Foggy Bottom Walks Back Endorsement of Radical Muslim "Tweeter"

This one manages to be both funny and grim:

The State Department has apologized for promoting an article on Twitter by Sheikh Abdullah Bin Bayyah, a Muslim-Brotherhood-linked cleric. 

In the article, Bin Bayyah condemned Boko Haram’s kidnapping of over 200 Nigerian girls. The incident is another example of how the U.S. government’s vetting process is broken and its definition of “moderate” is too broad.
The story began when the State Department’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau tweeted out Bin Bayyah’s condemnation of Boko Haram, highlighting him as an example of a moderate Islamic leader that is taking a stand. 

Bin Bayyah’s May 13 statement reads in part: 

“We absolutely…assert that it has no religious or logical justification. We implore this group to return these innocent girls to their homes and families, and to desist from these vile acts that all revealed religions unite in prohibiting, especially Islam, whose image has been vilified and its sanctity violated at the hands of individuals who do not comprehend its reality nor consult its learned religious leaders.” 

Appallingly, the State Department’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau was apparently unfamiliar with Bin Bayyah’s background and did not properly vet him before essentially giving him an endorsement. His article identifies him as the President of the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies. The title sounds moderate, but the Islamists have different definitions of “peace.”...

No kidding. Their "peace"--i.e. the "peace" that will be in place once the entire world submits to sharia law--is not the kind that any freedom-lover in the West can live with. And yet, in their terrifying ignorance, far too many in these parts don't know-- and, I would venture to say, don't want to know--the Islamist meaning of "peace."

Update: This "peace" outfit should really be called "Canadians for Sharia in the Middle East.