Yup,it's sure gotta be a phobia!
Posted on 10/09/2007 7:55:35 PM PDT by Flavius
CORDOBA, Spain (AFP) — Islamophobia gathered pace in the West with the end of the Cold War, long before the September 11, 2001 attacks against the US, participants at a two-day OSCE conference that began in Spain Tuesday said.
"After the end of the Cold War, certain people took Muslims and Islam to be the new scapegoat and enemy," Mustapha Cherif, an expert on Islam at the University of Algiers, told AFP on the sidelines of the gathering.
"But after the senseless act of September 11, this has been amplified," added Cherif, who is known for his commitment to battling religious hatred.
Delegations from the 56 nations that make up the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are taking part in the conference in the southern Spanish city of Cordoba on the topic of intolerance toward Muslims.
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For me it started wit 9-11.
Like the Muslim Brotherhood had nothing to do with it?
I don’t fear muslims, I despise them.
And in order to change the hearts and minds of people, Muslims began persecuting and killing non Muslims.
Didn’t Dennis Miller say he didn’t need 9-11 to dislike muslims.....that he’s “always hated psychotic a$$holes who want to kill me.”
that’s b.s.
islam was not on most people’s radars until 9.11.
I have to be honest. I had the opinion that radial Islamics weren't friendly before that. Having a son on float when the Cole was bombed really hit home. We always were afraid of trouble but it really hit home then.
And that line of thinking was bolstered by the fact that Osama Bin Laden and like minded Muslim extremists eagerly auditioned for the part.
Actually it started in the 600’s.
uhh! khobar towers anyone?
Heck, yes, they auditioned for the part. Slicing heads off, ROOMS for slicing heads off, etc. They won hands-down and it is their own doing.
Scapegoating my behind.
Heck, yes, they auditioned for the part. Slicing heads off, ROOMS for slicing heads off, etc. They won hands-down and it is their own doing.
Scapegoating my behind.
how many terrorist attacks on western targets does it take for you?
hhm?
American awareness began with 9/11. this crap has been going on in Europe for centuries!
thanks a lot for spreading this virus to our shores, Jimma.
Our war with Islam has been going on since the Barbary Wars.
Yup,it's sure gotta be a phobia!
Okay - so when did the Americanophobia that is so common in the Islamic world begin?
I think it started for me with the Iran antics of Jimmuh Cahtuh, the Godfather of Islamism.
The Iranian hostages, the 1993 WTC bombing, etc etc.
It is nothing new.
Then again neither was the Islamic conquest of Spain.
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