Christie choice for NJ SC linked to Hamas‏

America: Beware Giving in to the False Concept of Islamophobia

From: Carolee Adams, President, Eagle Forum of New Jersey

Re: Christie defends Muslim lawyer he nominated to Superior Court during Hammonton town hall – 3.29.11: Governor Christie, your memory is suspiciously selective. Please admit that this lawyer also defended the imam of the 2nd largest mosque in the USA, an imam still subject to deportation since he had ties to Hamas, etc. “Terror researcher Steve Emerson was quoted at the time as calling Christie’s involvement in the case a ‘disgrace and an act of pure political corruption.'”

Christie defends Muslim lawyer he nominated to Superior Court during Hammonton town hall
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/christie_defends_muslim_lawyer.html
Published: Tuesday, March 29, 2011, 9:36 PM Updated: Tuesday, March 29, 2011, 9:36 PM

Salvador Rizzo/Statehouse Bureau

HAMMONTON: Gov. Chris Christie today voiced his strongest defense yet of Sohail Mohammed, a Muslim lawyer he nominated to the Superior Court earlier this year, before a largely receptive town hall audience in Hammonton.

During the question-and-answer session, Christie quickly corrected an audience member who said Mohammed, an Indian-American who has been criticized by right-wing blogs for allegedly supporting radical Islamists, had defended terrorists in Guantanamo Bay. Mohammed actually represented people in New Jersey who were not found to have participated in any crimes, Christie noted.

“If it is disqualifying for the bench to be an Arab-American in New Jersey who represents innocent people and gets them released, then this isn�t the state I believe it is,” Christie said. “I�ve known this man for 10 years. He�s a good, decent American and New Jerseyan, he�s an outstanding lawyer, and he deserves the opportunity to be on the bench. I am proud to have nominated him.”

[Most people wouldn’t agree with him if they knew the facts: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/tobin/386931
http://www.investigativeproject.org/2506/gov-christie-strange-relationship-with-radical
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/01/governor-christies-hamas-pick-for-superior-judgeship.html—Dorrie]

Mohammed has yet to get a confirmation vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee. His name was first floated for a judgeship during the Corzine administration, and if confirmed he would become the second Muslim state judge.