Mr. Shami is wearing a scarf. That is fine. You don’t have to be Audrey Hepburn to pull off a scarf. The problem is what the scarf says. On one side it says “Palestine” and on the other side it says “Jerusalem is ours.”

Does Religion Matter? – Culturally and Politically – Farouk’s religion DOES matter, not as to where or how often he practices or not, but what he believes in. According to Islam, one is not allowed to convert to any other religion; it would be a ‘death sentence’ – once a Muslim always a Muslim.

Farouk Shami is a member of the Board of the American Task Force on Palestine, as was Tareq Salahi, the Whitehouse party crasher.
Regarding the Palestinian Right of Return, the ATFP states on its website that “The right of return is an integral part of international humanitarian law, and cannot be renounced by any parties”. – back-door means of destroying Israel in the Two-State Solution, which Arafat and others had rejected many times because they did not get everything they wanted.

The Right of Return would result in the end of Israel (the only democratic society in the Middle East), only by different means than Hamas, PLO, Fatah, Hezbollah or Iran are promoting. Not only the Fatah, but Arab leaders and media have unabashedly admitted that the refugee issue and right of return are being used as a means to destroy Israel. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser told an interviewer as early as September 1, 1961: “If the refugees return to Israel, Israel will cease to exist.”

I am not a politician. I am a businessman. And I know what those who want peace also surely must know. There cannot be peace without economic development and justice.

I came to America in 1964 from a small village in Palestine. I had little money in my pocket and washed dishes in restaurants to pay for my college tuition. Today, I run a $400 million beauty products company that employs more than 10,000 Americans.

I built my company from the ground up, initially developing hair care products in my garage. I have America to thank. I work hard and pay my taxes. I give back to my community. All the rights and opportunities that come with American citizenship are mine. In my 43 years here, I never felt the sting of discrimination.
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