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<DIV class=release_title><STRONG><FONT size=4>Christian Defense Coalition
Concerned about the Role of the FBI Under the Obama
Administration</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<P>Contact: Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, 540-538-4741, 202-547-1735</P>
<P>WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 /<A href="http://www.christiannewswire.com/"><FONT
color=#ca0505>Christian Newswire</FONT></A>/ -- Group wonders why their
Director, Rev. Patrick Mahoney, was visited and questioned by FBI agents for
leading a peaceful prayer vigil in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington,
D.C.<BR> <BR>Yet Major Hasan, who contacted Islamic terrorists multiple
times, made threatening comments to the American military and considered himself
a "Soldier of Allah" was never visited or questioned by the FBI.<BR> <BR>Is
it possible that Rev. Mahoney was targeted because he has been an outspoken
critic of President Obama's record on human rights and social
justice?<BR> <BR>Federal agents came to the home of Rev. Mahoney to
question him about laying roses and praying in front of the Chinese Embassy on
June 4th of this year.<BR> <BR>The purpose of the prayer vigil was to honor
and remember the heroic students who were brutalized in Tiananmen Square 20
years ago and to call upon the Chinese government to protect human rights
and<BR>honor religious freedom.<BR> <BR>(<A
href="http://www.earnedmedia.org/cdcpics0820.htm"><FONT color=#ca0505>View
Pictures here</FONT></A>.)<BR> <BR>Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney
comments,<BR> <BR>"I was deeply troubled to have agents from the Federal
Bureau of Investigation come to my home and question me about my peaceful
activities at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C.<BR> <BR>"Those
activities included conducting a prayer vigil and laying roses at the Embassy to
honor the students who were killed in the Tiananmen Square massacre 20 years
ago. We also wanted to pray that the Chinese government would honor and
protect human rights and civil liberties in their country.<BR> <BR>"It is
even more troubling to realize that I was visited at my home by the FBI for
peacefully exercising my First Amendment rights, yet Major Hasan received no
such visit by the FBI for contacting Islamic terrorists multiple times and
making threatening comments to the American military.<BR> <BR>"How is it
possible that a Christian minister is investigated and questioned by federal
agents for holding a peaceful prayer vigil and a person who killed 13 people and
had numerous contacts with terrorists was never visited or
questioned?<BR> <BR>"Is this the new policy of the FBI under President
Obama? If you are a Christian minister and pray and speak out against the
human rights abuses of the Chinese government and challenge the President on his
human rights policies, you will be investigated by the FBI. However, if
you are a Muslim who is in regular contact with terrorists and makes hateful
comments against the American military you will be granted a free
pass."<BR> <BR>For more information or interviews call:<BR>Rev. Patrick J.
Mahoney at 540.538.4741
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