Clearly Racist And Bigoted Skits On Clear Channel<\/p>\r\n
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FCC COMPLAINT FILED OVER ISLAMOPHOBIC RADIO SKIT<\/b>
\r\n Pretend \"Muslim\" said Iraqi constitution permits sex with animals \r\n<\/p>\r\n
(ANAHEIM, CA, 3\/16\/04) - CAIR's Southern California office (CAIR-LA) today \r\n
\r\n announced that it has filed complaints with both the Federal Communications \r\n
\r\n Commission (FCC) and Clear Channel Communications over an Islamophobic skit \r\n
\r\n on a Los Angeles radio station that claimed Muslims have sex with animals,
\r\n avoid bathing and are obsessed with killing Jews.<\/p>\r\n
In the March 10 Bill Handel show on KFI AM 640, a pretend \"Muslim\" \r\n
\r\n allegedly reading from the new Iraqi constitution refers to \"hairy Iraqi \r\n
\r\n women,\" \"lovely Japanese schoolgirls,\" the \"infidel custom \r\n of bathing on a
\r\n regular basis,\" and \"civil unions\" between Iraqis and \"loving \r\n camels and
\r\n goats.\"<\/p>\r\n
Throughout the skit, called \"The New Iraq Constitution - Handelized,\" \r\n the
\r\n mock-Muslim repeatedly stated \"Allah be praised,\" \"death to the \r\n Jews\" and
\r\n \"kill all Jews.\" Listeners also heard recordings of Islamic prayers \r\n in
\r\n Arabic. CAIR-LA asked the station to apologize for the offensive skit, but
\r\n that request was denied.<\/p>\r\n
To listen to the offensive skit, go to:
\r\n http:\/\/www.kfi640.com\/media\/iraqcont.mp3 \r\n or
\r\n http:\/\/www.cair-net.org\/audio\/iraqcont.ram
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ACTION REQUESTED<\/b><\/p>\r\n
Contact KFI and Clear Channel and demand that they apologize to the
\r\n American Muslim community for such bigoted and racist remarks. CONTACT:<\/p>\r\n
Greg Ashlock
\r\n KFI Regional Director
\r\n 610 S. Ardmore Ave.
\r\n Los Angeles, CA 90005
\r\n TEL: 213-427-7912 FAX: 213-380-8364<\/p>\r\n
Robin Bertolucci, KFI Program Director
\r\n TEL: 213-427-7211 FAX: 213-380-8364<\/p>\r\n
E-Mail: robinbertolucci@clearchannel.com, \r\n gregashlock@clearchannel.com,
\r\n bill@kfi640.com, michelle@kfi640.com, \r\n limon@kfi640.com<\/p>\r\n
John Hogan
\r\n Chief Executive Officer
\r\n Clear Channel Radio
\r\n 200 Basse Road
\r\n San Antonio, TX 78209
\r\n TEL: 210-822-2828 FAX: 210-822-2299<\/p>\r\n
E-MAIL: pr@clearchannel.com, johnhogan@clearchannel.com, \r\n
\r\n lisadollinger@clearchannel.com, \r\n rosareeve@clearchannel.com<\/p>\r\n
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TRANSCRIPT OF THE BILL HANDEL SHOW
\r\n March 10, 2004, KFI 640 AM
\r\n \"The New Iraq Constitution --- Handelized\"<\/p>\r\n
Bill: You're aware that Iraqi officials signed an interim Constitution,
\r\n what you're probably not aware is what's inside that Constitution. No one's \r\n
\r\n said anything about it. It happens to be a fascinating document. And with
\r\n us is the … (\"I seek refuge in God from Satan the outcast,\" in \r\n Arabic in
\r\n background) exactly. With us is that great Constitutional scholar, the
\r\n Iraqi Constitutional scholar, Mohammad Barak Faroud Kafi. (Thank you very
\r\n much. Allah be praised). Alright. Now, uh, Mr. Mohammad, would you share
\r\n some of those provisions in that Constitution that, uh, very few of us are
\r\n aware of.<\/p>\r\n
Mohammad: Yeah, I brought a couple of pages to read to you:<\/p>\r\n
\"We the people of Iraq, in order to form a more perfect union promote \r\n
\r\n injustice and insure domestic anarchy, provide for radical religious
\r\n fundamentalist theocracy, promote the subjugation of women, and secure the
\r\n blessings of the almighty Allah for ourselves and our posterity. Do ordain
\r\n and establish this interim constitution of the New Iraq.<\/p>\r\n
Mohammad: Sounds very familiar doesn't it?<\/p>\r\n
Bill: It does. I'm, I'm surprised. You took a lot of it from the United
\r\n States, didn't you Sir?<\/p>\r\n
Mohammad: Yes, and we will take more of your money.<\/p>\r\n
Bill: Yes, thank you.<\/p>\r\n
Mohammad: Article 1 Section 1: All Legislative powers are herein granted
\r\n and shall be vested in grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, who will personally
\r\n see to it that personal freedoms and civil rights be set back 1000 years.<\/p>\r\n
Section 2: Death to the Jews, death to the Jews, death to the Jews. (laughter)<\/p>\r\n
Section 3: The House of Representatives shall be composed of [inaudible]
\r\n American-hating terrorists who shall conduct a war of attrition for 1000
\r\n years or until the infidel is eradicated from the planet entirely,
\r\n whichever comes first.<\/p>\r\n
Section 4: Kill all the Jews, death to Israel, kill all Jews. (laughter)<\/p>\r\n
Bill: Thank you.<\/p>\r\n
Mohammad: Section 5…Martyrs<\/p>\r\n
Bill: Oh there's more.<\/p>\r\n
