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Ali Baghdadi, a self proclaimed Arab-American activist and advisor to nutjobs Elijah Muhammad (the founder of the Nation of Islam) and Minister Louis Farrakhan, penned an open letter to Oprah which was published on the Pastor’s Page section in the June 10th, 2007 Youth Day edition of the Trinity United Church of Christ’s bulletin. I invite you to take a look at the entire bulletin (PDF) with your own eyes, but some of the better excerpts are below:

“I am so glad that you will be visiting my country, Palestine. I wish if I could be there to greet you. Certainly, despite the genocide and ethnic cleansing they face every hour of the day, my people will be there. They will be happy to see you and will receive you with open arms.”

“Many pregnant Arab women have lost their babies while waiting for clearance on their way to hospitals.”

“Though the water we get does not meet our basic needs, notice the swimming pools Israelis enjoy in settlements built on our stolen lands.”

“During the Second Intifadah, the uprising against Israeli occupation, Muslim and Christian activists, chased by the Israeli death squads, were given refuge in the church.”

“I must tell you that Israel was the closest ally to the White Supremacists of South Africa. In fact, South Africa allowed Israel to test its nuclear weapons in the ocean off South Africa. The Israelis were given a blank check: they could test whenever they desired and did not even have to ask permission. Both worked on an ethnic bomb that kills Blacks and Arabs.”

“Arabs have always supported the dismantling of this racist government. In 1962, African-Arab Sudan granted Mandela a passport to travel with to gain international support in his struggle to free his people. Libya, among other Arab states, provided Mandela and other African liberation movements, political as well as material support. As a result, Libya was designated by the White House as a terrorist rogue state. What a great honor! “