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So, it's all a conspiracy? The consumers of the media have a latent hatred against Muslims, and this hatred is global?? The actual behavior of Muslims has nothing to do with the creation of this latent hatred???
Words like 'conspiracy' are a cheap cop-out instead of debating actual facts.
There is a lot of racist and religious bigotry latent; it lies just below the surface and comes to the surface during times of tensions. This has been on display from the poorest corners of the world to the richest.
If one is unscrupulous enough, and with enough media manipulation, these prejudices can be channeled to particular outlets. Like I wrote, every group has skeletons in their closet and a supply of "men of action" who can be coaxed (or cornered) into doing stupid things, and no one is denying that Muslims have their share.
The trick is to keep the spotlight on those activities. If, every time a black man commits a crime and you make sure to highlight that fact in the media, it will affect people's perceptions. It doesn't mean that all black men commit crimes, or that only black men commit crimes, but people will start equating black men with criminals. This is not hypothetical; it was done in the past and the modern media is working overtime to redress those wrongs.
Depends on who is looking.
No. You are entitled to your opinions, but not your facts.
The European colonial era was a specific period of time. Several factors combined to end that era and to bring the European colonialists home. As one of the major power brokers after the WW, the US played a pivotal role in "coaxing" the European powers to relinquish their dominions and one of the guiding principles was the right of indigenous peoples.
These principles were applied to extant colonial possessions and the vanquished territories; not to countries which had already incorporated. I have already provided a link to the Wilsonian principles; I suggest you read it.
Next year in Jerusalem.
As usual, you show your ignorance bred from your indefatigable hatred of Muslims. That phrase only reaffirms the colonialists' plans to reconquer their original spoils of war. It does NOT provide justification for the colonization itself, either original or redux.
The rest of your post is your usual opportunistic rant against Muslims which you unload in every thread, quite devoid of context, and not meriting a response.
But why would a Pakistani worry so much about an Arab issue?
You will never understand until you stop viewing everything from a racial and religious prism.