Posted on 01/24/2016 12:40:14 PM PST by rightistight
Despite the fact that there are no Christians, Jews, Hindus, or Buddhists in the Star Wars universe, Haroon Moghul appeared on the PBS NewsHour and lobbied for the inclusion of a Muslim Jedi in Episode VIII or IX.
In a "NewsHour essay," Moghul explained, "With tensions between Muslims and our neighbors worse than I had ever known, I asked Abrams to add a positive Muslim character to one of these franchises."
Maybe "a Jedi named Mohammed," he suggested.
There are Jewish names in Star Wars, Moghul continued, as well as Christian ones. "We can accept a Ben Kenobi, though Ben's a Hebrew name," he argues. "We don't seem to have any trouble with Luke Skywalker, even though Luke was also one of the 12 apostles."
Moghul said, "I only wanted us to confront how we treat Muslims. Islamophobia is real, and it's ugly... Islamophobia is like racism, not because Islam is a race, but because, for anti-Muslim bigots, Islam functions in the exact same way that race does for racists."
Star Wars is a pop culture phenomenon and could change the feelings of people who hate Islam, if used in a certain way.
"Science fiction and fantasy, whether books or movies, are an astonishingly effective ways to reach huge numbers of people, to reflect us back to ourselves, and to provoke us to think differently," Moghul explained.
He concluded, "People often ask me, how can ordinary folks fight extremism and intolerance? I tell them, by imagining a world that's not just different, but better. You don't fight fear with fear. You fight fear with hope."
Name the movie “Return of the Jihadi.”
“........a galaxy far, far away........” Nuff said.
Satan certainly has the press in his corner.
What a bunch of deluded and deceived fools!
They already have a whole race named after them in the star wars movies.
They’re called sandpeople.
And they are barbaric. Thats how you know they’re authentic.
I always thought those ragheads were Muslims
Darth Imam ?
I hadn’t thought about it but yeah you’re right ...The “Raghead” Sand People
Yeah. Why not. And make Han solo black. Leia a transgendered beared man. Luke is gay. Chewey will become a unicorn. R2 and c3po will get married.
Every reboot is falling in to the PC marching orders why not kill off SW for good to apease the pc goddess.
We already had a Muslim Jedi (contradiction, since Jedi is a religion, but ignore that detail). Anakin killed all the “younglings”, which is conduct that a Muslim would admire, if only he had blown himself up with a suicide belt to do it. Perhaps they can add computer graphics to that scene for Muslim fans?
It would get theaters bombed
Actually his name isn't Ben, it's Obi. Which is a Nigerian name. And as there are more Msulim Nigerians than Jewish ones, what say we call Obi Wan a Nigerian Muslim to make Maroon Hoghul happy.
How about a transgendered Muslim?
...who walks with a limp.
...and is lactose intolerant?
...and has a speech impediment?
...with a small lightsaber.
“Haroon Moghul appeared on the PBS NewsHour and lobbied for the inclusion of a Muslim Jedi in Episode VIII or IX.”
Would this be a jedi that goes around raping children and killing innocent civilians? Just to make it real!
There are no Muslims...
Actually, it takes place "Long Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away."
But there were still no mussies there.
Mark
Barky seems to think so...
Don't you remember that he designated a new goal of NASA to be to make mussies feel better about themselves?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/7875584/Barack-Obama-Nasa-must-try-to-make-Muslims-feel-good.html
Mark
Star War is very Buddhist. And thus no Muslim could participate in it, because it is utterly pagan.
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