Sacramento, CA - Area Muslims Criticize Governor

Sacramento, CA - Muslim leaders on called Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger disrespectful and insulting for ignoring their request to meet about the war in Lebanon so he could explain his appearance at a rally supporting Israel that was attended by thousands.

Schwarzenegger and his aides have not returned repeated phone calls asking him to explain his appearance and get the "other, equally important side" of the Lebanon-Israeli conflict, said Shakeel Syed, executive director of the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California.
"It's insulting and extremely disrespectful," Syed said. "What is appalling and disturbing is that repeatedly, public officials for the state of California and city of Los Angeles seem now to be pledging their allegiance to the state of Israel."