed running for a seat on Sugar Land City Council is not the same Farha Ahmed, then you (or better yet candidate Farha Ahmed herself) shoudl say that. But someone better come up with the real Farha Ahmed connected to Siddiqui, coz I dont belive another one exists. Now the repurcussions of that do go back to my point 1 above, in which case there is indeed a storng chance Farha Ahmed (candidate) has lied. I dont think its libel when you point out a candidate for public office has lied.
4. You state that we are trying to confuse the readers “as if Farha was the criminal” No one has ever said that. I respectfully suggest that is your desired interpretation of things, but no one has said Farha is a criminal.
5. You keep harping on about commentators on this blog opposed to Farha being “financed by expensive city contractors/developers and their PACs” You have absolutely no proof of that. None. i am a self financed private citizen, doing this on my time without compensation or direction. But i am flattered to know that you seem to think my entires here are worthy of financial recognition.
6. You close by saying “Farha isnt wanted for anything and is not Aaifa” Well no one has said she is.
7. You are playing right into her trap by continuing to focus on the inconsequential story (Ahmed/Siddiqui) whilst ignoring her more questionable associations with Jihadis.
Leads me to wonder, whilst you can obviously read, your comprehension skills seem somewhat lacking
You sure make many unsubstantiated claims. Where do you get off labeling Ahmed a liar just because she won’t respond to anonymous attackers. You keep forgetting the untraceable and expensive mailer you boys sent out. I think soothsayer might just have your number.
netscout
You said in a respoonse to my post sp I presume was directed at me
“You keep forgetting the untraceable and expensive mailer you boys sent out”
now that is libel
Just how is what netscout posted libel. You are posting from the closet (a pseudo). And now you are lying and have been caught in it again. Your campaign committee needs to have another organizational meeting. This is becoming fun. I just can’t wait until your next BS post.
No one ever said she was wanted for anything, that is you twisting the facts to your benefit. They said she was named the attorney by Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and then she lied about it. Court Documents are not lies; they are what they are; I am simply repeating what has been filed in the NY District Court of the United States of America.
Read Kamal Saleem’s book; it will explain the conspiracy to you.
good for Sugar Land to have this discussion.
Now the real discussion will come when the media wakes up and prints an article on the 34th Gulen school in Texas being built in Sugar Land with tax payer funded money.
http://actforamericahouston.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/a-new-gulen-school-harmony-school-of-science-high-school-ground-breaking/
I didn’t see Farha in the picture so aren’t you off topic again? Isn’t Mr Olsen one of your heroes? And I’ve never seen you complain about our tax dollars going to any building project ever but your crying now. Enough said.
What American would be in favor of tax dollars going to a Gulen school?
http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/infiltrating-the-us-through-charter-schools/
The frog is in the water and we have people saying it is okay. When they wake up it will be too late. We will be fried!
@Netscout
Why you trying to make the link about Rep Olson instead of the Gulen school, care to explain?
Get this, they attack you because you criticize the goon squad for using guilt by association with Aafia and Farah but God forbid anyone demonstrate the hypocrisy of such poorly orchestrated smear campaigns if an association is made between Olsen attending a ground breaking meeting for a Muslim school with the links you claim they have to terrorist pegs. How funny and how juvenile. Why don’t you explain your own post watcher? LOL
so you didn’t read it before you posted? Or do you need it explained? The link wasn’t about Rep Olson, but somehow you thought it was.
I can understand you’re confusing comment now.
I just love how so many are seeing through JoJo’s (not his REAL name) smear campaign. People are starting to follow the dirty money and pay more close attention to the local races. He’ll if 3 school board candidates can get elected without taking the DIRTY money, then anyone can. Voters understand that Farha isn’t Aafia, so your little marketing exercise contrived by insiders and paid for by the special interest has failed.–yes, the truth does hurt, doesn’t it.
netscout
I agree some serious allegations have been made about Farha Ahmed’s associations.
All of them have proven to be true and can be backed up with original source documents (or traced to original sources thru collations)
Whether those proven links to radical Islamists matter or not will be known Saturday night.