Mohammad: Should I go on?<\/p>\r\n
Bill: Yes. Go ahead.<\/p>\r\n
Mohammad: Section 5: Everybody in the name of Allah should be given 72
\r\n virgins upon entrance into heaven. The virgins however, will not be hairy
\r\n Iraqi women, but lovely Japanese schoolgirls. (laughter) This we personally \r\n
\r\n guarantee in the name of Allah.<\/p>\r\n
Section 6: The Hebrew must die. Free Palestine. The Hebrew must die. (laughter)<\/p>\r\n
Section 7: All western teachings shall from this day be banned throughout
\r\n Iraq, especially the infidel custom of bathing on a regular basis. (laughter)<\/p>\r\n
Section 8: Death to the Zionists conspiracy. Death to the Zionist
\r\n conspiracy. Death to the Zionist conspiracy.<\/p>\r\n
UH, Section 9: All homosexuals marriages are especially prohibited and are \r\n
\r\n punishable by death, however civil unions between consenting Iraqi, uh,
\r\n adults and loving camels and goats will be recognized. (laughter)<\/p>\r\n
Section 10: See sections 2, 4, 6, and 8. (laughter) They pretty much is the \r\n
\r\n same thing… for the entire Constitution.<\/p>\r\n
Bill: Thank you very much, uh, the great Mohammad, the uh, Constitutional
\r\n scholar from Iraq. Thank you so much for being with us.<\/p>\r\n
Mohammad: Allah be praised.<\/p>\r\n
Bill: I appreciate that. Alright. (\"I seek refuge in God from Satan the \r\n
\r\n outcast,\" in Arabic in background) (laughter)<\/p>\r\n
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\r\n<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"In the March 10 Bill Handel show on KFI AM 640, a pretend "Muslim" \r\nallegedly reading from the new Iraqi constitution refers to "hairy Iraqi \r\nwomen," "lovely Japanese schoolgirls," the "infidel custom of bathing on a \r\nregular basis," and "civil unions" between Iraqis and "loving camels and \r\ngoats."","numcomment":24,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2004\/03\/105194.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":105203,"heading":"par for the course - and maybe for the coarse","article":"This development is about as surprising as Radio South Africa broadcasting racist programs in 1985. Still, I hope there is a way to nail these bastards. When they all get together at that station for staff meetings it must be like a reunion of the Freicorps or the cops involved in the Rodney King incident.","author":"Meyer London","parent_id":105194,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-03-17 22:57:22","modified":"2004-03-17 22:57:22","fileurl":""},{"id":105208,"heading":"fresca","article":"This is all fine and good and all except for the fact that the Islamic culture DOES obsess over the death of Jews. Does subjugate and oppress women. Does vilify and in many Arab societies execute homosexuals.\r\n\r\nFace it. The Islamic world is just a bit unevolved. It's not a value judgement just a simple observation.","author":"except","parent_id":105194,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-03-18 02:34:54","modified":"2004-03-18 02:34:54","fileurl":""},{"id":105210,"heading":"fresca","article":"Maybe if the Muslim community showed just a tad more disdain for so many of its members regularly committing large scale acts of savagery and murder and condemned the atrocities committed against those who choose to NOT be muslim there would be less free license to poke fun at it.","author":"besides","parent_id":105194,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-03-18 02:37:17","modified":"2004-03-18 02:37:17","fileurl":""},{"id":105266,"heading":"Up","article":"Up here in Portland all Clear Channel billboards get decorated","author":"Catalina Eddie","parent_id":105194,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-03-18 23:00:01","modified":"2007-08-16 13:58:32","fileurl":""},{"id":134793,"heading":"Get a life!","article":"You have got to be kidding me. With all the serious things going on in this world, in our own cities and backyards, you people have time to waste whinning about a talk show host? It's just entertainment. No one is forced to listen to it. If it offends you, don't listen! Get a life hippy! ","author":"Spike","parent_id":105194,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-09-01 23:58:05","modified":"2005-09-01 23:58:05","fileurl":""},{"id":134800,"heading":"this is old news homie","article":"this a totally old bit from '99.\r\n\r\nnot only that, but this "complaint"(lol !)\r\nwas originally posted by 'la vox de aztlan' in order to \r\ntie 640 to 'anti-whatever' 'racist-somethingorother"\r\n,; typical aztlan bullshite...