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| Muslims Are Victims of Media "Islamophobia" |
| 2006-07-18 |
| How do you alienate a Muslim? Show him the part of the Koran that says "Do not take Jews and Christians as friends." UK Muslims blame Islamophobia on the portrayal of their religion in the media, a survey has revealed. The research found that 40% of Muslims blamed anti-Islamic feelings on the media, while 74% of non-Muslims blamed Islamophobia on the 9/11 bombings. The internet survey of 1,360 people was carried out by Global Market Insite, Muslim Voice UK, Queens University in Belfast and the University of Liverpool. The report by Shaista Gohir, from online forum Muslim Voice UK, stated: "The Muslim-West relations have become increasingly strained due to a string of events such as the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Afghanistan war in 2002, the Iraq war, the London bombings in 2005 and the Danish cartoon row. In this current climate, it is essential to gauge Muslim and non-Muslim attitudes with a view to resolving differences." The research found that both sides agree that Muslims and non-Muslims "don't understand each other" but have different concerns about the cause of the culture clash. She sets out recommendations including action by the Muslim community and police; breaking down barriers to integration and misunderstandings; tackling discrimination and Islamophobia; measures to deal with extremism; reviewing foreign policy; protecting human rights and more responsible reporting by the media. She said: "It was striking that Muslims feel more strongly about international issues than say, their treatment by police or discrimination in the UK. "It also appears that Islamophobia, Western foreign policy and human rights abuses of Muslims are contributing substantially to the alienation of UK Muslims... |
| Posted by:Anginens Threreng8133 |
| #9 Word, Mark Z. LOL, tu3031. A generous retirement fund, indeed. |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-07-18 20:31 |
| #8 I wish I had a buck for everytime I've read a "Muslims are victims" story here over the last few years... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-07-18 20:17 |
| #7 Muzzies are victims. Victims of inherent stupidity. Victims of psychotic hatred. Victims of belief in gun-sex moon god death cults. Let's add the category "victims of well placed shots". |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-07-18 14:11 |
| #6 No, muzzies' accurately described actions are the cause of islamophobia. If the muzzies are really looking for the reason everyone else hates and despises them, they can find the answer by a)looking into their Koran, and b)looking into the nearest mirror. |
| Posted by: mac 2006-07-18 10:48 |
| #5 In a strange way the muzzies are correct. The media has contributed to islamophobia, just not in the way muzzies think it has. Merely by reading sites like RB, LGF, MEMRI, JW/DW on the internet (a form of media) et al since Sept., 2001, sites which report objectively on muzzie activity/actions and muzzie speech/ideology ( in the muzzie's own words and scripture) throughout the world, I've come to know the enemy. I didn't pay attention to the enemy before Sept. 2001. I do now. Read the true history of muslim relations with the world at large since the mid 600's. It make me wonder: why has this ideology pretending to be a religion been permitted to exist so long? |
| Posted by: Mark Z 2006-07-18 10:34 |
| #4 The research found that 40% of Muslims blamed anti-Islamic feelings on the media OK, I'll bite. What do the other 60% of Muslims blame anti-Islamic feelings on? I *hate* these moronic statistical sleight-of-hand articles. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2006-07-18 10:07 |
| #3 The British are exactly the same way about violent criminals. Call it "violentcriminalophobia", in which when confronted by a violent criminal armed with a weapon, they irrationally want to attack the violent criminal back, though the authorities strongly discourage them from doing so, and even prosecute them for their anti-social defensive behavior. After all, it is oppressive to the culture of violent criminals to ask them to quit behaving as their beliefs demand of them and try to integrate into society. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-07-18 09:51 |
| #2 yeah, yeah. Muslims blame someone. The sun rose in the East. That's news? |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-07-18 09:32 |
| #1 "It also appears that Islamophobia, Western foreign policy and human rights abuses of Muslims are contributing substantially to the alienation of UK Muslims... " I am truly stunned. *Sniffles* Profound empathy. Perhaps the failure as well as unwillingness of largely Pakistani Muslims of rural backgrounds to assimilate to their "adopted" homeland explains the problems they face more so than paranoid persecution delusions. |
| Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-07-18 08:25 |