However YOU continue to make allegations that those who believe Farha’s proven associations with various unsavoiry radical Islamists is just a falsehood designed, paid for and pushed by her opponent or her oponent’s as yet unnamed special interests.
It’s time for you to put up or shut up, so if you cant prove it – shut it
I believe posters on this forum can share whatever opinion they choose and that includes you or scout but I think Hebert, Thompson, Wilson, Brown, Healey and the other community leaders have boys pegged well. So if anyone shoul shut it, it should be you and the rest of the ballyhoo boys. Go sell your garbage someplace else. Farha is not wanted by any police force anywhere, so your “libel” as judge Hebert calls it, is more of YOUR problem, now isn’t it? Good luck Farha, I hope you win and beat this trash. I would also like to suggest you depose the records of this website to find out who these trashy “libelers” are and make them pay for this and expose them for what they tried to do to you for the JoJo campaign. I agree, nothing dirtier than the tactics and filth I’ve seen in here!
soothsayer
Classy, very classy
By no stretch of the imagination are you classy. You are either bet foolish or you absolutely NO scruples what so ever. I sincerely hope Farha, as an attorney, seeks discovery and rips your mask off and exposes you and the other party trash and those who financed this garbage! JoJo better distance himself from this because you crossed the line long ago!
“Jojo”? Funny, that’s what netscout called him. Are you posting under multiple aliases?
Can our elected officials not read documents? It clearly states in the document filed by Fink that she is NOT a criminal attorney. What is their problem, are they so blinded they cannot comprehend that even Siddiqui’s lawyer says that Farha Ahmed of Texas is NOT a criminal defense lawyer? These people are blind and will wake up someday and wonder what happened to the USA.
Good point about the “alleged” criminal now in Carswell serving 86 years for terrorist activities.
This is refreshing to see people take a stand for what is right…there is always the beacon of light that will continue to eradicate darkness to stimulate hope for the just. Good job Judge!
Isnt truth the beest light there is ?
When you are telling the truth “libeler”!
The truth is the truth.
Please tell me what I have presented that is untrue.
More subterfuge? You were asked repeatedly to provide proof. Claiming to have facts but producing nothing. The only excuse you gave is that it would take up too much space. In the end, you produced nothing more than a claim that one person (a candidate for office) knew a criminal. Well big deal. I know many politicians who know or are criminals and the system does nothing about it. In this case it is a person who is not wanted for anything yet your criminal buddies “libelers” posting from behind your pseudos and sending out anonymous mailers, want us to believe she is guilty of something. IMO, a very trashy act by scum!!!
soothsayer
Interesting for me to see that when you are confronted with logical, factual arguments to which you have no rebuttal, you resort to name calling / sigh
I find it hard to understand how when presented with video evidence, (freely available to anyone with a keyboard, screen, computer and the ability to use Google) you deny it and accuse me of libel.
For example: Farha Ahmed congratulating an imam for interfaith work, yet he is a Jew Hater (runs in his family) .
Its not libel, its truthful.
So here is a You Tube video of the 2010 event
(before you accuse me of making this video yeaterday afternoon in my basement, it was pulled from the imams own website)
In this video, you be able to see Farha Ahmed speak.I presume you will recognize that it’s Farha Ahmed speaking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxfAZg-5ipc
(If you dont beleive it is Farha Ahmed speaking, here is the news release from her co-hosts – a group that supports Hamas (CAIR) announcing it was her:
http://www.cair-dfw.org/newsletters/18nov10.htm#News10.
and if you dont beleive CAIR is connected to Hamas – well you gotta look that one up yourself – it will take you all of 15 seconds- another 30 seconds and two clicks will tell you that the head of CAIR Houston Tarek Hussein is a campaign donor to Farha – another 15 seconds and one click will take you to a Houston TVstations interview with Hussein in which denied 9/11 was committed by Muslims)
but I digress
Here is a review of the Imams “interfaith work”
http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=8804
Here is the ADL’s dossier of William Baker, the Neo-Nazi, Jew Hater and Holcaust Denier, that the imam invited to speak at the Imams mosque
http://www.adl.org/Israel/campus_antiisrael/campus_radical.asp
Here is the sermon given by the Imams Uncle where he calls Jews and Christians evil.
