That should help, eh?
Posted on 10/20/2007 11:01:15 AM PDT by XR7
A controversial week of events, billed as Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, launches at the University of Washington and some 100 other colleges next week — drawing condemnations from Muslim groups here and across the country.
The UW College Republicans...say the week is intended to foster awareness of the terrorist threat posed by a small number of extremists within Islam.
But some local Muslims say the week fosters Islamophobia and racism and attempts to paint all Muslims as terrorists.
Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, launched this year by a recent graduate of Duke University...is intended to "confront the two Big Lies of the political left: that George Bush created the war on terror and that Global Warming is a greater danger to Americans than the terrorist threat"...
The Web site includes suggested campus activities such as holding sit-ins outside women's studies departments to protest "the silence of feminists over the oppression of women in Islam" and holding a memorial service for the "victims of Islamo-Fascist violence around the world."
The UW week won't include all those elements...
And it's hosting two events open to the public: a showing of "Suicide Killers," a documentary about suicide bombers, at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Smith Hall, and a talk by conservative author and talk-show host Michael Medved at 7 p.m. Thursday in Kane Hall...
Amin Odeh, a board member with the local Arab American Community Coalition, said he agrees that "radical anything is dangerous — radical Muslims, radical Christians, radical Jews. Education is needed"...
Hala Dillsi, a member of the UW Muslim Student Association, believes Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week promotes fear and intolerance. She is distributing green armbands and encouraging people to wear T-shirts that are green — traditionally the color associated with Islam — on Wednesday in solidarity with local Arabs and Muslims...
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
That should help, eh?
“paint all Muslims as terrorists.”
I dont believe all muslims are terrorists.
I believe all muslims aid and abet and cover for the 5% that are terrorists. And that alone is the core reason they are not like christians and jews who shun anyone who uses violence to spread religious fervor. Aside from all their genital mutilations,oppression of women and genocide of homosexuals.
If they aid terrorists, then they are terrorists.
Dont trust Muslims, they are like mad dogs. Most are waiting to see who wins before they pick a side.
“paint all Muslims as terrorists”
While all muslims might not be terrorist.
ALL TERRORIST ARE MUSLIM.
“I dont believe all muslims are terrorists.
I believe all muslims aid and abet and cover for the 5% that are terrorists.
And that alone is the core reason they are not like christians and jews who shun anyone who uses violence to spread religious fervor. “
Very well stated, I agree!
My reading of this is that education is what is happening here.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
“But some local Muslims say the week fosters Islamophobia...”
So stop murdering people, and you won’t have to deal with it.
While all humans might not be terrorists, all terrorists are humans.
>sorry. couldn't resist. ;)
bump for publicity
Does Black Awareness Week foster racism and attempt to paint all Whites as evil? Does Cinco de Mayo foster racism and attempt to paint all Whites as imperialist aggressors? Does May Day foster class hatred and attempt to paint all capitalists as oppressors and cultural overlords?
Wow, and in Seattle of all places! That place was a liberal hotbed back in the mid 1970’s when I was there, I figure it still is. I look for the loony left to find some way to severely disrupt this. They’re stupid enough to take the bait, and make this national news.
Actually, yes.
What are the odds that Michael Medved doesn’t get a chance to speak?
Yes. But not just in Seattle.
100 college campuses nationwide.
If Islam is your religion but you reject Facism, then this week, for you, should be like any other.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Wonder why these sorts of things don’t get them upset?
Saudi Arabia - Conversion by a Muslim to another religion is punishable by death. Bibles are illegal. Churches are illegal. Easter celebrations are illegal. It is punishable by death for a non-mulsim to enter the “holy” muslim cities of Medina and Mecca.
Yemen - Bans proselytizing by non-Muslims and forbids conversions. The Government does not allow the building of new non-Muslim places of worship.
Kuwait - Registration and licensing of religious groups. Members of religions not sanctioned in the Koran may not build places of worship. Prohibits organized religious education for religions other than Islam.
