CAIR Condemns"24" - But it won't condemn Islamic Terrorists

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[Zivasmate]

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February 21, 2005

What has Fox’s hit TV show “24” done to prompt TV Guide to report “24 in Hot Water” and Entertainment Weekly to ask, “Has ‘24’ Gone Too Far?”?

Its bad guys are terrorists who are… Muslims. That’s it.

Few of us need reminding that we are not simply waging a war against terror, but against the radical Islam that animates the enemy. The enemy is not coincidentally Muslim, but they are the enemy because their radicalized version of Islam tells them to be. “24,” so far at least, understands that.

What makes “24” this season so special, though, is that it’s the first entertainment production in the post-9/11 era to accurately portray the enemy. The Monday night hit features the Araz family, Turkish Muslim immigrants who live in suburbia—and are a sleeper cell for an unnamed terrorist outfit.

In recent episodes, the teenage son starts developing a conscience, and his father senses something is amiss with his only child. So, the father has a member of his goon squad take away his son to have him murdered. (The plan failed.) He felt his son had become too Americanized in his years here, and no longer regarded him as his own flesh and blood.

Explaining to his wife how he could have ordered the murder of their son, he said, “We’re all expendable.” One of the other terrorist operatives from a previous episode also saw himself as expendable, driving head-on into an 18-wheeler when he believed he was being followed by police.

This, of course, is part of the Jihadist ideology, where little value is placed on individual life. And “24” deserves credit for getting it right.

[rintense]

LOL. The season isn't over yet.

[SunStar]

So far, this is the only entertainment production to feature Muslims as terrorists. I've not heard of any movie or any other television series featuring them as terrorists.

Threat Matrix back in 2003 featured Muslim terrorists in at least 1/2 of the episodes.

Also, The Grid, a great miniseries last year featured Muslim terrorists as well. (Just came out on DVD last week.)

[Alouette]

this is the only entertainment production to feature Muslims as terrorists.

There is an old movie from 1996, starring Kurt Russell and Hallie Berry, called Executive Decision in which Arab Muslim terrorists hijack an airliner and plan to crash it in Washington DC. No, seriously. And this was made five years before 9/11.

[PogySailor]

Money-hungry defense contractors gone bad?

Maybe, but I detect rogue government agencies.

[PogySailor]

Check out "Dirty War" on HBO if you get a chance. That one will give you shivers.

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

As one of his constituents, I might be a bit biased, but Dick Durbin, D-IL, is an even bigger weasel. But he got it right on CAIR. From the same article:

Even Senator Richard Durbin, who has made common cause with some of America’s Wahhabi-backed groups, came down hard on CAIR. In his final comments he conceded that CAIR is “unusual in its extreme rhetoric and its associations with groups that are suspect,” and requested that the committee seek the testimony of mainstream Muslim groups in its place in the future

[hineybona]

Shumer is the biggest fraud going . He'd sell his mother for a vote. Has that dumb as shit smile on his face all the time. Comes in on issues dayss late , has to see how it plays with the street before he decides what side he's on . Does it all the time.

[CaptainAwesome2]

CAIR is no more than a mouthpiece and funding source for terrorists.

[gg188]

The question to me is this (especially after the white guy with the white beard at the end):

When will the plot reveal that it really isn't muslims but a) right wing militia, b) greedy defense contractors, c) CIA, d) Russian gangsters, e) Nazis, or f) cabal of reactionaries within the DOD

At least it isn't Law and Order, in which case the villians would turn out to be a) homeschoolers, b) gun owners, c) evangelical Christians, d) talk radio, e) blogs, or f) business people or basically anyone with a legit job other than as a lawyer.

[Zivasmate]

What do you think is a bigger concern for Schumer: CAIR's links to terrorism or Republican judges?

[hineybona]

His concern is for himself only

[Zivasmate]

Can some lib lawyer sue Fox for racial profiling? Or is that option only available when real American lives are in danger?

[Aetius]

You know, I really wouldn't be surprised if they did do something that stupid.

I read in an Entertainment magazine that the shows producer or creator, something like that, is a self-described 'right-wing nut job.'

Of course, I took that to mean the type of right-winger who supports higher taxes, gay marriage/civil unions, abortion on demand, racial preferences, more gun control, radical environmentalism, voted for Kerry, etc; or in other words the type of conservative Hollywood would accept and embrace!

If I'm wrong about this guy, then I apologize, and it should be noted that I haven't heard the type of irrelevant, out-of-the-blue, liberal remarks that often pollute shows like Law & Order, so maybe the people behind the show are good people.

[Paul Atreides]

I've given up on prime-time television altogether.

[Empireoftheatom48]

I think 24 is great the heck with this organisation!

[AmericanArchConservative]

P.R.O.P.* Ping!

C.A.I.R. vs. FOX's "24"

Welcome to the "newbies" on this Ping list! Tell your friends and neighbors about 'us'. Awaken the "sleepers" to the threat of Islam rising on every front.

(*Phony Religion Of Peace)

[AmericanArchConservative]

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(*Phony Religion Of Peace)

[Fred Nerks]

Reporting for duty! Always on alert here in Australia.

"Defending America from the Council of American-Islamic Relations" (thanks to Former Dodger)

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Spread the word!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Boazo]

Thanks for the ping