The Islamophobia Network

[Formaldehyde]

The Center for American Progress, which is a progressive group that sponsors a number of social programs, has come up with a very interesting collection of reports about the groups which directly fund Islamophobia in the US, as well as detailing the activities of the primary group of so-called experts behind the movement. Here is their primary report which has just been released:

Fear, Inc. The Roots of Islamophobia in America

These groups are alleged to have provided $42.6 million to Islamophobic think tanks from 2001 to 2009. And these think tanks create propaganda that was echoed by Anders Breivik, right-wing media outlets like Fox News, Washington Times, the Wall Street Journal and the NY Post, and even Republican politicians now running for president, such as Newt Gingrich, who recently warned:

... a conservative audience at the American Enterprise Institute that the Islamic practice of Sharia was “a mortal threat to the survival of freedom in the United States and in the world as we know it.” Gingrich went on to claim that “Sharia in its natural form has principles and punishments totally abhorrent to the Western world.”

Sharia, or Muslim religious code, includes practices such as charitable giving, prayer, and honoring one’s parents—precepts virtually identical to those of Christianity and Judaism. But Gingrich and other conservatives promote alarmist notions about a nearly 1,500-year-old religion for a variety of sinister political, financial, and ideological motives. In his remarks that day, Gingrich mimicked the language of conservative analyst Andrew McCarthy, who co-wrote a report calling Sharia “the preeminent totalitarian threat of our time.” Such similarities in language are no accident. Look no further than the organization that released McCarthy’s anti-Sharia report: the aforementioned Center for Security Policy, which is a central hub of the anti-Muslim network and an active promoter of anti- Sharia messaging and anti-Muslim rhetoric.

The terrorist attacks on 9/11 alone did not drive Americans’ perceptions of Muslims and Islam. President George W. Bush reflected the general opinion of the American public at the time when he went to great lengths to make clear that Islam and Muslims are not the enemy. Speaking to a roundtable of Arab and Muslim American leaders at the Afghanistan embassy in 2002, for example, President Bush said, “All Americans must recognize that the face of terror is not the true faith—face of Islam. Islam is a faith that brings comfort to a billion people around the world. It’s a faith that has made brothers and sisters of every race. It’s a faith based upon love, not hate.”

The White House recently released the national strategy for combating violent extremism, “Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the United States.” One of the top focal points of the effort is to “counter al-Qa’ida’s propaganda that the United States is somehow at war with Islam.” Yet orchestrated efforts by the individuals and organizations detailed in this report make it easy for al-Qa’ida to assert that America hates Muslims and that Muslims around the world are persecuted for the simple crime of being Muslims and practicing their religion.

Sadly, the current isolation of American Muslims echoes past witch hunts in our history—from the divisive McCarthyite purges of the 1950s to the sometimes violent anti-immigrant campaigns in the 19th and 20th centuries. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has compared the fear-mongering of Muslims with anti-Catholic sentiment of the past. In response to the fabricated “Ground Zero mosque” controversy in New York last summer, Mayor Bloomberg said:

In the 1700s, even as religious freedom took hold in America, Catholics in New York were effectively prohibited from practicing their religion, and priests could be arrested. Largely as a result, the first Catholic parish in New York City was not established until the 1780s, St. Peter’s on Barclay Street, which still stands just one block north of the World Trade Center site, and one block south of the proposed mosque and community center. ... We would betray our values and play into our enemies’ hands if we were to treat Muslims differently than anyone else.

This report shines a light on the Islamophobia network of so-called experts, academics, institutions, grassroots organizations, media outlets, and donors who manufacture, produce, distribute, and mainstream an irrational fear of Islam and Muslims. Let us learn the proper lesson from the past, and rise above fear-mongering to public awareness, acceptance, and respect for our fellow Americans. In doing so, let us prevent hatred from infecting and endangering our country again.

