This is something I am yet to udnerstand. What does this decontextualizing means? Is re-contextualising possible? What is the "other" of the "other"?
On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 12:06 PM, salimtk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yes very much. decontextulizing islam and utilizing it as global islamic > brotherhood is another form of violence. but, power hierarchy and > 'otherness' in power dynamics mattter. > > > On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 9:27 AM, damodar prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