Egypt - Islam is the official state religion and primary source of legislation. Accordingly, religious practices that conflict with Islamic law are prohibited. Muslims may face legal problems if they convert to another faith (up to and including death). Requires non-Muslims to obtain what is now a presidential decree to build a place of worship.
Algeria - The law prohibits public assembly for purposes of practicing a faith other than Islam. Non-Islamic proselytizing is illegal, and the Government restricts the importation of non-Islamic literature for distribution. The country has passed the “Regulation of Religious Practice” law, which stipulates a punishment of two to five years’ imprisonment and heavy fines for anyone convicted of urging a Muslim to change his religion.
Syria - The constitution requires the president to be a Muslim and specifies that Islamic jurisprudence is a principal source of legislation. Sharing your Christian faith is discouraged as “posing a threat to the relations among religious groups” and carries a penalty of up to life in prison. A Christian is not allowed to proselytize – ever. Churches who want to hold an extra service must get a government permit. Sermons are routinely monitored, as is church fundraising.
Jordan - Has the death penalty for any Muslim selling land to a Jew.
Sudan - Conversion by a Muslim to another religion is punishable by death.
Pakistan - Conversion by a Muslim to another religion is punishable by death. Bans proselytizing by non-Muslims. Christians regularly put in prison for charges of blasphemy. Islam is the state religion, and in a court of law the testimony of a Christian carries less weight than that of a Muslim. Section 295(c) of the Penal Code calls for a death sentence for anyone who defiles the name of the Prophet Muhammad and requires the testimony of four Muslims for a conviction. This fosters an environment in which Muslims can feel free to use intimidation and violence against religious minorities for personal gain. Also, if any criminal Muslim rape with any Christian female and then take plea that she has accepted Islam and marry with him. Such person is not culpable under Pakistani criminal law
Qatar - Islamic instruction is compulsory in public schools. The government regulates the publication, importation, and distribution of non-Islamic religious literature. The government continues to prohibit proselytizing of Muslims by non-Muslims.
Malaysia - Under Malaysian law, any convert to Christianity must apply to a shariah (Muslim law) court to legally renounce Islam. Many Christians prefer to remain silent converts rather than take their battle to the shariah courts, where apostasy or conversion out of Islam is punishable by whipping, fines, imprisonment and—in the most extreme application—death. In a country where Muslims account for more than half of the population, conversion from Islam is punished with a 5-year prison sentence and a $3,000 fine. A Malaysian Muslim who marries a non-Muslim and who converts the non-Muslim to Islam is rewarded with an apartment, a car, a one-time payment of $2,700, and a monthly stipend of $270.
The Maldives - In the island paradise visited by tens of thousands of tourists each year, Christianity is simply not tolerated. While local Christians – said to number around 300 out of a total population of 300,000 – do get together to worship, they do so at the risk of imprisonment or worse if discovered by the Muslim authorities. Bibles are banned, and tourists can be arrested for trying to bring them into the country.
England - Bradford, Yorkshire, UK. Pop. 300,000 - 20% Islamic. Local police required to tell community elders the location of girls who run away to escape arranged marriages. Bars and liquor stores in the Lumb Lane / Manningham Lane area of the city ‘requested’ to close on Fridays. Schools, colleges, and health clinics have to have separate areas for women, with a copy of the Koran available. Public critcism of Islam or it’s adherents, such as letters to the local paper, emails to friends, speeches etc, can and has led to criminal charges ‘Using words intentionally and wilfully to cause fear, hate, or distress. Christmas decorations not to be put up, as this may make the Moslems feel ‘culturally overshadowed’. Shops ‘requested’ not to display easter eggs for the same reason. The term ‘requested’ means not legally enforceable but local police warn that they cannot intervene if your premises get ‘damaged’ somehow. Local councillors and MPs have encouraged all this for the past 15 years. Bradford Northwest MP Ann Cryer regularly appears with long sleeves and her head covered. She once stated that women in Islam are properly liberated and that Islam is an example to us all.
Then why are all THOSE events universally supported, sometimes even with our tax dollars? Meanwhile, Horowitz and his guys have to fight to be heard, and find funding wherever they can.