In the pages that follow, we profile the small number of funders, organizations, and individuals who have contributed to the discourse on Islamophobia in this country. We begin with the money trail in Chapter 1—our analysis of the funding streams that support anti-Muslim activities. Chapter 2 identifies the intellectual nexus of the Islamophobia network. Chapter 3 highlights the key grassroots players and organizations that help spread the messages of hate. Chapter 4 aggregates the key media amplifiers of Islamophobia. And Chapter 5 brings attention to the elected officials who frequently support the causes of anti- Muslim organizing.

Before we begin, a word about the term “Islamophobia.” We don’t use this term lightly. We define it as an exaggerated fear, hatred, and hostility toward Islam and Muslims that is perpetuated by negative stereotypes resulting in bias, discrimination, and the marginalization and exclusion of Muslims from America’s social, political, and civic life.

It is our view that in order to safeguard our national security and uphold America’s core values, we must return to a fact-based civil discourse regarding the challenges we face as a nation and world. This discourse must be frank and honest, but also consistent with American values of religious liberty, equal justice under the law, and respect for pluralism. A first step toward the goal of honest, civil discourse is to expose—and marginalize—the influence of the individuals and groups who make up the Islamophobia network in America by actively working to divide Americans against one another through misinformation.

From the Intro and Summary: The Islamophobia echo chamber

The religious right

Pat Robertson
John Hagee
Ralph Reed
Franklin Graham

The media

Fox News Channel
David Horowitz
Freedom Center
Pamela Geller and Atlas Shrugs
Washington Times
The National Review
Christian Broadcast Network
Clarion Fund
Rush Limbaugh
Sean Hannity
Mike Savage
Glenn Beck
Mark Levin
Bryan Fischer

The political players

Rep. Peter King
Rep. Sue Myrick
Rep. Allen West
Rep. Renee Elmers
Rep. Paul Broun
Rep. Michele Bachmann

The grassroots organizations

Brigitte Gabriel’s ACT! For America
Pamela Geller’s Stop Islamization of America
Eagle Forum
Tennessee Freedom Coalition
State Tea Party movements
American Family Association

The leading lights of the Islamophobia network

The main players who conjure up and spread misinformation about American Muslims and Islam in the United States

Steven Emerson - The Investigative Project on Terrorism
Frank Gaffney - Center for Security Policy
Daniel Pipes - Middle East Forum
Robert Spencer - Jihad Watch & Stop Islamization of America
David Yerushalmi - Society of Americans for National Existence
Nonie Darwish - Former Muslims United and Arabs for Israel
Zuhdi Jasser - American Islamic Forum for Democracy
Walid Phares - Future Terrorism Project
Walid Shoebat - Former purported Islamic terrorist turned apocalyptic Christian
Brigitte Gabriel - ACT! for America
Pamela Geller - Stop Islamization of America
David Horowitz - David Horowitz Freedom Center

Conclusion:

As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the Islamophobia network will be working overtime. The anniversary could be manipulated to ratchet up the nonexistent threat of Sharia and warn of apocalyptic dangers stemming from Muslims living in America.

We want this report to help create a resilient and secure America by providing the public with fact-based knowledge, rather than shrill, fear-based attacks. Violent extremism exists in America. But it does not lie solely within Muslim American communities. Across the globe, there are terrorists killing in the name of Islam,
but a new study from the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point Military Academy shows that al Qaeda attacks kill eight times more Muslims than non Muslims.1

Extremist attacks need to be vigorously investigated and effectively thwarted, wherever they are found.2

In the past few years we have seen high-profile acts of violence perpetrated by American Muslims, such as the senseless murder of 13 soldiers at Fort Hood by Major Nidal Malik Hasan. We have seen violent attacks prevented, such as the failed New York City Times Square bombing by Faisal Shahzad.3

Such attacks need to be put in context. Since 9/11, authorities have identified 161 Muslim American terrorist suspects and perpetrators, according to a 2011 study by University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill sociologist Charles Kurzman. That’s a lot, yet.the study, “Muslim-American Terrorism Since 9/11: An Accounting,” concludes that “out of the thousands of acts of violence that occur in the United States each year, an efficient system of government prosecution and media coverage brings Muslim-American terrorism suspects to national attention, creating the impression—perhaps unintentionally—that Muslim-American terrorism is more prevalent than it really is.”4

