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Disabled Arab Writer Overwhelmed by Hate Mail! (Free Republic mentioned
Al-Jazeerah ^ | September 23, 2004

Posted on 09/23/2004 4:52:06 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776

Chicago, Illinois / Arab writer and Chicago resident Aladdin Elaasar is overwhelmed by the hateful responses his article on the third anniversary of 9/11 generated in the US. Mr. Elaasar wrote an article titled “Let’s not let fear cripple us” expressing the viewpoint of the Arab and Muslim communities in the US. The article was written for the Progressive Media project and distributed by the Knight Ridder/ Tribune Information Services. The article was published by six newspapers around the US and was posted online by the Free Republic, a self-declared conservative republican activism group in the US. Members of the Free Republic group poured their outright hatred and prejudice against the writer, Islam and Muslims in the USA.

The response of the members of the group has angered and saddened Arab and Muslim Americans. The group posted abrasive hateful commentary referring to Mr. Elaasar’s article and to Islam and Muslims in the US as follows: “There is no god but the moon demon allah and mo-ham-head (piss be upon him) is his prophet”, “Anyone who worships a demon via a book written by a mass murdering baby raper who says the way to heaven is to kill non believers, and that ragheads are the master race can go to hell”, “ There are no innocent muslims”, “If you don't like it, get the Hell out!”, “The people of this planet will only be safe when the lie that is islime is completely destroyed, burned with fire, and it's foul memory obliterated”.

(Excerpt) Read more at aljazeerah.info ...


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To: pubmom

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


62 posted on 09/23/2004 6:01:44 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ((John Kerry is now in full retreat))
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To: AmericanMade1776; rdb3

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.


63 posted on 09/23/2004 6:03:28 PM PDT by airborne (God answers all prayers. Sometimes the answer is ,"No".)
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To: Brad Cloven
"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.

64 posted on 09/23/2004 6:05:28 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ((John Kerry is now in full retreat))
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To: Tweaker; Ursa63
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).

65 posted on 09/23/2004 6:06:14 PM PDT by asgardshill (Got a lump of coal? Tell Mary Mapes to 'shove it' - in 2 weeks you'll have a diamond.)
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To: AmericanMade1776
"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.

66 posted on 09/23/2004 6:06:39 PM PDT by airborne (God answers all prayers. Sometimes the answer is ,"No".)
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To: airborne

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
?




67 posted on 09/23/2004 6:08:08 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ((John Kerry is now in full retreat))
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To: AmericanMade1776

Al catraz, al imony...


68 posted on 09/23/2004 6:10:09 PM PDT by lancer (If you are not with us, you are against us!)
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To: AmericanMade1776

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


69 posted on 09/23/2004 6:11:23 PM PDT by Hildy (John Edwards is to Dick Cheney what Potsie was to the Fonz.)
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To: spodefly

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.


70 posted on 09/23/2004 6:11:32 PM PDT by anarabismybrotherinlaw
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To: airborne
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?

71 posted on 09/23/2004 6:11:42 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ((John Kerry is now in full retreat))
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To: AmericanMade1776
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.

72 posted on 09/23/2004 6:14:15 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (<font type=1972 IBM>I <change typeballs>am<change typeballs> Buckhead)
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To: AmericanMade1776

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/


73 posted on 09/23/2004 6:15:20 PM PDT by airborne (God answers all prayers. Sometimes the answer is ,"No".)
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To: lancer
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

75 posted on 09/23/2004 6:17:48 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ((John Kerry is now in full retreat))
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To: AmericanMade1776

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


Sorry, but search returned no results.


76 posted on 09/23/2004 6:18:58 PM PDT by airborne (God answers all prayers. Sometimes the answer is ,"No".)
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To: airborne

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


77 posted on 09/23/2004 6:20:03 PM PDT by airborne (God answers all prayers. Sometimes the answer is ,"No".)
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To: Ptarmigan

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.


78 posted on 09/23/2004 6:20:49 PM PDT by Guilliamus
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To: AmericanMade1776

Nice work!!!


79 posted on 09/23/2004 6:21:07 PM PDT by airborne (God answers all prayers. Sometimes the answer is ,"No".)
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To: airborne

Thank you.


80 posted on 09/23/2004 6:23:19 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ((John Kerry is now in full retreat))
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