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CNN Journalist Don Lemon Asks Muslim Attorney If He Sympathizes With Terrorists

CNN “journalist” Don Lemon did plenty last year to warrant slander for his sideways style of reporting and it looks like he’s headed in that same direction for 2015.

via Huffingont Post

CNN’s Don Lemon recently asked an international human rights lawyer if he supports the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria — a terrorist group that has committed a laundry list of barbarous human rights violations over the past year.

Following the deadly attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, Lemon invited Arsalan Iftikhar to join him for a discussion centered on radical Islam. Citing a poll from August 2014 that indicates 16 percent of French citizens support ISIS, Lemon wanted to know if those people could be considered Islamic extremists.

When Iftikhar, who is a senior editor at Islamic Monthly and founder of TheMuslimGuy.com, said that he didn’t believe their sympathies with the ideology meant “they would justify the killing of innocent civilians or murdering people on the streets,” Lemon pressed him further.

“I just want to get more specific,” Lemon said. “Again, in August, 16 percent of French citizens support ISIS. Would you describe those who support ISIS as Islamic extremists? Do you support ISIS?”

Clearly stunned by the audacity of the question, all Iftikhar could do was repeat his answer.

“Wait, did you just ask me if I supported ISIS?” he said. “I just answered your question. I said that obviously these 16 percent of people support the ideology, but again I don’t think that would necessarily extrapolate to supporting of killing of innocent people. You can have sympathy for an ideology and not support the mass murdering of people.”

Check out the video of Don’s bogus question, along with the lawyers reaction, below.

SMH. This dude just DOESN’T quit.

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