Posted on 03/30/2005 1:08:06 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(CNSNews.com) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations says the conservative National Review magazine apparently has removed advertisements for two "virulently anti-Muslim books" it is selling in its online store.
This follows CAIR's grassroots campaign against the way National Review was promoting the books.
"The Life and Religion of Mohammed," according to the magazine's review, exposes "the ugly truth about the founder of the world's most violent religion"; and "The Sword of the Prophet" "gives the unvarnished, 'politically incorrect' truth about Islam -- including the shocking facts about its founder, Mohammed; its rise through bloody conquest; its sanctioning of theft, deceit, lust and murder."
CAIR said hundreds of concerned Muslims, at CAIR's request, have contacted both the National Review and Boeing Co., one of the magazine's advertisers, to express their concerns about the "Islamophobic views" in both books.
On Tuesday, CAIR issued an action alert calling on Muslims and others to urge that Boeing, which does business with Arab nations, withdraw its advertising from
National Review. Boeing representatives told CAIR they were "inundated" with faxes, e-mails and calls.
"We would like to thank all those who took the time to contact both National Review and Boeing to defend Islam and the Prophet Muhammad from defamation," said CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad said in a press release.
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If a Christian group did this, there would be cries of censorship and three weeks' worth of stories on the evening news...
"I wonder, are these books a little TOO accurate for CAIR's preferences?"
Apparently. I can't help but find it ironic and pathetic that a book that bills itself as a look at the "politically incorrect" facts of Islam was yanked because of...political correctness. Calling the book "Islamophobic" is the same as calling it "politically incorrect"--adding "phobic" to things is the new PC buzz word. So the book was trying to combat PC and was therefore a victim of PC.
In other words, National Review folded in the face of liberal/islamic PC thugs. Meanwhile, CAIR continues to promote trumped-up statistics about hate crimes against islamics, cry discrimination at every turn, rationalize islamic terrorism, and contribute money to islamic charity scams that fund terrorism. Very nice.
total bummer. How many ridiculous anti-christianity books are on the very shelves of my campus library?
America would be wise to rid itself of this cancer sooner rather than later. No sense leaving the fight for our children.
True, but the key difference is that Christianity in our country is itself politically incorrect among certain types, so bashing it is PC. Islam is the opposite.
I couldn't agree more, my FRiend...MUD
A search at www.nrbookservice.com (NR's online bookstore) reveals that neither title comes up in the results. So it's not just advertising that was pulled; the books themselves are no longer available.
And in the meanwhile, CAIR will continue to defend terrorist groups in the middle east and protect 'charities' here in the US that finance them.
Too bad. Not the first time NRO has folded.
Disgusting.
This was a simple propaganda action to go after Boeing who has absolutely nothing to do with editorial policy at NR or any other magazine. Maybe CAIR will now require Boeing employees to only watch Al Jazeera.
Evil-Murdering-Death-Cult-Founded-By-A-Child-Molester-Wins-Another-One ping.
"The Sword of the Prophet" was excellent, a must read.
I must confess that very few things in the world annoy me more than people that lecture others about things they know absolutely nothing about. The opponents of this book are a perfect example. Let me make one thing crystal clear to anyone that hasn't yet read "The Sword of the Prophet": The one-star reviews posted here were written by people that haven't read the book!! This book is not racist and it is not scaremongering!
This book is one of the most intelligent and well-written books I have ever read. It pulls absolutely no punches when it examines the origin, historical record, and future implications of Islam as a global force. Political correctness and other left-wing ideologies are ignored for the sake of truth and critical thinking, which is absolutely refreshing to read in this day and age of "historical ignorance" and "deliberately induced amnesia", as Mr. Trifkovic puts it. The first and second chapters examine the life of Muhammad and the creation of the Koran, which is fascinating and eye-opening. The third chapter, "Jihad Without End", is simply frightening. It chronicles the spread of Islam over the last thousand years, and the massive cultural devastation, human suffering, and loss of innovation that went with it. This chapter, more than any other, is the most savage rebuttal of people that insist that Islam is "tolerant" or a "religion of peace". Never, in its entire history, has Islam even approached anything resembling tolerant or peaceful, and anyone that has bothered to actually read history knows it. The fourth chapter shows Islamic misogyny, use of slavery throughout the centuries (and still in practice today!!), and debunks the ridiculous assertion that there was a "golden age" of Islam. The fifth chapter describes the sad and pathetic attempts of self-loathing intellectuals (many of whom are in powerful and influential postions) in North America and Western Europe that want nothing more than to tear down every Judeo-Christian tradition and belief that their country was built on. The false and twisted belief of these "enlightened" intellectuals is that all cultures and beliefs are equally valid, and to question the merits of this ideology is bigotry. A knowledge of history and a good eye for observation reveal this worldview as the hoax that it is, but these people are both blind and deaf when it comes to annoying little things like "facts". The sixth and final chapter paints the bleak picture of Western Europe and (to a lesser degree) North America as countries that refuse to open their eyes to a culture that is completely at odds with Western ideals of democracy and human rights. A war has been unofficially declared on the West (ie. the "infidels") by millions of radical Muslims, and yet many people don't even want to acknowledge that there is a problem! The immigration floodgates are open and yet no-one seems to care which people have something to offer and which people have hostile intentions!! Isn't this common sense!? For reasons that are impossible for myself (and many others, I'm sure) to understand, some people would rather commit cultural and racial suicide than attempt to address the problems that are staring Western democracies in the face! As you can see, the sixth chapter has some depressing statistics and a gloomy forecast for North America and Western Europe.
To be honest, I really can't recommend this book highly enough. I read a great deal about history and politics and I had a reasonable understanding of Islam, but I found this book concise, accurate, and enlightening. The historical record and future implications of Islam are incredibly relevant to the world we live in now, and you would be doing yourself a favour by reading "The Sword of the Prophet" and doing some serious thinking of your own about just what all this means for yourself, your family, your country, and your future generations.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1928653111/qid=1112219244/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/002-7297443-1496038
"Too bad. Not the first time NRO has folded.
Disgusting."
You're right. I subscribed to NR for many years until I noticed they had left their historic conservative moorings. I suspect many of the early, great writers for NR would no longer be welcome there. As far as I'm concerned, NR has little relevance for conservatives today.
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