An antidote to Islamophobia

Boston Globe ^ | January 11, 2016 | Saladin Ahmed

[artichokegrower]

In 1979, when I was a child, the Michigan community center that my father and great-grandmother founded to help Arab immigrants was gutted by fire. Investigation found that the center was targeted by racists

[artichokegrower]

Years later I was living in New York when terrorists flew airplanes into the World Trade Center, murdering thousands of people.

Terrorists? Would those have been Muslim terrorist by any chance?

[Paladin2]

Jihadis, one of the main pillars of Islam in it’s stated base goal of World Domination. Islam uber Alles.

[gorush]

WHY All of a sudden ?
“MESSAGE FROM A CONCERNED CITIZEN:

WHY Has everyone lost their ability to see what is happening in the USA? Think America! Before Obama, there was virtually no visible presence of Islam in America.

All of a sudden, Islam is taught in schools.

All of a sudden, we must allow prayer rugs everywhere and allow for Islamic prayer in schools and businesses.

All of a sudden, we must stop serving pork in public places and institutions.

All of a sudden, we are inundated with law suits by Muslims who are offended by America. (For God’s sake, they are IN America)

All of a sudden, we must allow burkas to be worn everywhere even though you have no idea who is covered up under them.

All of a sudden, Muslim training compounds are popping up throughout the USA.

All of a sudden, Muslims are suing employers for being expected to do their jobs.

All of a sudden, all of our aircraft carriers are recalled for maintenance by Obama rendering the Atlantic unsupported.

All of a sudden, our troops are withdrawn from the middle east.

All of a sudden, there is no money for American poor, disabled veterans, jobless Americans, hungry Americans, or displaced Americans, but there is endless money for Obama’s refugee programs.

All of a sudden, Obama fills the Federal Government with Muslims in key positions. All of a sudden, there is an ammunition shortage in the USA.

All of a sudden, Americans are threatened by the Federal government for complaining about Muslims.

All of a sudden, the most important thing for Obama to do is disarm American Citizens. Now, why is it so important for Obama to disarm America? Why? Because a disarmed country is ripe for takeover by the Muslim Army that Obama has imported into the United States.

Nikita Khrushchev, the Russian Dictator who visited the USA in the 1950s said the USA could never be occupied by any army because of its citizen Army. Obama knows this fact and is doing everything within his power to disarm our Citizen Army.

If Obama can’t do it legally, he will abuse his power and take every gun from Americans because he knows he must do that to turn the USA over to Islam.
Be wary and watchful. Obama’s actions speak far beyond his words. Obama won’t even say the words “Islamic Terrorist”. WHY?”

[faithhopecharity]

No other group of people perpetrates so many murders bombings and rapes all around the world, than Moslems. Their Koran instructs them to do these terrible things - and promises them big rewards if they do. yes, many good decent people are “islamophobic-—” afraid of Moslems — with good cause. Nobody wants to be blown up — any Moslem should definitely positively get out of Islam ( I could offer a few suggestions) — or go back to live in a country Islam’s already infiltrated and taken over ( there are 57 of them already).

[skeeter]

The Jihadi's antidote for Islamophobia.

[a fool in paradise]

Soon after 9-11, museums started to hold up Islamic art as being so technically brilliant. Of course the restrictive prohibition on figurative works didn’t strike them as censorship of the worst sort.

[a fool in paradise]

Monstrous caricatures of the Ayatollah Khomeini and Moammar Khadafy, who, our schoolteachers told us, wanted all Americans dead.

Gaddafi gave a hero's welcome to the returning Lockerbie bomber, you stupid fool.

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton proudly took credit for the war crime torture, abuse, and murder of a POW named Momar Gaddafi and dimes to donuts you are voting Democrat, you stupid fool.

Get out. You aren't paying attention to the news and your victim card has been revoked.

[a fool in paradise]

61% of the muslims in America are first generation immigrants.

If you want to know “why now” it is because people who’ve lived under Sharia law want to live under Sharia law in America.

[miss marmelstein]

Any evidence that these events ever happened?