These cases enable the Islamophobia network to peddle their myths and misconceptions about Islam. Their rhetoric and actions are deeply unfortunate because they threaten to isolate and alienate a growing portion of the American population. In 2010, there were an estimated 2.6 million American Muslims. That number is expected to more than double over the next 20 years, to 6.2 million.5

President George W. Bush, of course, drew a distinct line between radical Islamist groups abroad who seek to kill Americans and the overwhelming majority of peaceful Muslims at home and abroad.6

He also stood up to the Islamophobia network with his outreach to American Muslims during his presidency.7

Then there is businessman Herman Cain—once a favorite on the Islamophobia network for his outspoken views about Sharia law when he first launched his campaign for the Republican Party nomination for president. The former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza once was vocal in his anti-Muslim sentiments, stating in March, for example, that:

There is this creeping attempt, there is an attempt to gradually ease Sharia law and the Muslim faith into our government. It does not belong in our government. […] I said the role of Islam in America is for those that believe in Islam to practice it and leave us alone. Just like Christianity. We have a First Amendment. And I get upset when the Muslims in this country, some of them, try to force their Sharia law onto the rest of us.13

Since then, Cain has walked back from such extremism—and in the process irked the Islamophobia network to no end. Most recently, he retracted and publicly apologized for a number of these views.14

Cain in July went to the ADAMS Center in Northern Virginia, where he broke bread with Imam Mohamed Magid, the executive director of the center, and other Muslims. After the meeting, he said he was “humble and contrite for any statements I have made that might have caused offense to American Muslims and their friends.”

Furthermore, he said he was “truly sorry” for creating the impression that he was against the constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion. “We discovered we have much more in common in our values and virtues,” he said about his meeting. “In my own life as a black youth growing up in the segregated South, I understand their frustration with stereotypes. Those in attendance, like most American Muslims, are peaceful Muslims and patriotic Americans whose good will is often drowned out by the reprehensible actions of jihadists.”15

Of course, the Islamophobia network was utterly contemptuous of Cain’s efforts to reach out to moderate Muslims. At the Western Conservative Conference in Denver this summer, Frank Gaffney alleged that Cain had actually met with members of the “Muslim Brotherhood apparatus in Washington, D.C.” Gaffney added, “If, in fact, he’s now changed his position in ways that are being reported, that’s even more troubling than if he was spending time with Muslim Brothers.”16

Such unchecked bullying by the misinformation experts should not be tolerated. Our nation needs more responsible conservatives to stand side by side with progressives to safeguard our national security and uphold America’s core values of religious freedom and respect for ethnic diversity. A required first step is to expose the influence of the organizations, individuals, and groups who make up the Islamophobia network in America.

Think Progress: Meet An Islamophobia Network Funder: Richard Scaife

Richard Scaife and his three Pittsburgh-based foundations — the Sarah Scaife, Carthage, and Allegheny foundations — represent one of the biggest contributors to the Islamophobia network with combined contributions of $7.875 million. CAP’s report, Fear Inc., shows that Scaife contributed $3.4 million to the David Horowitz Freedom Center, $1.575 million the Counter Terrorism & Security Education and Research Foundation (CTSERF), and $2.9 million to Frank Gaffney‘s Center for Security Policy.

Scaife has become a reliable funder of right-wing causes and, as the principal heir to the Mellon family banking, oil and aluminum fortune, he has $1.2 billion at his disposal for influencing the U.S. political and cultural landscape.

Serving as the vice chairman of the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank (Heritage president Edwin Feulner serves as a trustee for the Sarah Scaife Foundation), Scaife has positioned himself as a central figure in conservative politics.

