salim, Is there a reverse for it. Any current discourse of Islam will not be completed without mentioning West, or more precisley US. Prasad
On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 11:54 AM, salimtk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Islamophobia is not only a simple attitude violence towards islam, but it > is self-defining process of west. it defines itself by placing islam as > 'other'. any current discourse about 'western civilization' wont be > completed without mentioning 'islam'. > > > On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Bobby Kunhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> * http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=IC0812-3743 >> Rampant Islamophobia* >> *12/3/2008 - Political Social - Article Ref: IC0812-3743 >> Number of comments: 4 >> Opinion Summary: >> Agree<http://www.islamicity.com/comments/action.lasso.asp?-db=services&-lay=comments&-format=search.asp&-sortfield=Ref&-sortorder=Descending&-error=error.asp&-op=eq&SubjectID=IC0812-3743&-op=eq&PublishFlag=X&-op=eq&rating=F&-token=Agree&-max=10&-find>:1 >> >> Disagree<http://www.islamicity.com/comments/action.lasso.asp?-db=services&-lay=comments&-format=search.asp&-sortfield=Ref&-sortorder=Descending&-error=error.asp&-op=eq&SubjectID=IC0812-3743&-op=eq&PublishFlag=X&-op=eq&rating=A&-token=Disagree&-max=10&-find>:1 >> >> Neutral<http://www.islamicity.com/comments/action.lasso.asp?-db=services&-lay=comments&-format=search.asp&-sortfield=Ref&-sortorder=Descending&-error=error.asp&-op=eq&SubjectID=IC0812-3743&-op=eq&PublishFlag=X&-op=eq&rating=I&-token=Neutral&-max=10&-find> >> :2 >> By: Abukar Arman >> IslamiCity* - * >> >> While each has its distinctive history; like Anti-Semitism and >> racism, Islamophobia is a real phenomenon that cultivates hate among >> communities, stereotypes a whole group for the acts of a few, and justifies >> transgression against the innocent. And like the rest, Islamophobia was >> developed and is fostered by special interest groups who often have access >> to power in order to reach a political, social, or an economic end. >> >> With few exceptions, gone are the days when the perpetrators of hate would >> march with banners explicitly expressing their bigoted perceptions and >> attitudes. However, that is hardly an indication that the phenomenon has >> ceased to exist. >> >> Today, hate speech and propaganda are often craftily camouflaged as talk >> radio punditry, political lampooning, speeches, or political infomercial. >> >> Last year, in a bizarre outburst of bigotry that makes Islophobes such as >> David Horowitz, Daniel Pipes and Robert Spencer as objective intellectuals, >> radio talk show host Michael Savage of the Savage Nation had this ranting >> and raving to share with his audience: "I'm not gonna put my wife in a >> hijab. And I'm not gonna put my daughter in a burqa. And I'm not gettin on >> my all-fours and braying to Mecca. And you could drop dead if you don't like >> it." >> >> Ads by Google: >> Advertisements not controlled by IslamiCitySpewing his hate via over 1200 >> radio stations owned by a notoriously right-wing corporation Clear Channel, >> he continued his provocative diatribe: "You can shove it up your pipe. I >> don't wanna hear anymore about Islam. I don't wanna hear one more word about >> Islam. Take your religion and shove it up your behind. I'm sick of you." >> >> Along the same path, albeit more artistically, the July 2008 issue of the >> New Yorker Magazine had on its front page a political caricature of Barack >> and Michelle Obama. The couple is standing in the middle of the Oval Office. >> Obama is wearing a traditional Islamic dress with turban and sandals. He is >> approvingly fist-bumping with a militant looking Michelle as his sinister >> left eye gazes away. Michelle is wearing Angela Davis style afro and a >> guerilla fatigue with an M-16 hanging from her back. Looking over them is an >> Africa-American looking picture of Usama Bin Laden...hanging over the fire >> place where the American flag is set on flames. >> >> Then came September 4, 2008-- the Republican Convention --where the >> merchants of fear and paranoia found their ideal platform. Inadvertently or >> otherwise, the underlying theme seemed to be to broaden the definition of >> the enemy from a cult-like Al-Qaida to a much broader indeed more fluid >> definition that indicts all those who practice Islam as suspect or worse. >> >> Rudolph Guiliani, the former New York City Mayor, condemned the democrats >> for being "politically correct" and avoiding the use of the term 'Islamic >> terrorism'" to describe the enemy. >> >> Taking the politically synthesized Anti-Islamic mantra to the next level >> by directly speaking to the race-conscious voters, former congressional >> leader Dick Army, who now leads one of the most powerful lobby groups in >> Washington, had this to say. Barack Obama's "funny name" could "give people >> concerns that he could be or has been too much influenced by Muslims, which >> is a great threat now." Obama is Christian. >> >> It is a shame that the media is less interested in what Mr. Army and >> others who routinely use more provocative and broadly condemning terms such >> as "Islamo-fascism," "Islamic terrorism," and "Jihadism" to describe the >> enemy send to the 7 million Muslims in United States and 1.2 billion around >> the world. >> >> During the recent elections, many localities around the U.S. were hit by a >> new "swift-boating" campaign. This one, targeting swing states, is aimed to >> induce paranoia by distributing "28 million DVDs" of the propaganda film >> Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West. >> >> The film, like any Goebbelian piece of propaganda, conveniently exploits >> the human tendency to surrender their capacity to think critically when >> their emotions are stirred or fear is instilled in their hearts. The film >> does this successfully as it is made of selective footages from various >> parts of the world of individuals expressing hate, training, and committing >> acts of terror and the bloody scenes of their crimes. It is a dangerously >> effective way of collectively demonizing Muslims as the so called experts >> featured in the film use all the aforementioned hot button terminologies to >> describe the terrorists and interlink all these cases with their subjective >> narrative. >> >> This latest campaign is carried by an obscure New York based group named >> The Clarion Fund whose funders are not known. >> >> In pursuit of their goal to effectively disseminate the DVDs and secure >> subliminal legitimacy, this group has selectively targeted the newspaper >> distribution apparatuses of various cities in critical states. Here in >> central Ohio, the Columbus Dispatch has distributed 10,000 copies of the >> DVDs through its most widely read issue- the Sunday Dispatch. The same was >> done by the New York Times, the Miami Herald and a host of other newspapers. >> >> Venomous hyperbole aimed to stir fear and paranoia and indict all Muslims >> continues despite the Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil >> Rights and Civil Liberties' conclusion that*"Words matter"* and its >> recommendation that U.S. officials and representatives should*"...avoid >> inflating the religious bases and glamorous appeal of the extremists' >> ideology."*According to a memo from the said department, the >> terminologies used should depict the terrorists as the dangerous cult >> leaders they are. >> >> >> >> *Abukar Arman is a freelance writer who lives in Ohio. He maintains his >> blog at FrogScorpia <http://frogscorpia.blogspot.com/>* >> -- >> Bobby Kunhu http://community.eldis.org/myshkin/Blog/ >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
