Is Washington DC’s WMAL, an AM radio station, soft on Sharia?
WMAL’s popular radio host Fred Grandy, a former actor and U.S. Congressman, broadcast hisfinal show last week.
You may remember Grandy from his Love Boat days.
According to Grandy, his wife, a frequent contributor to “The Grandy Group,” was booted from the show for criticizing radical Islam. And Grandy himself was told by management to “really tone it down on the Islam stuff.” As a result, Grandy resigned.
My wife and I have used our program over the last several months to warn about the spread of radical Islam at home and abroad. Last week, Catherine (known on the show as Mrs. Fred) delivered a very tough indictment against stealth jihad, and for her efforts she was told she was off the show. I then told management without Mrs. Fred at the microphone, I could not remain either and have resigned effective this morning.
Some are wondering whether the Council on American Islamic-Relations (CAIR), a Muslim advocacy group with radical ties, lobbied for the ouster of the Grandys. Grandy was not able to confirm whether WMAL bowed to such pressure, but he did remind us that CAIR has exerted its influence on WMAL in the past:
We do know, however, in 2005 representatives of CAIR in DC were successful in getting midmorning host Michael Graham fired for anti-Islamic statements he had made on the radio and TV.
According to Cliff Kincaid at Accuracy in Media, “Graham was fired from WMAL after describing Islam as a ‘terrorist organization’ on his program and refusing to apologize or modify the description.”
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