A closer examination of his philanthropy reveals that, in 2009 alone, the Sarah Scaife Foundation supported neoconservative mainstays such as the American Enterprise Institute ($550,000), the American Foreign Policy Council ($125,000), and Commentary magazine ($40,000).

Scaife has a nearly 50-year history in philanthropy and has left his mark by staying focused on specific ideological objectives. In 2009, the National Journal reported:

The intellectual flowering of the conservative movement at AEI, Heritage, and elsewhere was possible not only because a few visionaries distilled a movement’s discontent but also because a handful of deep-pocketed, committed, and unusually patient wealthy benefactors such as John M. Olin, Richard Scaife, and foundations affiliated with them were willing to underwrite the broad ideological movement.

His ownership of the Pittburgh Tribune-Review proved valuable in the campaign to attack then-president Bill Clinton as the small publication emerged as the chief source for editorials claiming that Clinton was responsible for the death of Deputy White House counsel Vincent Foster.

Finding relative success in keeping the Vince Foster conspiracy theories alive, Scaife has since expanded his media holdings to include a 42 percent share in NewsMax, a conservative online news outlet that regularly gives a platform to Islamophobes.

The Scaife Foundation’s support of the Islamophobia network is a fraction of Scaife’s overall philanthropy, but it falls in line with his long-history of both creating right-wing echo chambers while, at the same time, funding the “experts” who feed it with soundbite fodder. To our knowledge, Scaife hasn’t publicly commented on whether he supports the anti-Muslim ravings of the people he funds.

Note: Questions were edited from the original ones.

Do you think their effort to expose the Islamophibia Network will be successful as the nation approaches the 10th anniversary of 9/11? Or do you think there is no such network, or that it serves a useful purpose?

Will Muslims continue to be scapegoats of those who don't really want to discuss the real issues? Or is Islam really to blame for terrorism as the individuals identified in this article seem to allege?

Will people who blame Muslims and Islam in general consider the fact that the Al Qaeda actually kill 8 times as many Muslims than non-Muslims? Or does it really not matter, even though the vast majority of Muslims are completely opposed to the Al Qaeda because terrorism is contrary to the basic tenets of Islam which do not allow the killing of civilians?

 

[Ajidica]

Modified answers because Formaldehye changed some OP questions.

Do you think their effort to expose the Islamophibia Network will be successful as the nation approaches the 10th anniversary of 9/11?

Not among the general populous, but among their base and Islamophobic leaning individuals.
Is there a formal 'Islamophobia' network? No. Is there a de facto one? Yes.

Will Muslims continue to be scapegoats of those who don't really want to discuss the real issues?

They will likely get the 'do not look at the man behind the curtain' effect: Lets not look too closely into their rational for actions because that would require us to examine our own actions.

Will people who blame Muslims and Islam in general consider the fact that the Al Qaeda actually kill 8 times as many Muslims than non-Muslims?

I don't think they will care. This just affirms their beliefs that Muslims are a bunch of illogical barbarians who are still living in the middle ages.

 

[Tahuti]

The causes of Islamophobia are straightforward: It provides a distraction from the real ills that plague a given society. Islamophobic organizations are generally the symptom and not the cause.

 

[Loppan Torkel]

Do you think this effort to expose the Islamophibia Network will be successful as the nation approaches the 10th anniversary of 9/11? Or will Muslims and the religion of Islam continue to be vilified and blamed by many prominent Americans and the various organizations under their control?

Will loyal peace-loving Muslims continue to be the latest scapegoats in this latest effort to create a group to vilify through myths and misconceptions? Or will the people who believe this deliberate disinformation finally realize that the Al Qaeda actually kill 8 times as many Muslims than non-Muslims? That the Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups are a recognized and despised enemy to the vast majority of Muslims in the world today, because they clearly violate the very precepts of the religion of Islam?

Are these questions asked to initiate discussions or just a proclamation of your perspectiveless beliefs with question marks behind them?

 

[Formaldehyde]

It sounds like you disagree with the basic tenets of their position. Please, voice your opinions to what has been presented here if you disagree with them.

