Posted on 01/13/2015 12:42:16 PM PST by Kaslin
Since 9/11, the Western world's academic, media, political elites have done their best to portray Islam in a favorable light, treating it very differently from all other religions. Criticism of every doctrine, religious or secular, is permitted, often encouraged. But not of Islam. Only positive depictions are allowed.
We'll start with an example of pro-Islamic bias that is so ubiquitous that no one seems to notice it. Why do Western media -- overwhelmingly composed of irreligious people, one might add -- always deferentially refer to Muhammad as "the Prophet Muhammad" in news articles and opinion pieces?
When Jesus is mentioned, the media never refer to him as "Christ, the Lord" or as "the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." Just "Jesus." In fact, "A.D." ("anno Domini" -- "year of our Lord") has been completely dropped by the very academics and media who always write "The Prophet Muhammad."
When the media discuss Joseph Smith, the founding prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the Mormon Church), they don't refer to him as "the Prophet Joseph Smith." Why not? Is there a single difference between his title and roles in Mormonism and Muhammad's in Islam?
And Jews refer to Moses as "Moshe Rabbeinu," Moses our Teacher. Why don't the media?
This was not the case in the past. When I studied Islam and Arabic in college, professors referred to the founder of Islam as "Muhammad." And virtually none of the great biographies of Muhammad -- even among those recommended on Muslim websites -- have the words "the Prophet Muhammad" in their title.
There is only one possible reason and that is Political Correctness -- Western elites bending over backwards on behalf of Muslims and Islam in ways they never would for another religion.
Another ubiquitous example: Before 9/11, the phrase "Allahu Akbar" was translated as "Allah is great" [or "the greatest"). Since 9/11, it has been translated as "God is great."
This was deliberate. In 2004, the influential Associated Press Stylebook announced: "A new entry has been added to the AP Stylebook: Allah. The Muslim name for God. The word God should be used."
Now, there are perfectly valid reasons to translate "Allah" as "God." And there are valid reasons not to. Indeed, Malaysia, a country widely depicted as a moderate Muslim country, last year banned Christians from using the word "Allah" in Arabic translations of the Bible -- because, while all Muslims regard Allah as the God of the universe, many Muslims regard the name "Allah" as specifically Muslim.
Whatever theological side one takes, the fact remains that after 9/11 Allah became "God" in the Western world -- in order to essentially show how similar Islam is to Judaism and Christianity.
Always referring to Muhammad as "the Prophet Muhammad" and translating "Allah" as "God" are subtle examples of the Western media and intellectual bias in favor of Islam since 2001. Most examples of the bias are not subtle, but blatant and morally indefensible.
Take one from the Paris murders.
Why did the Muslim terrorists go to a Jewish grocery? This is not a riddle. We all know. But some in the media pretended they didn't. During the attack, a reporter for Sky News, one of the largest English-language news services in the world, said on Fox News: "Whether it was targeted specifically for its religious connotations it is difficult to know."
Is there one reader of this column who thought it "difficult to know" whether the Muslim terrorists targeted a Jewish grocery?
Why would someone presumably intelligent say something so obviously stupid?
In order to protect Islam.
Just as so many in the media and government did after Major Nidal Hasan's murder of 13 fellow soldiers at Fort Hood. They found it difficult to ascertain if religion was a factor in his murders, despite his yelling, "Allahu Akbar" while shooting, despite his listing himself as a "Soldier of Allah" on his Facebook page, and despite many other affirmations of Islamism.
A New York Times writer blamed it on Major Hasan's "snapping" (in an article titled "When Soldiers Snap"). Chris Matthews said "it's unclear if religion was a factor in this shooting." NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten explained that Hasan, though never in combat, may have suffered from "pre-traumatic stress disorder." And the U.S. Department of Defense classified the Fort Hood shootings as acts of "workplace violence," not terror, let alone Islamic terror.
Perhaps the most egregious example of a society's elites treating Islam differently from all other religions took place in the UK. Between 1997 and 2013, at least 1,400 girls, as young as 11 years old, in the small English city of Rotherham (population 275,000), had been repeatedly gang raped and sold as sex slaves. The UK government acknowledged that these atrocities were allowed to go on solely due to the fact the perpetrators were British Pakistanis and the girls were white. No one was allowed to say that. The author of a 2002 report identifying Pakistanis as the perpetrators and organizers of the Rotherham gang rapes and the sex slavery was sent to diversity training.
Finally, why won't the New York Times print even one Charlie Hebdo cartoon? Twelve journalists were slaughtered over those cartoons; are the caricatures not newsworthy? Of course they are. But they satire Islam, and that is not allowed.
Here's the ultimate irony. These PC professors and news media who treat Islam so much better than any other religion are literally Islamophobic. They truly fear Islam.
Joseph Smith, the founding prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the Mormon Church), they don't refer to him as "the Prophet Joseph Smith."
