CNN host Brian Stelter told terror-supporting cleric Anjem Choudary that he “respect[s] that you try to get your message out however you can.” He made the comments after Choudary said sharia was coming to America:
Stelter made the comments after Choudary said, “I believe that the sharia is the best way of life. I believe one day it will come to America and the rest of the world.”
“When I hear you say that, as an American, I know you’ve said that in the last few days, it reads to me as something that’s propesterous,” said Stelter. “But I respect that you try to get your message out however you can.”
The terror-supporting Islamist cleric refused to condemn the beheading of American journalist James Foley.
The part that really unsettled the CNN host was when the terror-supporting cleric joked about terrorism:
ANJEM CHOUDARY: Well, you know if you had a sense of humor, maybe you would have laughed. It was just a sound check. You know you shouldn’t take any of these things that seriously. Obviously, you know —
STELTER: A sense of humor? A sense of humor.
CHOUDARY: We were setting, we were setting up the sound check, and I said “1-2-3-4-5-9-11-7-7” making sure you could hear me. It’s not a big issue, it’s not a big deal. If you want to make it a big deal, by all means do so. But it makes you look much more shallow than me.
STELTER: I have nothing more to say. But thank you for joining me.
CHOUDARY: You’re always welcome.
STELTER: What a world we live in.