\r\nyawn.","author":"caa naaat","parent_id":105194,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-09-02 01:52:24","modified":"2005-09-02 01:52:24","fileurl":""},{"id":146213,"heading":"Letter","article":"to:\r\nservice@shellybmw.com,yiwent@shellybmw.com, \r\ncustomersupport@legalzoom.com, bill@kfi640.com, programming@kfi640.com, Promotions@kfi640.com,\r\n\r\nDear business owner,\r\n \r\nI am writing you in concern about the recent flare up of dangerously intolerant comments and support for racism on KFI-AM, where you advertise. \r\n \r\nLast week the talk show host Bill Handel made a series of extremely offensive jokes about Muslims dying. \r\n\r\nThis week, Michelle Kube, executive director of KFI's Bill Handel Show, openly supported extreme racism and intolerance. She responded with ""Thanks for the support! We appreciate it!"" to this email: "This country is for White Christians and if they don't like it they and their ugly families can go back to their dirty countries. The host was just being truthful." \r\n\r\nUnfortunately, Handel's only response to the controversy so far has been to lie and try to divert attention. He went on-air and offered to apologize if a major Muslim-American organization, the Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), if they condemned terrorism. This is a major lie, since CAIR has always denounced terrorism. And of course the issue is Handel's hateful comments, not CAIR, an American organization currently campaigning to get kidnapped American journalists freed in Iraq. \r\n \r\nI fervently believe in free speech. But this is clearly an abuse of a broadcaster's responsibilities, akin to yelling "fire" in a crowded movie theater\r\nIn these times of strife and war, of violence on all sides, it is clearly irresponsible for a broadcaster to be mocking the deaths of a religious people associated with the country we are at war with. And of course the outright support for racism and religious intolerance shown by Bill Handel's producer can never be supported, and perhaps shows where these people are really coming from. \r\n\r\nI understand that as a responsible business you wouldn't want to be associated with such things. I would like to know your response, and I urge you to take action in this matter.\r\n \r\nthank you for your time,\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n","author":"letterwriter","parent_id":105194,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-02-03 09:56:02","modified":"2006-02-03 09:56:02","fileurl":""},{"id":202127,"heading":""back to your hovels!"","article":"Why is this crap allowed to stand here on LA IMC?\r\nWhere are the editors?","author":"Editors-what kind of crap is this?","parent_id":105194,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2007-06-30 22:36:36","modified":"2007-06-30 22:36:36","fileurl":""},{"id":202925,"heading":"to Catalina Eddie","article":"Just a shout out to Portland--remember it well. Was always fun checking out the latest "decorations." We gotta enuf hi-qual taggers here in LA, just got to figure out how to put them to political work. \r\n\r\nHmmmmm . . . . let me work on that one.","author":"nazis for target practice","parent_id":105194,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2007-07-09 02:32:57","modified":"2007-07-09 02:32:57","fileurl":""},{"id":203093,"heading":"7\/13\/07","article":"More racism on display","author":"Morpheus","parent_id":105194,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2007-07-14 22:43:19","modified":"2007-07-14 22:43:19","fileurl":""},{"id":203830,"heading":"prejudice","article":"When an immigrant comes to this country to reside, becoime a c`itizen or whatever, he should not bring his prejudices `with him or he\/she shoiuld not be admitted. Example: the concerted effort to arouse rancor and animosity towardsythe Turks by Armenians. Why did they come here, where we have Turks ? This is (USA) a melting pot., but some cultures `are not conducive. I hear Bill Handel spewing what I call disguised racism constantly. He shouldn't be here, ikf he is openly hostiled to our fellows people here, or on KFI with that constant propaganda. about other cultures. He is a Jewish chauvinist and I think he shoiuld keep all that to himself in respect to others. He came here as`a guest and stayed and is now `taking advantage. Otherwise I enjoy his program very much, but wary of what is in his heart, and sooner or later he will gather enough moss on his rolling snow-ball to reverse it. It's the story of his people. This is America and we are all Americans so lets `be Americans and not what he constantly brings up needlessly sounding like a racist. (Politically, there two racial type Jews oin Israel Ashkenazim and the Semite Jew. Who runs Israel?, created to alleviate a problem? which is irrelevant to the us in the USA. ","author":"R>.R. Fusilier","parent_id":105194,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2007-08-04 16:42:30","modified":"2007-08-04 16:42:30","fileurl":""}]}