For what it is worth: I’ve been traveling here in the Middle East, and I’ve tried REAL hard to find those FOOT BATHS that the American Universities are having to install so Muslims can wash their feet after doing a dump. Most of the bathrooms are really a stench, here in the M.E, and I’ve yet to see one solitary foot wash, some bidets for the ladies, hotels, public restrooms and gov’t offices. Doesn’t exist! Americans YOU are getting milked, mobbed and mocked.
Horowitz is baiting these fascists - - and they will bite!
It will all be recorded on video.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I have always felt the same way about the term Homophobia.
barbra ann
The militant fem-hags are in a "enemy of my enemy is my friend" situation regarding Islam. Their main enemy is of course America and Western civilization, so Islamists are their friends of convenience. ...for now.
Ask me if I care if they were upset or not. Go ahead.
What are the odds of some type of terrorist actions at one or more of these colleges, by Islamo-fascists or leftists
(is there a difference)?
btt
“But some local Muslims say the week fosters Islamophobia and racism and attempts to paint all Muslims as terrorists.”
As long as “moderate” Muslims refuse to even help clean out their own house, they should expect racism and Islamophobia. Only a suicidal moron would interpret their recalcitrance to help as anything but general agreement, if not actual cooperation with, the terrorists in their midst.
My information is about 20 years old so things could have
changed but I doubt it.
I am sure that the UN is working on stopping this. (/sarcasm).
for future reference on Islam.
I was told there’d be barbecue.
The term “Homophobia”
This is half-slang: “fear of homos”. Gee, you get arrested nowadays for calling a fag a `homo’.
But if read for its pure cognates, where `phobos’ means `fear’ and `homos’ means `the same’, then `homophobia’ is an irrational fear of those who are exactly the same as oneself.
Me, I’m not afraid of other God-fearing heterosexual conservative gun-owning FReepers.
;^)
I’ll wear OD or Brown - traditionally the color associated with the US Military, well-known for kicking Islamo-Fascist asses worldwide!
[But some local Muslims say the week fosters Islamophobia and racism and attempts to paint all Muslims as terrorists.]
Until I hear a Muslim denounce the terrorists and I mean DENOUNCE, I will consider him to be a terrorist and a potential threat to me and mine!
[If they aid terrorists, then they are terrorists.]
If they don’t denounce terrorists, they ARE terrorists!
The difference between a moderate Muslim and a radical Muslim is that the radical Muslim wants to kill you, while the moderate Muslim simply wants you dead.
“”Aside from all their genital mutilations,oppression of women and genocide of homosexuals.””
5% terrorist is a considerable underestimate for supporters — polls have shown >30% of those mussies between 18 and 35 support mass murder of innocents. Don’t forget we have the GLBT alliance here and the T is for the transgendered which is nothing more than the genitally mutilated on steriods. Furthermore there is no genocide of homosexuals since it is a chosen behavior and not a gene issue.
Are they upset that others have perceptions of them?
The phrase is an accurate descriptor for the phenomenon of terrorism in the name of Islam. If you have a problem with it take it up with those who started doing it. Precise use of language to describe the world around us is not the problem. It's not the word "Islamo-fascist" that causes people to dislike Muslims it's the fact that Muslims don't take care of their own. If Islam wants to be part of the civilized world then it's time for Islam to step up and defend it. Until then Islam is suspect and deserves to be.
Hala Dillsi is half right, everone that would like to, should wear green shirts with some 2-3” holes all over it. Thereby showing how worthless Islam is.
I’d like a case of those armbands. I see a lot of possibilities.
Educate me, Amin. How many radical Christians and Jews have strapped on suicide belts and blown up innocents in the last 50 years? How many have flown planes into buildings? How many have blown up embassies? How many have blown holes in somebodies warships docking for supplies in peace time? How many have bombed London subways or Spanish railways? How many have kidnapped civilians and cut off their heads alive and videotaped it?
I'm getting tired of typing and I've barely scratched the surface.
All Muslims are innocent to all Muslims, it’s a teaching of the Koran.
Reads right, thanks. Source?
I’d like to use this.
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