I think my particular opinions on the subject are quite well-known by now, but I certainly wouldn't characterize them as being without perspective. I think there is ample reason to believe that Islamophobia is rampant in the US, as presented in their documentation and summary of these activities. I just wonder if anything can be done to minimize or even stop it. You are welcome to disagree with those views.

 

[Ajidica]

To be fair, your list of questions did sound like a manifesto with question marks added.

 

[Formaldehyde]

Alright. I'll try to reword them.

 

[LucyDuke]

Wait, so this is a conspiracy now?

 

[kochman]

Anyone care to point out the Islamo-apologists Channel?
Or would that require an even handed approach that is virtually impossible on this forum?

Let's not forget, Islamophobia is a symptom... of repeated Islam inspired and doctrinally backed terrorist attacks on innocent human beings all over the world.

 

[nonconformist]

How can something be Islamo-apologist

Frankly, I'm more concerned of white-guy backed and inflcited terrorist attacks.

 

[kochman]

How can something be Islamo-apologist

Frankly, I'm more concerned of white-guy backed and inflcited terrorist attacks.

Those who act like Islam hasn't caused any attacks, despite directly calling for Jihad in the Koran, I consider them apologists.
In other words, the people who pretend there is no threat from the Islamic world, because it makes them feel warm/fuzzy/morally superior to those who do.

The idea of calling it "islamophobia" in and of itself is an example. Fearing attacks from the Muslim world is not irrational, as it happens regularly... therefore, phobic is not the proper suffix.

Thanks for you racist snippet at the end there.
By the way, white men can also be Muslims...

 

[SuperJay]

So Islam officially endorses and supports terrorism, then?

For real? This is a "even handed," "moderate," "reasonable" statement?

 

[kochman]

So Islam officially endorses and supports terrorism, then?

For real? This is a "even handed," "moderate," "reasonable" statement?

The Koran doesn't "officially" support "terrorism", because that term didn't even exist when it was written.
I suggest reading it to see the multiple, uncontradicted verses which direct the seeking out and killing of non-believers/infidels...

 

[Formaldehyde]

To be fair, your list of questions did sound like a manifesto with question marks added.

I hope the new questions promote the discussion that many appear to wish for this thread. You might want to change your post above to reflect the new questions.

Wait, so this is a conspiracy now?

I wouldn't characterize it as being a conspiracy, since these organizations certainly exist and make no secret about their intent. It is more a study of who has been funding and leading this effort in the US than a suggestion that they all decided to get together and acted in concert.

 

[SuperJay]

The Koran doesn't "officially" support "terrorism", because that term didn't even exist when it was written.
I suggest reading it to see the multiple, uncontradicted verses which direct the seeking out and killing of non-believers/infidels...

Well given that Islam officially supports killing non-believers, calling it "terrorism" is just modern-day semantics. So yes, Islam supports terrorism, you're correct on that.

Similar statements about atrocities in the Christian Bible also officially support similar hate-crimes, so we can safely say that Islam and Christianity are remarkably similar in their support for murder, torture, and terrorism.

(If anything, I think Christianity comes out stronger on the "kill the non-believers" point than Islam, doesn't it? The Inquisition was pretty much officially supported and conducted by the authorities of the Church, right?)

 

[nonconformist]

Those who act like Islam hasn't caused any attacks, despite directly calling for Jihad in the Koran, I consider them apologists.
In other words, the people who pretend there is no threat from the Islamic world, because it makes them feel warm/fuzzy/morally superior to those who do.

I don't think anyone has ever argued that no Muslims have ever caused any terrorist attacks.
However, the idea that Islam, or Muslims int themselves are any kind of real threat is absurd.

The idea of calling it "islamophobia" in and of itself is an example. Fearing attacks from the Muslim world is not irrational, as it happens regularly... therefore, phobic is not the proper suffix.

"Regularly"? Where?

Thanks for you racist snippet at the end there.

Not really racist, for a significant proportion of my life, white men were the biggest enemy.

