Posted on 06/27/2004 6:38:59 AM PDT by veronica
Sharon, Bush, Chirac are the world's worst 'Islamophobes'of 2004
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, US President George Bush, and French President Jacque Chirac are the world's worst "Islamphobes" of 2004, according to a leading British Muslim rights group.
The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) selected the three leaders on Saturday, marking the annual "Islamophobia Awards" to highlight what they described as growing anti-Muslim prejudice.
"It is with great sadness that we reveal this year's winners," the commission said in a statement.
"Sadly, the competition was extremely tough and we see no signs of this abating in the year to come."
While the awards are satirical, commission Chairman Massoud Shadjareh said demonisation of Muslims was now comparable to that endured by the Jewish community before and during World War Two.
A crusader
Bush got the top "Islamophobe of the year" award for his anti-terror war, which the IHRC claimed was in fact a crusade against Islam. Chirac and Israel's Sharon were named joint winners of the "Most Islamophobic International Politician".
"What we are concerned about is that a generation of Muslim youths are becoming disaffected."
Inayat Bunglawala, IHRC spokesperson
Chirac outraged Muslims last year when he termed the Islamic headscarf as "aggressive" during a campaign to ban all religious symbols from public schools.
Sharon was included after another year of Israeli-Palestinian violence. "Sharon has a whole history of being Islamophobic and basically racist over Palestine and the way that the Palestinians have been treated," Shadjareh said.
Fighting prejudices
The head of Britain's government-funded Commission for Racial Equality, Trevor Phillips, welcomed the awards as an important step to "fight bigotry and prejudice against Muslims."
Since the 11 September 2001 attacks on the US, rights groups in Britain and elsewhere have reported an increase in anti-Muslim attacks and prejudiced attitudes.
Britain's leading Muslim umbrella organisation, the Muslim Council for Britain, said Islamophobia was becoming institutionalised. "Ordinary Muslims have felt it through anti-terror laws which have targeted disproportionately the Muslim community," said spokesman Inayat Bunglawala.
"What we are concerned about is that a generation of Muslim youths are becoming disaffected."
British politicians and elements of the media were also singled out by the IHRC for promoting Islamophobia.
Far-right British National Party leader Nick Griffin was named most Islamophobic British politician while the right-leaning Daily Telegraph took the media award.
London's police were given a special award for, amongst other things, disproportionately targeting Muslims."
Add me to the list.
I suspect that you’re like me. I’m not scared of them, I just hate them.
Owl_Eagle
”Guns Before Butter.”
How come I'm not mentioned? dammit
I'm mighty tired of this whining.
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Add the mulsim apologists on this forum and I'm with you.
Hey, is this some kind of club? CAn we have a sign-up page on FR?
hmmm let's see how many folks would be part of this club? there are 6 billion folks on this planet, about 1 billion are moooslimes. so that means this club will have about 4.9 billion members (100 million libs)
It's "Mars Attacks!". Including the exclamation mark.
>While the awards are satirical, commission Chairman Massoud Shadjareh said demonisation of Muslims was now comparable to that endured by the Jewish community before and during World War Two.<
But unlike the Jews, the Muslims are deserving of their demonisation.
I have seen the disgusting attitude of the most muslims and cannot stand it.
Not phobic of Islam just hate it...
SledgeCS
I hope I make the top 100 list at least.
"Mars Attacks" simply awful, but has something of a cult following. Your analogy is sound, IMO.
Good the ragheads need to understand NOW that the the USA will never be a muslim country and that citizens with a education, a bill of rights and guns will never be good dhimmi's
"What we are concerned about is that a generation of Muslim youths are becoming disaffected."
ROFLMAO.
Filling them with hate, and making them wear bomb belts at an early age has NOTHING to do with it.
FROFL
Be a proud member of the "Islamophobic International ", join now and get your secret decoder ringbinder.
I hate seeing something that makes me reconsider my opinion of Chirac.
No mention of Americaphobes either.
Oh that's right they are suffering under "oppression" so they aren't qualified.
I would like to ask the Chairman, which country is it where it's entire population of Muslims, and the populations of all it's neihboring nations, is being rounded up and murdered, while the entire world watches and says nothing?
Bumper sticker suggestion...
"I SLAM Islam"
Talk about Orwellian. Peace is war, love is hate, and Muslims are the real victims.
Though it's no surprise, but when did Reuters start writing for Al Jazzy?
I SLAM YOU SLAM WE ALL SLAM ISLAM :-)
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Carl L Steplock III
Hot Springs Arkansas
"Sharon, Bush, Chirac are the world's worst 'Islamophobes'of 2004"
I don't even get an honorable mention?
I don't like the word Islamaphobe. It implies fear where it does not exist. I'm not afraid of them, I just hate them and want them all out of my Country.
Will you teach me the secret handshake? lol
I understand Chirac, he stood by while thousands of Muslims were murdered by an Arab tyrant, and refused to help. He not only refused to help, he actively tried to stop the liberation from happening.
Bush on the other hand, has been responsible for the freedom of millions of Muslims.
Wrong word for a lot of us. If they want islamphobes, they need to start with Spain, France and the entire Democrat party.
In a linguisticly related side note, I'm not a homophobe, I'm a homodisgustive.
Well, stop the terrorism, abuse of women, suppression of freedom and it will start to abate. Jerks.
Well, The Islamic Human Rights Commission haven't met my friends and family. Pres. Bush is in great company.
PS. Were Homophobic also. Mohammedans and Nomosexuals would like to destroy Christianity & Western Civilization totally if they could.
As you know the movie is MARS ATTACKS!
I like the poster...Nice Planet, Will Take It!!
Islamikiller?
Are they taking volunteers ?
Wrong, you are the weakest link: Thank you for playing.
Here is a free sample from the Clue Desk:
Jews were demonised for the "crimes" of talking funny and running pawnshops, and possibly even creating wealth and growing the economy and otherwise making contributions.
Muslims are being demonized for decapitating people on TV, running hijacked planes into buildings, and teaching their children to blow up restaurants and bus stops.
In short, Muslims are being demonised because they act as demons.
It's really not that hard to understand.
Bush is an Islamophobe?
BUSH???
as in: "Islam is a Religion of Peace(tm)" Bush?
riiiiiiiiight...
these dipsticks have obviously never read my FR homepage.
Nice thread for a Sunday morning.
Nothing like 'hate' to get your Sunday started.
apologists? And your definition? I have a feeling Jesus would be on your list. Probably at the very top.
Have a nice day.
it is just taqija: treat it as such, as you would paper of no value - even that of wiping yourself after an elimination.
Just use your left hand.
"Mars Attacks"
Well, of course. And just when will public officials wake up to the concomitant terroristic acts by Lutherans, Seventh Day Adventists, Quakers, and those other so-called Protestant "religions of peace"?
The word "phobia" is always misused.
yeah, taqija gets kinda annoying after a while... makes me want to break out the lard.
And how many fingers do I hold up?
I'm hoping it's just one.
Muslims have created nothing original. Even they name they choose to describe their enemies was stolen from the KKKweers.
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