Posted on 01/24/2016 12:40:14 PM PST by rightistight
Despite the fact that there are no Christians, Jews, Hindus, or Buddhists in the Star Wars universe, Haroon Moghul appeared on the PBS NewsHour and lobbied for the inclusion of a Muslim Jedi in Episode VIII or IX.
In a "NewsHour essay," Moghul explained, "With tensions between Muslims and our neighbors worse than I had ever known, I asked Abrams to add a positive Muslim character to one of these franchises."
Maybe "a Jedi named Mohammed," he suggested.
There are Jewish names in Star Wars, Moghul continued, as well as Christian ones. "We can accept a Ben Kenobi, though Ben's a Hebrew name," he argues. "We don't seem to have any trouble with Luke Skywalker, even though Luke was also one of the 12 apostles."
Moghul said, "I only wanted us to confront how we treat Muslims. Islamophobia is real, and it's ugly... Islamophobia is like racism, not because Islam is a race, but because, for anti-Muslim bigots, Islam functions in the exact same way that race does for racists."
Star Wars is a pop culture phenomenon and could change the feelings of people who hate Islam, if used in a certain way.
"Science fiction and fantasy, whether books or movies, are an astonishingly effective ways to reach huge numbers of people, to reflect us back to ourselves, and to provoke us to think differently," Moghul explained.
He concluded, "People often ask me, how can ordinary folks fight extremism and intolerance? I tell them, by imagining a world that's not just different, but better. You don't fight fear with fear. You fight fear with hope."
That would certainly sell.
If he blows everyone up then it’s hard to have a plot line.
Kumbaya. What a butthead.
Another fixated dumb ass.I swear that they’re coming out of the woodwork these days.
and a nazi!!! and, and a KGB agent!!!
and a south American dictator!!!
Black Panther too, what the heck.
what a @#$@#$ing jerk.
Jedi or jihadi?
i wish i knew how to post pictures, the palm to head would be perfect right now
They do and I switch votes to the Empire. Any way of focusing that death star beam just on Mecca or Medina.
Seriously, a muzzie defender is the ENEMY...period.
The Muslim Jedi are there — the dark side.
would the last name be Pedophile
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A muslim Sith might be believable.
rofl!!! lol!!! actually laughing out loud :)
that was @#$@#$ing funny!!
yes, such a brilliant idea!
Mohammed: My wife called me a pedophile. I told her that was a pretty big word for a seven year old.
You forgot the knuckle dragging, tobacco chewing redneck.
I know that this refers to ‘Trek’ and not ‘Wars’, but King Abdullah II of Jordan appeared in a Voyager episode. He’s a huge ST fan.
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