Likewise, I'm currently at a much greater risk from white men than I am from any other demographic (unless you classify the "middle class" as a demographic)

By the way, white men can also be Muslims...

And Muslims can be US Marines. Point?

 

[kochman]

Well given that Islam officially supports killing non-believers, calling it "terrorism" is just modern-day semantics. So yes, Islam supports terrorism, you're correct on that.

Similar statements about atrocities in the Christian Bible also officially support similar hate-crimes, so we can safely say that Islam and Christianity are remarkably similar in their support for murder, torture, and terrorism.

(If anything, I think Christianity comes out stronger on the "kill the non-believers" point than Islam, doesn't it? The Inquisition was pretty much officially supported and conducted by the authorities of the Church, right?)

Absolutely not, as murder, torture and terrorism HAVE ALWAYS BEEN, per Christ, doctrinally wrong.
I will certainly not defend the Catholic Church, which is an organization of men, severely flawed, that did many bad things.
Anyhow, this argument has been had about 1,000,000 times now... so I won't participate in it anymore.

I don't think anyone has ever argued that no Muslims have ever caused any terrorist attacks.
However, the idea that Islam, or Muslims int themselves are any kind of real threat is absurd.

There are over 1.3B muslims, I know many, in other countries and in the USA, that are great, amazing people. I am not condemning Muslims, at all.
I am saying, the Koran (the basis of Islam) directs attacks, which unfortunately some Muslims take seriously.

"Regularly"? Where?

This is a list of Islam inspired attacks since 9/11. It surely exaggerates, but even if you cut about 50% of it out... it's pretty hefty.

Spoiler :

