STEWART DISSES FARRAKHAN

Yousry: The visit, Sir.... May I tell him about the Louis Farrakhan thing and what's (UI)?

Stewart: Oh, please.

Yousry: You, Sir, agreed to have Louis Farrakhan visit you.

ABDEL RAHMAN: Ah.

Yousry: Fine. Now, Sir, we said so to Mr. Abdeen-

ABDEL RAHMAN: Uhm.

Yousry: -and to Mr. Ramsey.

ABDEL RAHMAN: Uhm.

Yousry: [Gesticulating] Now, neither Mr. Abdeen nor Mr. Ramsey sent letters to Kaukab or to Louis Farrakhan saying that you, Sir, approved the visit.

ABDEL RAHMAN: Uhm.

Yousry: You, Sir, did approve the visit.

ABDEL RAHMAN: Uhm.

Yousry: [Gesticulating] Kaukab calls Ahmed, he tells him, “We need the answer.” Ahmed calls Abdeen and says, “Send the answer.” Abdeen says okay, but nothing is received. Ahmed and Nasser visited Lynne last night and told her they are worried that Ramsey and Abdeen do not want this to take place now.

ABDEL RAHMAN: Why?

Yousry: Why do you think Ramsey and Abdeen don't want it to go through now?

Stewart: Uhm....

Yousry: What Ahmed and Nasser told you?

Stewart: Farrakhan has a, a, a very, uh, heavy reputation, by that I mean eh, he is really despised by a lot of groups, as the Sheikh knows this, so ah, and eh....

Yousry: Mainstream.

Stewart: Mainstream, definitely, and eh, but also, you know, he, he’s a deathly enemy of, of, Jewish interests because of his remarks and eh, you know people are very timid these days (UI).

Yousry: She says, Sir, that she believes, or that they believe, that because Louis Farrakhan has a reputation in the American society that he is an enemy of the Jews, a reputation that he is against the surrendering movements, a reputation that he resists oppressive governments, opposes American foreign policy, it is possible that they are worried about him interfering with this issue as it may cause harm, not help.

ABDEL RAHMAN: But no, we need any opportunity, any opportunity to publicize my case. If he is capable of that, we have to do so. Besides, he is not accused of any crime, he is accused of good things....

Yousry: [Laughing] Yes. Well actually, we need any opportunity for our case to be eh, public (UI) and people speak about it and if he will help us and he’ll speak about it, why not?

Stewart: [Simultaneously] Absolutely.

Yousry: Especially that he is not accused of crimes; he is accused so far of the things that you told me, they are great things... why can’t we all be like him?

Stewart: Well, the bad things are that eh, there is, um, he has taken a lot of money on behalf of his community....

Yousry: (UI)

Stewart: ...in other words, black people from Libya and other places; and every...nothing has ever been successful, nothing eh, you know, they had a fish business for a long time, things like that. So he is definitely thought that he has put a lot of that money in his pockets and never done anything for the people with it...corrupt.

Yousry: She says, Sir, that he is accused of taking money from Qaddafi and from Saudi Arabia to assist Muslims here, the money was not all spent on the Muslims. Some of it was spent on things it was not supposed to be spent on. However, this doesn’t stop us from... all these things should not stop us from using him...