Discrimination Olympics: Meddling with Muslims in Sochi

Aljazeera via Yahoo! ^ | Khaled A Beydoun

[freeangel]

Did I miss something? Was it the Catholic Youth Association that issued threats against the Olympics? Islamaphobia? My butt.

[logic101.net]

Not every terrorist attack. OK City and Northern Ireland come to mind. Muslims probably only account for 99.8% of attacks....

[a fool in paradise]

Muslim athletes? Now THERE is a contradiction in terms.

It takes a certain talent to be able to swim in a burqa and not drown.

[cloudmountain]

This isn't a new sight for me.
Living in Saudi Arabia five years on the ARAMCO camp, right along the beach, in Ras Tanura, the crows would come to the camp on the weekends (Thursdays and Fridays) in their full crow's outfit and bathe just as the photo shows.

I once saw an old woman lift up her veil to look at the produce in our local town. I was next to her and she looked up at me. OOooooo, OOOGLY, hardly any teeth, rheumy eyes, all bent over and the smell. I could describe MANY things about the middle east but it was IMPOSSIBLE to describe the SMELL

[linMcHlp]

02/17/2014

While the [Sochi Olympics, first winter games in Russia] Opening Ceremony showcased the well-crafted face of a "New Russia," age-old Russian hate toward the LGBTQ community, and indeed, both indigenous and visiting Muslims, are also prominently displayed in Sochi.

During its buildup, NBC's Bob Costas stated that the Sochi Games will, "take place against a backdrop of questions about policy differences, security, cost overruns and human rights issues, including Russia's anti-gay propaganda law".

The firestorm against Sochi's brazen homophobia leading up to and during the Olympics was fierce, capped by President Barack Obama sending a US delegation led by openly gay athletes. The message, from news desks and the Oval Office, was clear - the US opposed the structural homophobia built into the Sochi Olympics.