Posted on 03/31/2013 7:59:35 AM PDT by Ennis85
The Western press and social media often seem to exercise two options for dealing with the Muslim population of the world: overt, unabashed Islamophobia or slightly subtler Islamophobia.
As Georgetown University's John L Esposito writes in the foreword to Nathan Lean's The Islamophobia Industry: How the Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims, 9/11 and other terror attacks "have exacerbated the growth of Islamophobia exponentially" and resulted in a situation in which "Islam and the Middle East often dominate the negative headlines", thanks in part to the calculated machinations of "a number of journalists and scholars".
Needless to say, the aftermath of 9/11 did not yield much thoughtful consideration on the part of the mainstream punditry as to the context for such events. According to one prominent narrative, 9/11 was simply evidence of an inherent and unfounded Muslim hatred of the West.
(Excerpt) Read more at aljazeera.com ...
I used to just base it on the “too bad they keep blowing people up” meme. Now I have had some interaction with Muslims personally. Only makes me feel even more that they are creepy, especially towards women. And polygamy? It’s not the Mormons who are going to push for that. It’s the Muslims.
How about for “Imam” we write “Fudge Packing Camel Humper?”
How the Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims
The only people that spread fear of muslims is muslims and their hate filled oppressive death cult called islam..
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>>The Western press and social media often seem to exercise two options for dealing with the Muslim population of the world: overt, unabashed Islamophobia or slightly subtler Islamophobia.
Yeah, well we all cried when Old Yeller died. But you just have to put a rabid animal down, the sooner the better.
All the bleating about both Islamophobia and homophobia aside, there would actually be a lot more people alive today if there were more of both.
Too bad there isn’t some kind of islamisticide we could wipe them out with. Than we’d only have to deal with the ones in the White House.
Crusader Rabbit?
I try to avoid shaking hands with them, b/c they use their hands “in the bathroom” in lieu of toilet paper.
Apparently it’s “offensive” to type that, but somehow “not offensive” to DO that.
Can you imagine if we had to defend Naziphobia?
How is their hate for Jews any different?
If victims of islam were more “islamophobic,” maybe they’d still be alive.
Mohammedans declared war on America twice in 1996 and 1998. We are still at war with them.They are our enemies.
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“Mohammedans declared war on America twice in 1996 and 1998. We are still at war with them.They are our enemies. “
How about those who claim to be in the ‘conservative’ movement, yet promote Islam, even radical jihadists? Are they our enemies?? Why do we tolerate them in our own camp?
Pam Geller: CPAC board member is “worse” than Anwar al-Awlaki
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2997570/posts
Islamophobia, huh? A phobia is an irrational fear. To fear those whose “holy” book requires that you be converted by persuasion or force, be subjugated or be killed is fully rational.
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