The Time Cover this week was more than perfect after all it is not a matter of 9/11 ground zero two blocks away Islamic Cultural center anymore as one must ask : what brings Florida and Tennessee to ground Zero !??
I want you to watch Jon Stewart’s last episode below , Aasif Mandiv had this strange interview with Laurie Cardoza-Moore whom I do not know what to say about her exactly , just watch
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Is she sane or she just acted this way because she knew it was the Daily show on the comedy center !!?? Muslims are bad because they do not eat pork , well Jews do not eat pork as well but may be as a Christian Zionist she does not find that strange !!
I can’t believe that there are some people listening to her in the first place , it is a disaster. Of course I do not expect that she knows the origin of the word “ infidel” and how all religions consider the non believers as infidels in all around the world and through out the history !!
Ironically the words Cardoza and Cordoba may have the same origin as I have found out based on the facts that Cordoba and Cardoza were Roman colonies , Cordoba was actually a foreign non Arab word so it could be Cardoza and changed by time.
Of course the top event of the week was the attempt to kill a Muslim NY taxi driver Ahmed El Sharif by a 21 years old drunk Michael Enright , El Sharif lived and worked in the United States more than 25 years.
You should watch Keith Olbermann if you want more about this shameful incident
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Also here is an interview with El Sharif.
This incident found its way to the mainstream media , other incidents usually do not find their way. I wonder what Beck , Palin and Gingrich think about it !!??
Prince Al Walid met with News Corp board earlier this week and I was wondering about his opinions regarding the cheap disgusting rants and attacks on his religious beliefs in Fox News !!?? As a Muslim I am amazed on how he can tolerate these attacks and still continues to invest and waste his money in that channel !!?? Yes he funds the Park 51 center but it is disgusting and immoral to invest in a channel that spreads hate and ignorance.I do not know why I remember Ramy Lakah when he fired the Chief in editor of France Soir after the cartoon incident.
Now Muslims in the States are in dilemma whether to celebrate the Eid or not as it will be around 9/11 , in fact I will be the the last day if the Eid turns to be on 9/9
I just want to ask the GOPs :
Is your war with Islam itself as a religion or radical terrorists that do not represent the whole religion ??
Do you want Muslims in the United States or not !!??
Did not you invade Iraq to liberate its Muslims from a dictatorship !!??
Are Muslims invited to the Glenn Beck’s new hope rally or whatever he calls next Saturday !!??
Again is America Islamophobic !?? You tell me !!
From watching Fox News and hearing that anti-Cordoba team I feel that we are in front of an ignorance problem in the first place and this is why I would like to read and spread this post about the history of Cordoba and speaking about history I do not think that all those idiots of GOP know the actual history of Islam in the United States because if they do , they will know that it has been there since the founding fathers. Yes the founding fathers whom Beck are reminding the Americans with day and night in his show which proved to me that the shows of the news sector in our national TV are great.
I do not know how the State department will be able to issue its annual report of international religious freedom if Muslim Americans are being attacked in this way whether physically or emotionally.
By the way Beirut is going to reopen its synagogue after years of renovation , this is Beirut which had been sorry has been destroyed by the IDF over and over even two decades. Have you heard any politician in Lebanon speaking about this synagogue even from Hezbollah !!?? The example of Lebanon is great because Lebanon is actually a big ground zero from North to South and here I am not speaking about Civil war , I am speaking of continuing Israeli aggression. With my all due respect the Lebanese politicians are more educated and sophisticated than Beck and friends.
As a frequent traveler to the US and my numerous conversations with my American friends, my experiences have been mostly positive.
ReplyDeleteGenerally speaking the majority of Americans are tolerant of other races and religions (including Muslims) unfortunately there is a portion (20% approx.)who are poorly educated, low income and ignorant (I like to refer to them as white trash) who always existed but came to the surface after the election of a black president ( 1 in 5 Americans think he is a Muslim).
In view of the forthcoming November elections, Tea Party, some GOP and other right wing extremists are trying to score cheap political points for themselves and are being enabled by idiots like M. Beck (douche bag), Palin (I can see Russia from by backyard)and other low lives.
The majority of Americans can see through this garbage and understand right from wrong, however in a democracy, freedom of speech is free for all.
The Canadian.
Many of us from/in the U.S. are just as horrified by this surge in anti-Muslim rhetoric and the recent attacks.
ReplyDeleteDivision, fear and hatred is what these people are all about, whether you're talking Muslims, African-Americans, immigrants or the poor. While most of the highly intense stuff may be coming from the extreme right and the GOP - which, after being active in the party locally for years, my own mother finally left, horrified - I have heard ignorant and even hateful things over the years from so-called Progressives and those identifying as on the Left. Fear and hate are equal opportunity - everyone can get involved. And I say that as somebody who proudly wears the scarlet L for Liberal (Beck would give me an S for Socialist) that the Right would tag me with.
I think the number of those willing to commit a violent act based on this hatred is rather small. At least I hope so. I've found most bigots here to be big talkers, but loudmouths who don't want to go to jail. Part of the response needs to be airing all of this in public and speaking truths. The KKK may have started wearing hoods to incite terror, but it also hid them from their community. Pull off the hoods and show these people for what they are: hypocrites, racists, and (some) thugs. And then find ways to bring your community together.
I have always felt that much of the emotional/psychological impact of 11 Sept. - I'm talking the understandable stuff that follows a trauma - simply got swept under the rug. Pres. Bush encouraged us not to come together, reflect and grow, but to go shopping. I always expected more of this type response in the years immediately following, but the racist backlash against Obama as an individual and a figure (as opposed to opposing certain aspects or policies of the admin) has been disgusting in and of itself and certainly why this renewed rage is flaring. Add to that the economic crisis; hard times are always good for scapegoating and diversionary politics.
As an American with Muslim friends and family, who has lived in the Middle East and hopes to be living there again in the near future, all this hits deeply. Some people try to blow this off as being a few drunks and nuts, but I refuse to let them. I've been using every teachable moment I can get lately.
A lot of Americans claim to love the "founding fathers" and the US Constitution, but when it comes down to it they would like to do some major editing on the words of both. I just hope those of us who believe in the ideals of this place will stand up and help organize others to counter this. To remain silent is to be complicit.
أنا ساكن في أوكلاهوما وكل ماروح مكتب البوستة ألاقي FOX News
ReplyDeleteشغالة وكل الناس في الطابور بتتفرج عليها
بابقي واقف مرعوب من الكلام اللي بيتقال وأقول يا رب.
محدش من اللي واقفين يطلع مجنون ويصدق ويخبطني بحاجه
ربنا يستر. أبقوا اطمنوا عليا كل شوية
Thanks for sharing the Daily Show video. Great post. The problem is that those of us who understand how ridiculous the conservatives are feel that it is beneath us to engage them in talks and debates. We need to fight this.
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