Posted on 10/09/2007 11:51:50 AM PDT by ocr1
At George Washington University, another outrageous action by the Saudi-funded radical Islamic front group calling itself the Muslim Student Association, as they circulate flyers purporting to be from a conservative campus group with disgusting anti-Muslim messages: Anti-Muslim Fliers Cause Uproar.
Posters appeared all over the George Washington University campus yesterday morning blaring the message: HATE MUSLIMS? SO DO WE!!!
Campus police moved quickly to remove the fliers, university leaders began investigating how they got there and student groups met last night to deplore the posters, which had a photo of an Arab and description of typical Muslim features such as suicide vest, hidden AK-47 and peg-leg for smuggling children and heroin.
The posters managed to upset just about everyone on campus: Muslim students, other religious groups and conservatives who are hosting Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week later this month. Some questioned whether they were mocking the conservatives, pointing to fine print at the bottom Brought to you by Students for Conservativo-Fascism Awareness and a postscript recommending a BBC video on the politics of fear.
Any subtleties were lost under the gigantic headline, though.
Any subtleties, such as whether this was a complete setup and a hoax, are also quickly glossed over by the Washington Post, as they proceed to wring their hands over the dreadful hatred on display:
I was just really shocked that this sort of hatred exists on our campus, said Najah El Bash, a sophomore from New York who is one of the leaders of the GWU Muslim Students Association. You never think this would come so close to home, from people youre in classes with. . . . Its scary. It had to be well-planned, she said, for so many posters to go up so quickly.
GWU President Steven Knapp said in a statement last night, There is no place for expressions of hatred on our campus. He called the fliers reprehensible and said students of different faiths will be gathering this week for a community meal with Muslims during Ramadan. This event speaks to our universitys commitment to global cultural understanding and respect.
The poster describes typical Muslims and says, To find out more, come to ISLAMO-FASCISM AWARENESS WEEK!!! For more information, contact the GWU Young Americas Foundation.
Sergio Gor, a senior from Los Angeles who is the president of that group, said he was horrified when he heard about the fliers. We did not put up those posters, he said. Someone took our name and used it. It was hateful.
An LGF reader emails some interesting information; this morning on the Washington DC Fox 5 news channel, a Muslim student actually admitted putting up the fake postersit was satire, he said.
The student Ahmed Abdel Wahab was interviewed on Fox 5 this am, explaining the poster as satire.
But this revelation is nowhere to be found in the MSM reports.
UPDATE at 10/9/07 10:41:12 am:
More satire claims at the GW Hatchet student paper: After meeting, mixed views on anti-Muslim posters.
Were all here, were not all the same and we need to understand, said sophomore Tarek Al-Hariri, president of GW Peace Forum, during the discussion. I think something this morning happened. It may or may not have been taken the way it was supposed to be (and) may not have been a mistake. Nevertheless, people were affected and people took offense.
Many of the students in attendance at the event said they were personally hurt by the posters that were hung. This is the first time I felt attacked, said Manalle Mahmoud, a junior who is of the Muslim faith.
Representatives from more than a dozen groups on campus and from Muslim, Catholic and Jewish faiths spoke in unison condemning the posters and the unidentified subjects who hung them.
We wish to reaffirm our solidarity with all our brothers and sisters of all faith backgrounds and reiterate our commitment to greater understanding of all peoples, of all creeds and denominations, said sophomore Brandon Hines, in a statement from the GW Catholic community.
Several students present at Monday nights gathering attacked senior Sergio Gor, president of GW YAF, for todays events. We are being targeted because we are conservative, said Gor, who left the meeting before its conclusion. No way in shape or in form do we support hate speech.
Gor said GW YAF is hosting several events at the end of the month for Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week. The week will feature two Iranian women - who were persecuted in the Islamic republic - and conservative writer and activist David Horowitz.
Some individuals in attendance at Mondays discussion said this situation is not as bad as it seems. Lara Nasri, a graduate student and a member of the Campus Anti-War Network, said the video listed on the poster, The Power of Nightmares, was a documentary questioning the Wests fear of terrorist networks. It was completely satirical and overblown, Nasri said. It was the antithesis of racism.
Gor disagreed with Nasri. This is not satirical, said Sergio Gor. It is hatred.
And heres the phony poster:
What happens when you go to the link on the poster?
I don't think they are mutually exclusive. I think you can hate what someone stands for . . . and satirize them.
Islamics did it to garner sympathy and to whine and cry over a hate crime act.
An LGF reader emails some interesting information; this morning on the Washington DC Fox 5 news channel, a Muslim student actually admitted putting up the fake postersit was satire, he said.
this is typical Islamo-Facist tactics...
they stir up Fear and agitate it is a Political type of terrorism.
all the more reason to resist the Islamic Nations and peoples. ( they are the “enablers” of the Facists.)
When a Muslim gets caught casting the seeds of “victimhood” it’s satire. hmmm.
I think that is a hate crime against American conservatives.
Almost exactly what’s happening in nearby Manassas, Virginia.
1. Prince William County begins to limit free services to illegals.
2. House in Manassas (which housed many illegal residents) catches fire.
3. House is demolished but big, professional sign is posted calling county residents “Racist.”.
4. Nothing happens to sign, but sudenly KKK is attracted to “racist” Prince William County.
5. Nothing happens to sign, but owner discovers undetonated fire bombs.
6. Sign gets partially torn down. TV cameras arrive. Racists at work?
No, more likely this was staged by Mexicans Without Borders and other organizations of illegal aliens. They know the press will support their activities. When the county residents didn’t take the bait they staged their own “vandalism.”
This is a well organized group. Once again Manassas, Virgina is the first in a battle to determine if our nation can survive.
Classic “black” propaganda.
Quite clever but now the conservatives who are hosting Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week later this month can — indeed must — use this as part of their program. Let this serve as an example of the subversive nature of Islmofacism.
Black propaganda is false material where the source is disguised. It is propaganda that purports to be from a source on one side of a conflict, but is actually from the opposing side. It is typically used to vilify, embarrass or misrepresent the enemy.
Had to look it up. Funny thing is I’ve talked to people that claimed they did this during elections but never knew the name of it.
What would happen if the situation were reversed?
Meanwhile we have a closet Muslim running with unbelievable support from a large segment of our population.
Color me Astonished.
What part of the poster was satire? I could have sworn that I saw the face of Islamic Rage Boy in there... :)
So are the Muslims saying that they DO have lasers in their eyes?
MY take. Hot on the outside, cold on the inside.
Lasers? That would imply a degree of technological sophistication unkown in the mid-east.
So why is YAF being attacked for something a Muslim did? Is this another one of those instances where conservatives are attacked for something they didn’t do? And since when are the conservatives the whipping boys for every crank on campus. If the YAF didn’t do this, then I support the YAF completely.
Wow - Conservative students should riot all across the United States the way Muslims would...
They already had the victim act down, could the self inflicted hate crime be far behind?
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