Jews refer to Moses as "Moshe Rabbeinu," Moses our Teacher. Why don't the media?
Perhaps the most egregious example of a society's elites treating Islam differently from all other religions took place in the UK. Between 1997 and 2013, at least 1,400 girls, as young as 11 years old, in the small English city of Rotherham (population 275,000), had been repeatedly gang raped and sold as sex slaves. The UK government acknowledged that these atrocities were allowed to go on solely due to the fact the perpetrators were British Pakistanis and the girls were white. No one was allowed to say that. The author of a 2002 report identifying Pakistanis as the perpetrators and organizers of the Rotherham gang rapes and the sex slavery was sent to diversity training.
fyi
Same here.
Take every Islamist that is killed or executed and bury them in a trench filled with pig blood, pig shit, pig parts and any other parts of pigs you have left.
And advertise it heavly.
islam has the entire democrat media complex as their defense counsel.
I take it you don’t like pigs.
:-)
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“Nancy Pelosi to name terror-tied Muslim lawmaker to House intelligence committee: ‘9-11 Was Tough On Muslims,’ Islam In America Is ‘Under Attack, But Must Not Retreat,’ U.S. schools should be “modeled after Islamic madrassas”
This defies even the most macabre imagination.
Muslim U.S. Congressman lamented: “‘9-11 Was Tough On Muslims,’ Islam In America Is ‘Under Attack, But Must Not Retreat’”
Nancy Pelosi has named American-born convert to Islam Andre Carson to the House Intelligence Committee.
DTN: On May 26, 2012, Carson was a guest speaker at the 37th annual convention of the Islamic Circle of North America/Muslim American Society, in Hartford, Connecticut. During his remarks, Carson claimed that U.S. schools should be modeled after madrassas—Islamic schools infamous for their tendency to promote sexist, anti-Semitic teachings. Said Carson: “America will never tap into educational innovation and ingenuity without looking at the model that we have in our madrassas, in our schools, where innovation is encouraged, where the foundation is the Quran. And that model that we are pushing in some of our schools meets the multiple needs of students…. America must understand that she needs Muslims.”
Tied to terror-linked groups:
Between January 2008 and June 2014, Carson received 55 separate political donations (totaling nearly $34,000 altogether) from terror designated Muslim groups the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Islamic Society of North America, the Muslim American Society, and the Muslim Public Affairs Council.
Andre Carson declared the Tea Party is infested with white racists who “would love to see” black people “hanging on a tree.”
“Nancy Pelosi to name first Muslim lawmaker to House intelligence committee,” By Lauren French, Politico, January 13, 2015
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced in a closed-door meeting Tuesday she would name the first Muslim lawmaker to the House’s Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
A senior Democratic aide said Rep. André Carson of Indiana would be named in the “coming days” to the key national security-focused panel. Pelosi (D-Calif.) told lawmakers of the appointment during the members’ weekly caucus meeting.
Carson would be the first Muslim to serve on the committee and was the second Muslim to be elected to Congress. He already serves on the Armed Services Committee and worked for the Department of Homeland Security’s Fusion Center — the clearinghouse established by the federal government to streamline data sharing between the CIA, FBI, Department of Justice and the military.”
Isaiah was a prophet. Jeremiah was a prophet. John the Baptist was a prophet.
Mohammed was a lying servant of demons ... a murderer and a rapist.
A muslim in the white house
A muslim in charge of the CIA
A muslim on the house intelligence committee
I’m sure there are more. And once again it shows our politicians are helping the muslims take over.
A muslim in the white house
A muslim in charge of the CIA
A muslim on the house intelligence committee
I’m sure there are more. And once again it shows our politicians are helping the muslims take over.
Vlad the Impaler right? For all his faults, he is still a hero in my mind.
Why did they understand this so clearly 800 years ago, and we still don’t get it now?
They should read up on Iran. It wasn’t long after the revolution that the leftists there got theirs.
OBAMA MOST PROUD OF HIS MUSLIM BROTHER
“”Take every Islamist that is killed or executed and bury them in a trench filled with pig blood, pig shit, pig parts and any other parts of pigs you have left.””
Better yet - for every Islamist who is captured - this needs to be done to the live ones!!!
HAY-YELL YEAH!!
It worked.
Top people in our very own home land security are MUSLIMS
Excerpt: “Why do Western media — always deferentially refer to Muhammad as “the Prophet Muhammad”
For the same reason O’bummer always refers to the koran and “The HOLY Koran” - with perfect accent, but the Holy Bible only as ‘the Bible”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrJQ8_vGOuI
Here's the ultimate irony. These PC professors and news media who treat Islam so much better than any other religion are literally Islamophobic. They truly fear Islam.
The New York Times is afraid... they think if they give the bully their lunch money that he'll leave them alone. They are wrong.
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