http://www.alulbayt.com/muh1426/index.htm (item 4)
So to respond to your claims of proof, and helping you connect some dots, the above links show
1. Farha Ahmed in her own words introducing an Imam as being a good example of Muslim Interfaith work
2. Farha Ahmed co-moderated the event with supporters of Hamas
3. History of that Imam’s Anti-Semitic activity thereby debunking Farha’s own words that she spoke herself
3. History of that Imams ties to Jew Haters & Neo-Nazis
4. That Imams Uncle, in -his- own words describing Jews & Christians as evil
Nothing illegal, unlawful or actionable by authorities there – agreed.
But if that is your bar, you really need to raise it – but then as you are not running for public office, it doesnt matter to me if you dont
Now, a reasonable question would be: How come Farha Ahmed didnt know of this imams views before she (mistakenly?) congratulated him for his interfaith “work”?
She either knew about this guy and his views or she didnt
If she didnt, well more fool her for making a statement that was patently untrue
If she knew about his views and still uses him as an example of interfaith work, then she too needs to raise her bar
Either which way, she IS running for public office and it does matter.
So unless I am mistaken, it appears as though you see nothing wrong in Farha Ahmed co-hosting an event as a “Muslim activist” with Hamas supporters and introducing a Jew-Hating Imam as an Interfaith dogooder.
If that is indeed your opinion, you are of course entitled to it, but please call it what it is.
You also seem very hooked on claiming I am alleging Ahmed is a criminal. Please tell me where i have suggested that.
I would have thought that the last two years of political shenanigens at a National level has shown us it really does matter who elected officials hang around with as a guide to how they will be influenced to govern. I see this as no different.
Farha Ahmed hangs around with some pretty unsavory Islamists. No, its not a crime, never said it was. But does she share the same viewpoints? Well if she doesnt, why does she hang around with them?
P.S. Is it libel if I am quoting from court documents ?
You can’t handle the truth! You must be part of the conspiracy. The truth is in the court documents, so it is not libel.
Interesting statement from Judge Hebert.
His comments are misleading as it seems he is reading into the flier something that was not there.
I don’t believe the flier connected Ahmed to Al-Qaeda in the USA, as he has alleged (although it does mention her undeniable association with various members of the Muslim Brotherhood in the USA, which most – including the Judge – seem intent to gloss over).
Whilst the flier makes an allegation that Siddiqui APPOINTED Ahmed as attorney, it does not say that she represents her. It asks if she was appointed or why would she represent her.
The Judge states “Farah Ahmed is not a criminal Defense Lawyer, and in fact, not licensed to practice outside the State of Texas”. His statement leads us to a conclusion that the allegation in the flier is either a case of mistaken identity or a fabrication.
Yet court documents, and Siddiquis family readily admit that Farha Ahmed has attempted to visit Siddiqui in jail. Guess that shoots down the fabrication part of the Judge’s theory.
The Judges comments about Ahmed’s legal qualifications may be true, however no allegation in the flyer claims that Ahmed was appointed as Siddiquis’ Criminal Defense Lawyer. Siddiqui is in a Forth worth jail, so Ahmed COULD represent her in Texas were it appropriate to do so. Make out a will perhaps. Child custody issues maybe. Pay her MIT or UofH Muslim Student Association Alumni dues even.
Ahmed had a chance to put that record straight but chose to dance around the issue.
The Judge didn’t comment on Farha Ahmed’s connection to Hamas supporters or other jihadis. How comes he doesn’t know about that?
As a side note, I would have expected a Judge to use different language in describing a convicted individual’s crime as “alleged”. I though the guilty verdict and the 86 year sentence kind of took the “allaged” out of the equation. just sayin’.
Thank you Mr. Hebert, Healey, Thompson and all the other community leaders that know a low down political smear when they see one.