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

Al-Jazeerah ^ | September 23, 2004

[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”.

[BlueLancer]

Well, I would really hate for him to miss this one ...

200 years from now, I want their children's children's children's children
to cower and cringe in fear whenever they hear the sounds of jet engines overhead
because their legends tell of fire from the sky.

I want them to hide in dark caves and holes in the earth,
shivering with terror whenever they hear the roar of diesel engines
because the tales of their ancestors talk about metal monsters
crawling over the earth, spitting death and destruction.

I want their mothers to be able to admonish them with
"If you don't behave, the Pale Destroyers will come for you",
and that will be enough to reduce them to quivering obesience.

I want the annihilation to be so complete that their mythology
will tell them of the day of judgment when the stern gods from across the sea
.. the powerful 'Mericans .. destroyed their forefathers' wickedness.

(Original created by BlueLancer ... 13 September 2001)
(Thanks to HiJinx for the accompanying pictures)

[dennisw]

Aladdin Elaasar ..... Declare yourself an apostate in Saudi Arabia and you'll be dead in ten minutes

[dennisw]

"We'll put a boot in your ass it's the American way!"

[VietVet]

Sorry, AmericanMade. I am a registered Democrat, and have been one for 39 years.

It is just that my National party has not put up for office anyone I could in good conscience vote for since the 60's.

VietVet

[airborne]

Here is the original title -

On Sept. 11 anniversary, let's not let fear cripple us
The Athens Banner-Herald ^ | 9/11/04 | By Aladdin Elaasar

Here is the Al Jazeera title -

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

[AmericanMade1776]

Live and Learn, did not know you existed as a Democrat in this forum. Your existance here proves, that I am wrong, and also the writer for the Al-Jazeerah, that says we are all Republicans.

[Chemist_Geek]

Hyberbole but I fear Aljezeera may try to spin this as western religious intolerance somehow.

No, it's not hyperbole - just look at any thread which mentions Islam. Aljezeera wouldn't need to spin it at all.

[AmericanMade1776]

It was because of you...."Elaasar is author of "Silent Victims: The Plight of Arab & Muslim Americans in Post 9/11 America." Airborne.

I searched the title of the author "Silent Victims: The Plight of Arab & Muslim Americans in Post 9/11 America." And it pulled up what I needed.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Some innocent guys just had their throats slit, and they are getting upset about this????????

[Chemist_Geek]

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

Wrong. Anti-Muslim bigotry is alive and well on FR.

[VietVet]

Al-Jazeera, the SeeBS of the Middle East?

VietVet

[Publius6961]

Hey!
How come they didn't pick my post to quote? Didn't I try hard enough?

[airborne]

I think this whole thing is a public relations work of fiction.

I was wrong. It was a second source (Al-Jazeerah) changing the title of the original story.

[AmericanMade1776]

Dang Publius,
Try again, maybe they will next time.

[AmericanMade1776]

I think you are on to something, how can free republic email or write someone , whose email address or postal address we do not know.

[Publius6961]

Still...there's no excuse for being vulgar and overtly rude when writing someone with views opposing your own. That type of response only undermines your message.

Evidently not. Do you see any mainstream reasoned post quoted? There would be no reaction if only the moderate posts were taken into account, 90% of them. We would be having no discussion here whatsoever, in that case.

[Ptarmigan]

Yes, he forgot to say that too. Muslims perscute Sikhs, Zoroastrnists, Bahais, Christians, Jews, Hindus, and even other Muslims.

[AmericanMade1776]

Do you really? You think Anti-Muslim bigotry is alive and well on FR?

Show some examples.

[Publius6961]

I have to admit that it has not been easy since 9/11 to maintain a strain of fairness in viewing Islam.

You must have been trying very hard to isolate yourself from the dozens of books that any rational human being would deem sufficient to cut this culture no slack whatsoever.

It is not just that they perpetrated unbelieveable brutalities for a milenium; many other cultures and countries did also. It is that they continue to do so to this day, 500 years after all other cultures have evolved into something a bit less primitive and mindless. And the general silence and lack of introspection and self-criticism only reinforces the suspicion that the overwhelming majority of them approve.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Wrong. Anti-Muslim bigotry is alive and well on FR.

If anti-Muslim bigotry is alive and well here, that is a shame. Moderate Muslims may have been offended by what might be perceived as anti-Muslim bigotry. I think we owe both of them an appology if they were offended.