Date / Country / City / Killed / Injured / Description
2011.08.29 Iraq Mosul 2 9 A Shahid suicide bomber sends two other souls to Allah.
2011.08.29 Israel Tel Aviv 0 8 A Palestinian shouting 'Allah Akbar' stabs eight nearby Israelis.
2011.08.28 Afghanistan Takhar 2 0 A doctor and medical worker are murdered by Taliban bombers.
2011.08.28 Pakistan Faisalabad 0 1 A 64-year-old maid is beaten by madrassah students for hosting a Christian prayer meeting in her home.
2011.08.28 Iraq Baghdad 29 37 A Holy Warrior praises Allah before detonating at a Sunni mosque and laying out two dozen worshippers.
2011.08.27 Pakistan Kohat 1 0 A retired man is abducted by Muslim radicals and executed.
2011.08.27 Afghanistan Lashkar Gah 4 21 Three children are among four civilians torn to shreds by a suicide bombing outside a bank.
2011.08.27 Afghanistan Kandahar 3 20 A suicide bomber manages to kill an Afghan child and two others.
2011.08.27 Pakistan Chitral 32 9 A massive Taliban assault across the border leaves dozens of secuity personnel and civilians dead.
2011.08.27 Somalia Mogadishu 1 1 A woman dies from injuries suffered from an Islamic bomb attack.
2011.08.27 Algeria Ataq 2 3 Two guards at an oil facility are shot to death by al-Qaeda militants.
2011.08.26 Nigeria Abuja 23 68 Over two dozen people at a UN building housing humanitarian agencies are crushed to death by a suicide car bomber.
2011.08.26 Somalia Mogadishu 2 0 Two young boys are beheaded by Islamic radicals.
2011.08.26 Norway Jaeren 0 1 A Christian convert from Islam is scalded with boiling water and acid at a refugee center.
2011.08.26 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 Muslim 'insurgents' shoot a Buddhist laborer to death.
2011.08.26 Afghanistan Herat 1 10 A woman is blown to bits by a Taliban bomb hidden in a handcart.
2011.08.26 Thailand Narathiwat 5 1 Five rescue workers are blown apart by a bomb placed under their car.
2011.08.26 Algeria Cherchell 18 26 Two al-Qaeda suicide bombers murder eighteen soldiers and civilians following the break of daily Ramadan fasting.
2011.08.25 Iraq Basra 3 50 Holy Warriors detonate a car bomb outside a rival mosque, killing at least three.
2011.08.25 Thailand Yala 2 9 A 3-year-old girl and her father are shot to death by Holy Warriors.
2011.08.25 India Baramulla 2 15 Two people die from splinter injuries after an Islamist tosses a grenade into a market.
2011.08.25 Nigeria Gombi 16 12 Two banks and a police station are the target of 'Allah Akbar' screaming Islamsts, who leave at least sixteen innocents dead.
2011.08.25 Pakistan Nowshera 12 17 A dozen people at a restaurant are sent to Allah by bombers who hid their device on a child's tricycle.
2011.08.25 Iraq Jbela 3 1 Islamic militants fire on a vehicle, killing a boy, his father and an uncle.
2011.08.25 Iraq Fallujah 9 34 A series of Jihad car bombings leaves at least nine dead.
2011.08.24 Iraq Ramadi 2 7 Sunni snipers fire on a car carrying civilians, killing two.
2011.08.24 Afghanistan Paktia 3 9 Islamists send rockets into a market, taking out at least three patrons, including a child.
2011.08.24 Iraq Diyala 5 9 A woman and child are among five innocents exterminated by Jihadi bombers.
2011.08.24 Iraq Ramadi 6 8 A suicide car bomber takes out a half dozen Iraqis.
2011.08.24 India Avdesh 2 0 Two brothers are abducted and murdered by Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.
2011.08.24 Thailand Songkhla 2 0 Two security personnel die during an Islamist ambush.
2011.08.24 Thailand Pattani 1 0 Mujahideen gun down a school guard.
2011.08.24 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A 60-year-old man is shot in the head by Muslim 'insurgents' while walking home.
2011.08.23 Nigeria Maiduguri 1 1 Boko Haram gunmen shoot a woman 7-months pregnant to death in her home.
2011.08.23 Yemen Abyan 8 28 Eight security personnel are killed during an al-Qaeda ambush.
2011.08.23 Thailand Pattani 2 14 Buddhist monks are among the casualties of two bombings that claim two lives.
2011.08.23 Afghanistan Balkh 2 3 Sunni radicals kill two cops with a roadside bomb.
2011.08.23 Pakistan Datta Khel 1 0 The Taliban shoot a refugee to death.
2011.08.23 Algeria Taouarga 1 2 Fundamentalists machine-gun a local soldier to death at a checkpoint.
2011.08.22 Iraq Baqubah 2 0 A 3-year-old girl and her father are shot to death by Islamic 'insurgents' in their home.
2011.08.22 Afghanistan Gereshk 2 4 A child and a shopowner are successfully killed by Mujahideen bombers at a market.
2011.08.22 Iraq Mosul 4 3 A car-bombing and separate shooting attack leave four Iraqis dead, including a teenager.
