Posted on 06/21/2006 12:17:58 PM PDT by white trash redneck
A survey conducted by Cornell University recently found that around half of Americans have a negative view of Islam and would like the US government to curtail the political activity of Muslims in the US.
Addressing a press conference at the headquarters of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), Paul Findley, a former US Congressman, said that the cancer of anti-Muslim and anti-Islamic sentiments was spreading in American society and requires corrective measures to stamp out this malaise.
It was also announced that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) would be launching a massive $50 million media campaign involving television, radio and newspapers as part of its five-year program to create a better understanding of Islam and Muslims in the US.
Referring to the anti-Islamic sentiments in the US, Findley said that the campaign was being spearheaded by a tiny but influential section of society, including some politicians, academics and opinion-makers.
Findley commended CAIR’s initiative that he said could go a long way toward improving the image of Islam and Muslims, which has been badly dented in part due to the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
Speaking on his interaction with the US media, Ibrahim Cooper, spokesman for CAIR, said that his own feeling was that American journalists are receptive to issues affecting Muslims. For this reason, nearly all American newspapers, print or online, refrained from reproducing the caricature of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) that were at the center of a controversy earlier this year. He said CAIR took advantage of the issue by distributing DVDs free of charge, bringing out a book on the Prophet, and launching an awareness campaign.
“All of this had a positive impact,” said Cooper.
Parvez Ahmed, CAIR chairman, spoke on what he described as the most “vicious attacks on Islam” he has ever seen in recent years, adding that the campaign is being orchestrated by a minority fringe element in the US seeking to drive a xenophobic wedge between Muslims and non-Muslims.
He said a minority of Muslim extremists helps perpetuate anti-Muslim sentiment in the US, but that it is wrong for Americans to rush to conclusions based on these groups that have distorted or misinterpreted Qur’anic text. He compared it to making judgments on Christians based on the Crusades.
Elaborating on the CAIR campaign to dispel misunderstandings of Islam and Muslims, Nihad Awad, CAIR executive director, said that his group proposes to spend $10 million annually for five years in a media campaign. He said that CAIR would also recruit volunteers and produce educational material as part of its initiative.
“We are planning to meet Prince Alwaleed ibn Talal for his financial support to our project. He has been generous in the past,” he added.
While any assault is deplorable and should be punished, I'd say CAIR's making a mountain out of a molehill.
For some reason, if I plug the title of this thread into FR search, it says that the document does not exist on this server. Is anyone else finding the same or is it just me? Are anti-Islam threads being hidden for some reason?
Only half? That's depressing...
Corrected statement:
"the cancer of Muslim and Islamic sentiments was spreading in American society and requires corrective measures to stamp out this malaise."
Nuff said :)
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I have a feeling you wouldn't recognize a real American if one bit you in the ass
A real American is a legal immigrant or a child born of a legal immigrant. You have an issue with that, propose an amendment to the constitution.
Of course threads deemed critical of Islam are being hidden! Google has already declared war on conservative searches, and liberals will make common cause with absolutely anyone who is at odds with the `hellish' George W. Bush. They are without shame or conscience.
God bless America and our Commander in Chief!
Thanks all. Guess it was just me. Maybe firefox glitch or something. I tried earlier today and then tonight and couldn't get it to come up. Never had the problem before. No biggie. :)
Couldn't locate a specific anti-Islamic thread? It's not your fault.
Go figure.
I've seen it. It strikes me as the same sort of self righteous babble as your posts.
"A real American is a legal immigrant or a child born of a legal immigrant."
This is the kind of politically correct drivel that is meaningless when viewed in the context of the war on terror and, if your're not careful, may get you killed. Take a look at CAIR, other similar Muslim front organizations, and the way Muslims typically isolate themselves in mosques and in our towns and cities. They have made it obvious they are here for all of the benefits but none of the burdens of assimilation or citizenship. Ask France how things are working out for them. As someone else pointed out, all muslims may not be terrorists but all terrorists are muslims. And these peaceful non-terrorists are apologists, enablers and supporters of terrorists. For the moment they're quiet, but wait until they have the numbers where they want them. We're still waiting to hear any real criticism of the terrorists from the muslim enclaves embedded in our country. Heard any lately? I didn't think so.
Your sanctimonious blather is impressing nobody. Certainly not loyal American conservatives.
You have a problem with that, find someone with enough patience to explain foreign terrorist threats to you, the embedded cell concept, and the infiltration of friendly host countries. You're exactly the kind of well meaning dupe they're looking for.
Just don't expect the rest of us to adopt your goody two-shoes view of the world.
Only Half????????????
Now do you all see how the conservative cause is in danger?
Half of Americans have been brainwashed via Political Correctness....(if that poll is accurate)
A real American is a legal immigrant or a child born of a legal immigrant
I don't see anything wrong with that statement at all
Pardon the thread drift ;-)
I stopped reading there. A man with an agenda a vendetta
There is not enough money that can be spent, or time to spend it in, that could change my opinion of Islam( Death be upon it).
And I have NO problem being judged by the Crusades- except for the fact that they ended too soon- and didn't totally eradicate Islam.
And don't you love how they always pull the Crusades out of their rears! They WILL compare Christian violence of centuries ago to Muslim violence NOW.
That's like saying wayy back in childhood, we all defecated on ourselves so we're all the same. No- we're not- not if one group is still messing in its pants at the age of 50, when the first group got toilet trained at 3.
I hate them- and the fact that they insist on- and think they CAN change my mind makes me hate them more.
Wanna change minds, Mohammed? Revise the Koran. Get rid of ALL references to killing non-believers and dominating the world by force. Let your women be treated like humans. Stop frothing at the mouth, by the millions, in the streets.Stop your 12th century caterwauling. Use toilet paper.Allow other religions in Muslim countries. Stop trying to destroy Israel.
Get on TV and open a Koran- point out the parts that the 'bad' guys are using to 'hijack' the 'religion', say they are wrong and you don't believe them, and won't obey them. Then TEAR the pages out.
Then you'll get my attention.
But my trust????
N E V E R
Badly dented? Good Lord!
I for one know my opinion isn't going to change it's been fueled by 5 years of outright endorsement through their actions. Yes silence is the ultimate action, its the action of a coward that hides in the shadows and attacks like a snake.
On 9/11 I was suddenly given 3000 reasons to hate islam and its followers, since then they have done nothing to attempt to change my mind.
To Hell with them........it's where they are headed anyway.
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