Islam-Oped: A Sensible Way to Describe Terrorists

The Council on American-Islamic Relations ^ | May 14, 2006 | Parvez Ahmed

[sageb1]

"Unfortunately, all too often "Islam" and "terrorism" are juxtaposed in news reports and editorials. A word search on news stories published in major newspapers over the past decade shows that reporters are hundred times more likely to associate Islam with terrorism or militancy than all other faiths combined. Such lopsided portrayal is indicative of deep-seated misunderstandings about Islam, and sometimes just plain prejudice. Surely all terrorists are not Muslim, neither are all Muslims terrorists."

[sageb1]

The March of the Dhimmis goes on.

[hsalaw]

"Surely all terrorists are not Muslim, neither are all Muslims terrorists."

I agree not all Muslims are terrorists. However, I disagree with the rest of this statement.

[onewhowatches]

Surely all terrorists are not Muslim, neither are all Muslims terrorists.

But such a huge percentage of terrorists are muslims.

That's why this organization is putting forth such a PR battle. Just camouflage.

[sageb1]

I thought CAIR's ending whine was a riot:

"Every religion has its own fair share of extremists who commit heinous acts in the name of their faith. Why is Islam being unfairly singled out?"

[sageb1]

I also noticed CAIR has declared littlegreenfootballs a hate site.

Incitement: Threats on Internet Hate Site

[Congressman Billybob]

The words "terrorist" and "Islam" are "juxtaposed because most of the current world terrorism is associated with Muslims. Duh. Not all, but entirely too many Muslims keep their bombs in their Buicks, their women in bags, and their heads up their butts.

If CAIR doesn't like that association, perhaps they should send a delegation to Baghdad to sneak around the right corner and tell the terrorists, "Cut this crap out. You're giving us a bad name." Yeah, right, like that'll ever happen.

Except for providing a sardonic laugh or two, CAIR is irrelevant in the real world.

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[El Gato]

Surely all terrorists are not Muslim, neither are all Muslims terrorists."

While strictly true, the second statement is close enough to being true to not matter, the vast majority of terrorists are Islamic. It remains true that all Muslims are not terrorists, but in many cases that due to a surplus, such as it is, of sense, not lack of motivation or desire.

[kinoxi]

aww but CAIR cares. you evil infidels just need to submit to their version of tolerance. /s

[hsalaw]

I didn't read all the way to the end - I've just eaten dinner and there's only so much of CAIR's self-righteous BS I can take at any time. I wish it would name one other religion whose extremists presently "commit heinous acts in the name of their faith." Beheadings, attacks on innocent women and children, suicide bombings, etc. I'm a Lutheran, and I can't recall anything like that in the name of Lutheranism in, oh, say, FOREVER, let alone in the last five years. Idiots.

[TheCrusader]

"reporters are hundred times more likely to associate Islam with terrorism or militancy than all other faiths combined."

The truth be told, if these reporters were honest they'd be associating terrorism and militancy with islam far more than they already do. CAIR is just the propaganda arm of islamic terrorism anyway. Their job is to put a smiley face on islam so they can create more unsuspecting throats to cut.

[Interesting Times]

Unfortunately, all too often "Islam" and "terrorism" are juxtaposed in news reports and editorials. A word search on news stories published in major newspapers over the past decade shows that reporters are hundred times more likely to associate Islam with terrorism or militancy than all other faiths combined.

Ah. The problem is the newspapers, rather than the Islamics who commit terrorism.

[ArmyTeach]

Here we go again. The point is ... fundamentalist islamic terrorism is a problem within a specific culture and within a specific religion. I never thought one way or another about Islam or Muslims until we were stationed in Germany in the early 1970s and I watched with horror the outbreak of murderous, barbaric mayhem at the Olympics. Since then I've learned well from one horrendous act of terrorism to another. I learned everything I know about Islam from Muslims themselves.
Here's the deal. The abberations within the Muslim religion and culture which result in this kind of insanity are not our responsibility. We can't fix it. The only people who can and should fix it are Muslims themselves. They must shoulder the responsibilitiy for putting a stop to terrorism. They should also be made to know that they make it our problem at their peril.

[Nateman]

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck , looks like a duck, maybe, just maybe, what you have , is , in fact , a duck!

[Tzimisce]

yeah they're not all terrorists.

But of course, we know that all Americans are racist, sexist, homophobes that hate Muslims...

[sageb1]

of course ;)

[sageb1]

"I am in the running to be chosen as the replacement nominee for Congress in the 11th District of NC."

Woohoo! Congrats and best of luck!

[sageb1]

"The truth be told, if these reporters were honest they'd be associating terrorism and militancy with islam far more than they already do."

Have you noticed how many of the LSM are hiring Islamic reporters?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Islam...Buicks, Bags & Butts.

Has a nice ring to it, CBB.

[airedale]

He brings up the Tamil Tigers and makes the point that while they are Marxist-Lenninst are principally Hindu. He equates their terrorism with the terrorism done by Muslims. He of course misses the point that the Tamil-Tigers aren't carrying out their war in the name of their religion, to further their religion rather to establish a Maxist-Lenninist state. Islamic terrorist on the other hand are taking actions in the name of Islam, to establish Islamic states and to punish those who insult, or otherwise don't give Islam it's proper place in the world. There is a big difference in the motivations. His example doesn't work.

He mentions the PPK a Kurdish separatist (Marxist) group who the Turks took on. Again he misses the point this is a nationalist group that is incidentally Muslim who are taking action against another Islamic country. Their goals is to establish an independent Kurdistan. The same can be said about in part about the Chechen's even though they are fighting against the Russians. It's not all attributable to Nationalism in their case,however.

His argument that religion is only an "aggravating factor" in the case of Islam seems very weak. It's an attempt to hide the made cause behind the terrorism described as Islamic Terrorism. What we have playing out is the House of Peace (Islam) fighting its natural enemy, The House of War (everyone else including other Muslims who don't believe the way they do and are apostates.). This is what's called for in the Koran.

[TASMANIANRED]

The Amish are notorious.