Monthly Archives: October 2012
The Wolf, the lamb, and Pamela Geller: AFDI step up the anti-Muslim hate
By Dartunorro Clark
The old adage in the Aesop fable, The Wolf and the Lamb, stated, “A tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.”
Resolution 35: No freedom of speech for California college students
By Dasia Skinner
In August of 2012, the Assembly of the State of California passed Resolution 35. In the resolution, the Assembly “unequivocally condemns all forms of intolerance, including anti-Semitism, on public postsecondary educational institution campuses in California.”
Pamela Geller: Most certainly ‘guilty as charged’
By Dennis Melendez
In her article I’m offending ‘savages’? guilty as charged Pamela Geller discusses the release of her anti-Jihad ads that appear in New York, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. The ad reads “In any war between civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat Jihad.”
From daring to dangerous: The media turns the tables on the Middle East
By Dartunorro Clark
It’s hard to imagine that a crudely made, short, propaganda anti-Muslim video, made by a literally unknown filmmaker, would not only spark one of the worst social upheavals in years, but to also have the Western media exploit the facts involved with the protests.
Deepa Kumar hits the nail on the head regarding Muslim protests
By Brittany Moore
In her recent article, Cutting through the anti-Muslim propaganda, Deepa Kumar highlights the information that failed to be mentioned in mainstream media, while providing relevant points of clarity.
Robert Spencer: Master of misinformation
By Dartunorro Clark
Robert Spencer has made it his job to defile and “expose” the Muslim faith for what he thinks it’s really about, but he does more of the former rather than the latter. He holds the belief that Muslims are trying to convert and dominate the world at any and all costs. Spencer comes off as intolerant, somewhat paranoid, and misguided individual who simply cannot make distinctions between a handful of extremists and the Muslim majority. There is simply nothing to “expose” about the ordinary Muslim.
Middle East war-mongering: Round II
By Nasir Almasri
As the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) heard the concerns of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Iran’s nuclear programme, the not-too-unfamiliar sound of war drums began to beat again, softly. It has been nearly a decade since the start of the war in Iraq, which – coupled with the war in Afghanistan and a burst of the housing bubble – left our economy in shambles and our global hegemony permanently scarred. Oh, and it has left the Iraqis in an unpleasant predicament in which they continue to attempt to survive.
The peaceful protests the mainstream media failed to acknowledge
By Dartunorro Clark
On the 11th anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 attacks, expectations of just a remembrance and memorial were thought to ensue. Instead, what happened was more tragic news–the death of a U.S. Diplomat, Chris Stevens, and three other Americans, including a Foreign Service officer, and two Navy Seals.
The blurry line between freedom of speech and hate speech
By Brittany Moore
While many events over the past few weeks have spurred protests, there have also been ongoing negative depictions of Muslims in the form of the distasteful “Innocence of Muslims” video and a French magazine’s demeaning cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
If there was a question before about if Islamophobia was real or not, recent explosions of anti-Islamic distortions give a push of assurance. More like a final confirmation.
