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Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), in Mumbai, India, held a conference titled, “Is TERRORISM A Muslim Monopoly? By Dr. Zakir Naik.”It was covered by Islamic Indian satellite TV station “PeaceTV.” The man speaking is Dr. Naik.

YouTube: (transcript mine.)

Just a few days back, there was an article, that 75 professors of US, they say, they believe, that 9/11 was an inside job. In that article, it was mentioned, [inaudible] on 7th september, they say, 75 professors and scientists belonging to different universities from different parts of US, they believe that 9/11 was inside job. They say that there was politicians and White House who have engineered the destruction of the twin towers. And they say the main reason was so they could attack, and they could have control of the oil rich countries.
[applause].

One of the professors by the name of Steve Jones, he says, that “we do not believe that 19 hijackers and a few men in the cave in Afghanistan could have done such a professional job alone. They could not have done it. We don’t believe. And by God we’re going to come to the truth and we’re going to expose. We don’t believe in the theory of the government.”

They don’t believe the theory of the government!

And he further goes on to say, “we as being professors and scientists, we know, that the steel beam of the twin towers, they couldn’t have melted at the temp at which the jet ful was there. And there was systematic bomb explosions which caused it to come down otherwise it cannot come down. there are many tapes there are many books written against it. I happen to watch many of them, I happen to watch the video recording of this professor Steve Jones. … In the news three days later, Steve Jones, sent on paid leave. [audience laughter] Imagine. Paid leave.

There are many tapes if you happen to watch one of the tapes by the name of Loose Change 9/11. It was done by a young American of 21 years old. He makes a one hour documentary. There are many, many out there.

This 9/11 documentary, it has collected clips from the various, off CNN, off Fox Channel, all the news clipping, interviews, etc. and made a one-hour documentary. And then he says that people who saw the airplane, they say, it cannot be a passenger carrier, it looked like a military plane, it didn’t not have any windows. And when it shows the shooting - when it comes close to the tower - there another firing gun from the wing - which hits the twin tower before the plane. Then further he goes on to prove, he says, that he has statements of the management, the construction company, which are constructed the twin towers, they say it’s impossible, the twin towers are made to withstand storm, to withstand tornado. This plane cannot knock it down. And it cannot come down because because the fuel burned at 1000 degrees temperature. This for even 2000 degrees temperature for hour nothing happened to it. Then years later he changed his statement and say, oh it’s possible. Jet fuel can cause damage to the beams. The other professor [Steve Jones] didn’t withdraw his statement, so he was sacked. [audience chuckle].

Continues (9 minutes).

I do recommend you view the video because you need to see for yourself how large the audience is at this conference. I find it disturbing that the Islamic Research Foundation did nothing but reference films in stead of sharing the facts themselves. In the YouTube video called “911 The View from India”, it features a Muslim man who makes not one reference to India. Instead he speaks of claims made by “75 scientists,” particularly Steven E. Jones, and the dubious Internet blockbuster, Loose Change, first edition, referencing the the most dubious points therein (military plane which fires a missile prior to impact). All or most of the claims he recites are dead wrong. He goes on but I turned him off because he was babbling about conspiracy films and using it as proof of an inside job. If he had a case for Inside Job shouldn’t he have presented the evidence itself?

Interestingly, as the speaker describes what Loose Change is, a crane camera pans across the audience, and lifts, to reveal a large auditorium Muslim listeners. It was a visual representation of the number of Muslims being exposed to 9/11 lies. They have no reason not to trust the speaker, or the Americans who make these videos. They swallow misinformation as fast or faster than any truther.

Sounds Like Bill O’Reily has a new Talking Points Memo to write. If not, allow me to fictionalize:

“Tonights Talking Points Memo. How long is this government going to allow 9/11 nutbags to give aid and comfort to the enemy? The Islamofascists want nothing better than to destroy America and bring us to our knees, and they’ve got friends here in America, the 9/11 moonbats, who spread their Internet propaganda films. This has an affect on the morale of our troops and our people, which is a problem, but not the only one. The real concern is how this is picked up in the Muslim world. Take a look at the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) which hosted a symposium called “Is Terrorism a Muslim monopoly?” Leading to ludicrous and completely debunked claim that 9/11 was an inside job. His proof? Internet 9/11 film Loose Change, and out of work professor Steven Jones, who was abandoned by his own colleagues, now being used by moderate Muslims to wash the blood clean from Islam’s hands. But the facts are the facts and no matter what the Loose Change bozos or the Islamic moderates say, 9/11 was an attack on freedom by Islamic extremists. Case closed. But here’s the problem. If 9/11 lunatics are being heard in the moderate Muslim world then the extremists are having a field day with propaganda films like Loose Change 9/11. I know people out there will get on their blogs and e-mail me saying I’m against free speech, but what I’m talking about is aiding the enemy, and Loose Change and nuts like Steve Jones, do just that. Lets just hope it won’t take another 9/11 to prove that the Islamic threat is the real one. That’s the memo. “

Of course, I don’t agree with Bill O’Reily’s world view but the reason I wrote the fictional talking points memo was to demonstrate how easily it will be for them to tie together Islamic extremism with “9/11 truth” when moderates such as I’ve written about tonight do nothing but rehash the faulty information of a laptop film maker and his bargain basement research team.

If the IRF conference featured the probing thoughtful question that have made 9/11 truth such a relevant topic I would have no problem with Muslims speaking about 9/11 truth. What concerns me, deeply so, is the readiness of this speaker to share his findings without doing any research of his own. It seems he swallowed the premise of the film, digested all of its bad information, and went on to share bad information with his religious brethren, with little regard as to the validity of the claims. The mere fact that an American was saying something against America made it credible, and the fact that Muslims want to be vindicated from 9/11 means they are willing to accept any information, true or not, if it will give them that peace of mind. They went home after that conference thinking they learned something. Their opinions were validated but the facts were wrong, and that presents a huge problem. The inside job premise itself might still be correct but the evidence given to get to that conclusion was entirely faulty, so how can that premise be accepted? It seems that the “9/11 truth” religion is growing but the truth itself is ever elusive.

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