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The Salafi contribution to the cartoon riots The current working theory in most media circles is that Sam Bacile, who claimed to be an Israeli Jew, was really a front for Coptic Christians. The truth may however be that Sam Bacile was a Salafist who used Jews and Copts as a front for a Salafist agenda. There is some evidence that suggests this may be the most logical conclusion. Salafist connections have covered this entire project from beginning to end. Sam Bacile, didn’t do much with his YouTube account, besides uploading two clips from the “Innocence of Muslims” film, but...

Everybody just relax. Islam is badly misunderstood. The negative stereotype of Islam is the usual evil-doings of Zionists in America and their foolish fellow travelers, fundamentalist Christians. Please don’t listen to what these hatemongers say about Islam and hear us out. So implies the nationally-launched campaign of Muslim organizations in the United States. Ads are popping up in newspapers and magazines proclaiming the magnificence of Islam and aiming to refute the “false allegations” of Islam’s ill-wishers.

...While I do not think besieging Muslims will get America anywhere, I do believe Muslims are responsible for our current spate of public relations nightmares. Fortunately for Team Muslim-USA, my generation of Muslims...Our smarts (and charismatic good looks) can conquer the Mosque's PR crisis in a jiff. That's why below I have compiled a list of ideas I think that can begin to de-fuse the "WTC Mosque" crisis.IT'S ALL IN THE NAME: BRAND AND RE-BRAND THE MOSQUE - "It's the Manhattan Mosque, stupid." This one seems simple enough, except it isn't. A lot of the outrage about the mosque has...