Disabled Arab Writer Overwhelmed by Hate Mail! (Free Republic mentioned

Al-Jazeerah ^ | September 23, 2004

[AmericanMade1776]

Still looking for Aladdin Elaasar , how does one get in touch with aladdin? Maybe he lives in a Magic lamp?

[airborne]

I read the thread provided by rdb3 and couldn't find anything either.

The comment quoted was from a newbie. Not anything like the DUmmies post about us.

Ithink this whole thing is a public relations work of fiction.

[AmericanMade1776]

"Funny the things that Begin with Al...AL Jazeera, Al Gore, Al Sharpton..."

Al Bundy, Alfredo, Alabama, Alimony....

Al-addin Elaasar who wrote the letter that got hate email from Free Republicans, but is no where to be found.

[asgardshill]

The author of that bit of sarcasm gets the prize for the Mother of All Insults, and a million Iraqi dinar.

Found him (or her).

[airborne]

"Still looking for Aladdin Elaasar , how does one get in touch with aladdin? Maybe he lives in a Magic lamp?

Elaasar is author of "Silent Victims: The Plight of Arab & Muslim Americans in Post 9/11 America." The writer wrote this for Progressive Media Project, a source of liberal commentary on domestic and international issues; it is affiliated with The Progressive magazine.

[AmericanMade1776]

All I know , is you can not find "Aladdin Elaasar" on the search engines of Yahoo, or Google, not found in any news article. No location, no pictures, who are you
Aladdin Elaasar
?

[lancer]

Al catraz, al imony...

[Hildy]

They truly are a self-absorbed people who are incapable of self-reflection and responsibility. You cannot reason with people like that.

[anarabismybrotherinlaw]

Note: this is a cross post necessitated by the heated comments on this topic: By my screen name you can tell I have a special interest in this matter. I think that about 90% of Muslims are technically innocent, although many of them they will have to do a lot more than they are to prove their loyalty. That is, most of them aren't turning in the terrorists and those that support them. It's public knowledge that the terrorists are liable to make another massive attack before our election this year, just as they did in Spain, to try to influence the vote. Please, whatever happens, remain law abiding.

In the first place, it's the right thing to do. In the second place, you could go to jail if you're caught. Finally, we don't want to alienate the innocent Muslims. We need people who look like Muslims and know the culture to root out the terrorists. The old saying is you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. Besides, we need to convert them without violating their free will, not persecute them wholesale.

Proclamations like there are no innocent Muslims are counterproductive in the long term and needlessly inflammatory in the short term.

[AmericanMade1776]

Okay..we are getting somewhere...

is his book, this is his bio

Aladdin Elaasar is a journalist, educator, poet, short-story writer, public speaker, cross-cultural and media consultant whose writings have been published in several newspapers in the USA and overseas, in both English and Arabic. He has contributed articles for on-line portals on the Middle East like; Estart.com,Planetarabia.com (CA, USA). He had produced several programs and documentaries and taught media studies, translation and creative writing.He has also been a frequent guest as a commentator on Middle Eastern affairs on several local American TV and Radio networks.

where is his picture?

[freedumb2003]

No one should be singled out for hatred, prejudice or blame based on his or her ethnicity or religion

1/2 right. No one can choose their ethnicity (although jacko certainly is trying).

But the decision to follow TROP's evil teachings is just that -- a decision. Once you decide to become worse than a Satan worshipper, then you are subject to the appropriate response.

[airborne]

I don't know if I can post a link to the "Progressive Media Project" that he works for, but a search lands you in quite a cesspool.
http://www.progressive.org/

[AmericanMade1776]

Finally found a picture of Aladdin Elaasar

Aladdin Elaasar and Palestine Chronicle's Ramzy Baroud Alladin does not look crippled here http://www.hanania.com/arabconfreg.htm Photos from the Arab & Muslim Journalism Conference

[airborne]

Search for:
Results per page: 102050 Output format: LongShortURL Search through: Entire siteDocsFilesServers


Sorry, but search returned no results.

[airborne]

When I cut & pasted the info his name disappeared! Curious!

[Guilliamus]

Nor did he say anything about how Muslims treat non Muslims in their countries right now.

I think this is very important...it tells us how they treat others...when they know they are free to act on their true feelings.

Don't listen to what they say...look at what they do.

[airborne]

Nice work!!!

[AmericanMade1776]

Thank you.