Sir voices like yours are in a minority. I have muslim friends here and our discussions are free from fear of offending any particular sentiment especially religious. They agree that what is lacking in the Muslim community is a figure like Martin Luther King. If you look at what he did and the odds against him - then what he achieved by peaceful means; it is something the current Muslim leadership should learn from.
And that ended the issue for Black people right? We don't need any BLM for today right?
Martin Luther King Jr. was a respectable leader, but basically his movement lost steam when he died and he was resurrected as some liberal hero, even though according to himself he was a radical.
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Even then I would not discuss religious POV with a Muslim passer by because I have seen and heard how emotional and personal this discussion can become. This needs to change. I have never understood why people will not ignore but take offence and then take the law of the land in their own hands.
The tendency of outsiders to pass off their stereotypes and lack of knowledge about Islam and Muslims as facts is what irritates us.
You can simply ask Muslims their views and accept their right to believe as they choose, but you are still looking with a colonial lense.
Some people point to the holocaust and Jews, they conveniently forget that they lobbied for these laws, if the Jews started beheading people because they come across a holocaust denier, there is no country in West which will be passing laws in their favour.
Those Zionist groups also lobbied quite effectively for war against Afghanistan and Iraq, for sanctioning Palestinians, in support of Indian occupation in kashmir, and to destabilize Turkey, iran, and Pakistan.
ADL, a supposed civil rights organization, refused to attend a conference post-2001 when Muslim organizations joined in. They not only did that, but tried to pressure Bush to stop rapprochement with the Muslim world.
We all know they exercise tremendous power and influence in the corporate, banking, military, and political power centers of the US.
Also to the other members who are pointing out how a discussion in a class with respect to these images was not a right thing. That's probably because you have not studied in these environments. A classroom is hallowed ground - discussion and debate on taboo topics is normal in the west, in fact it is purposefully done to initiate a rational thought process and understanding of different point of views.
Your analysis does not properly convey the issue. Most of us are Westerners ourselves. We grew up in the West, studied here, and have jobs/businesses/professions here.
We understand the West, its limitations of the freedom of speech, and its defamation laws.
These individuals go out of their way to make an exception to harass, badger, insult, and villify Muslims, then they cry when one vigilante takes matters into his own hands for revenge.
If you push a whole population against the wall, make it difficult to interact with the rest of your society, bully their children in your schools (forcing them to open islamic schools,) bully their candidates in politics and jail when you like, and then keep hate speech and war propaganda blaring against them on the radio, internet, tv, written media, and speeches, then ofcourse eventually someone will snap.
Then you use that lone case to tarnish 2 billion people. This is all done by design.
Ehhm yeah right. I studied in these environments and especially school is about giving you „the right view“ (= State sanctioned view) on certain topics.
The whole purpose of public schools is uniformity and conformity.
I was taught various lies in school, like how Muslims were responsible for the bubonic plague, that Muslims refused to allow pilgrims into the holy land, and that Muslims persecuted Christians and Jews.
Racism and islamophobia is endemic in the West, and who knows the extent now, because we are not able to send our Muslim children to public schools without fear of bullying, abuse, psychological torture, and even murder by fellow students and teacher.
Many Muslim parents are forced to send their children to islamic schools, which decreases the likelihood that Non-Muslims will have Muslim friends growing up.
If you feel it is unfair, take it to GHQ and talk with Mods about it.
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