Also, he’s upset that he saw nasty caricatures of, get this: the Ayatollah Khomeini! and Khadaffi! Somebody needs to put this guy on a watch list.

[oh8eleven]

An antidote to Islamophobia
No such thing as islamophobia.
It's a made excuse by the left - like homophobia - in an attempt to avoid the truth.

[elcid1970]

Publish that message! Where can we find it!?

[savagesusie]

Our Constitution is based on Objective Truth (God).

Islam is as St. Thomas stated-—an irrational, carnal “religion” created for vile men.

There should be NO islam allowed in this country. All irrational religions (like voodoo worship) can never be made “legal” when all the irrational religions (like with polygamy) they are dehumanizing to other groups.

Only rational religions which are in line with the “.Laws of Nature and nature’s God” are in line with our Constitution.

Of course, the Progressives removed our system (the Constitution) by 1913 and we now have outlawed Objective Truth (God) for moral relativism which is antithetical to our Constitution. But what the heck!!!

We need to Wake Up and promote God/Truth again and get rid of PC (Marxism) or we will collapse. Start with your children and family.

[a fool in paradise]

Years later I was living in New York when terrorists flew airplanes into the World Trade Center, murdering thousands of people. Public spaces were wreathed in notes of support from across the country. Most were solemn and gracious. But there were others. “They had their turn. Now we’ll get ours!’’ screamed one banner, though we didn’t yet know who “they” were. Another poster showed a man in fatigues stomping on a camel. This knee-jerk reaction found its expression in the streets as well. In New York and across the country, mosques and community centers were vandalized. Muslims — and those who “looked like” Muslims — were harassed, even attacked, simply for going about their lives.

Conveniently he omits that from coast to coast to coast there WERE muslims not so secretly celebrating that America "got hers". Even damned Marxist professors and bigoted "former" muslim preachers in Chicago were happy that "chickens had come home to roots" and boasted that those who died in the towers were "little Eichmanns".

His victim card has been revoked.

[a fool in paradise]

He is an Islamophobiaphobe.

At what point will he denounce muslim leadership anywhere in this world?

[gorush]

It arrived via e-mail w/ no attribution...have at it.

[Arm_Bears]

I wonder, Mr. Ahmed, where your father and great-grandmother would come down on the current Muslim-backed terror attacks sweeping the world.

And no, disagreeing with someone is not a phobia.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

The bigots’ message was clear: Muslims are not welcome here. It was easy to see where the bigots were getting their inspiration. Their hate reflected what I saw in the culture around me. In film, on TV, and in newspapers, images of Muslims were uniformly negative. Oil sheiks battling the Bionic Woman. Terrorists blown away by Chuck Norris. Monstrous caricatures of the Ayatollah Khomeini and Moammar Khadafy, who, our schoolteachers told us, wanted all Americans dead.

Uh, Saladin, Khomeini and Khadafy were trying to kill Americans . . . .

[MNJohnnie]

10,000s of “peaceful” Muslims protesting those who commit mass murder in their name of their religion, rather then these perpetual whines about an imaginary “Islamophobia” would be a good start.

When “peaceful” Muslims spend all their time whining about an imaginary problem, Islamophobia, instead of doing everything they can to stop those murdering and raping in the name of their religion, rational people can only conclude that “peaceful Muslims” really are not too worried about what is being done by the Jihadists.

These whiners are merely the propaganda bots of Jihad. They should be treated with the contempt their writing deserve.

[drpix]

He calls for non-Muslims not to remain silent when their family, friends and coworkers speak against Muslims...

But significantly, he does not call for "Muslims" to end their silence when their family and friends not only speak against but plot violent Jihad against non-Muslims.

Countless anti-terrorism professionals have reported the almost totally lack of assistance they get from the author's "peace loving" and "demonized" Muslim community.

He talks of haters. Until his Community assists in the fight against the violent hating Muslim Jihadis, his wails of "islamophobia" can be seen as nothing else but a smokescreen for those Jihadis.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Terrorists? Would those have been Muslim terrorist by any chance?