2011.08.22 Pakistan Khyber 2 0 Tahreek-e-Taliban militants kidnap, bind and then shoot two rivals.
2011.08.22 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 A man is shot to death by Muslim terrorists while working a rubber plantation.
2011.08.22 India Handwara 1 1 A housewife is killed when Muslim terrorists open fire on security forces at a village.
2011.08.21 Yemen Arqoup 9 20 Nine members of a tribal gathering are sent to Allah by a Shahid suicide bomber.
2011.08.21 Nigeria Bajju 2 3 Suspected Muslim radicals shoot two Christians to death in their homes, including a 5-year-old boy.
2011.08.21 Yemen Moudia 4 0 Four people are torn to pieces by an al-Qaeda suicide bomber with a ball-bearing packed belt.
2011.08.21 Pakistan South Waziristan 3 6 Three defenders are killed during an assault by Islamic militants on their police post.
2011.08.21 Nigeria Riyom 6 0 Fulani raiders attack a Christian village, hacking six to death, including women and children.
2011.08.21 Dagestan Makhachkala 0 17 Children are among the casualties when Islamic 'separatists' set off two bombs at a grocery store.
2011.08.21 Thailand Yala 1 0 Islamic gunmen murder a 23-year-old man outside a shop.
2011.08.21 Afghanistan Helmand 1 0 Taliban gunmen assassinate a court official on his way to work.
2011.08.21 Afghanistan Trekh Zaber 1 0 Religious extremists murder a 60-year-old Afghan farmer in front of his sons.
2011.08.20 Iraq Hadid 3 0 Three family members are killed by Mujahideen bombers.
2011.08.20 Afghanistan Kunar 2 0 Two Afghan soldiers returning home leave are stoned, hanged and shot by the Taliban.
2011.08.20 Afghanistan Herat 2 8 Two Afghan security personnel are killed by fundamentalist bombers.
2011.08.20 Afghanistan Ghazni 3 2 Religious extremists take out three civilians with a roadside bomb.
2011.08.20 Nigeria Borno 4 0 Islamists burst into a home and murder four people watching television.
2011.08.20 Israel Beersheba 1 8 Children are among the casualties when Hamas sends rockets into an Israeli town.
2011.08.20 India Gurez 1 2 A local defender loses his life to an attack by Pakistani-backed militants.
2011.08.19 Afghanistan Kabul 9 16 Two Holy Warriors detonate themselves in front of the British council, killing nine innocents.
2011.08.19 Pakistan Kurram 3 3 A Taliban landmine takes out three locals.
2011.08.19 Israel Ashdod 0 10 Gaza militants send rockets into an Israeli seminary, injuring ten.
2011.08.19 Pakistan Jamrud 56 123 A devout Shahid detonates a ball-bearing packed suicide vest at a crowded mosque, slaughtering over fifty others.
2011.08.19 Somalia Mogadishu 7 0 Seven youth are beheaded by al-Shabaab fundamentalists.
2011.08.19 Thailand Pattani 2 0 Two Buddhist mattress salesmen, father and son, are shot in the head by Muslim 'activists'.
2011.08.18 Afghanistan Herat 24 9 Seven children are among two dozen bus passengers torn to shreds by Taliban bombers.
2011.08.18 Ingushetia Nazran 1 0 Three Muslim extremists shoot a cop to death in his home.
2011.08.18 Afghanistan Gardez 2 0 A Shahid suicide bomber kills two guards trying to stop him.
2011.08.18 Israel Eilat 8 30 Eight Israelis, including four family members, die when Arab snipers open fire on buses and cars.
2011.08.18 Egypt Sinai 6 0 Terrorists fire on Egyptian police, killing six.
2011.08.18 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 A mosque official is gunned down by rivals.
2011.08.18 Pakistan Tirah 1 0 The Taliban behead a man for 'crimes against Islam'.
2011.08.18 Pakistan Karachi 3 0 Three people are kidnapped, executed and dumped ouside a mosque in a suspected sectarian attack.
2011.08.17 Thailand Pattani 1 0 An elderly Buddhist school bus driver is murdered by Islamic snipers.
2011.08.17 Algera Beni Aissa 2 1 A bus driver is among two people who lose their lives to a fundamentalist ambush.
2011.08.17 Thailand Narathiwat 3 0 A rubber tapper is among three civilians shot to death by Muslim gunmen in separate attacks.
2011.08.17 Iraq Baghdad 2 3 Jihad gunmen kill a cafe owner and marketplace patron in separate attacks.
2011.08.17 Pakistan Chamarkand 2 0 A man and his son are gunned down by Muslim terrorists.
2011.08.17 Iraq Tarmiya 2 7 A suicide bomber takes down two family members in their own home.
2011.08.16 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 Nasabi-Wahhabi terrorists gun down a Shia shopkeeper.
2011.08.16 Iraq Mosul 8 12 Eight local police are murdered in two separate bombings.
2011.08.16 Afghanistan Kandahar 1 0 Fundamentalist gunmen murder an 18-year-old teenager as she is getting into her car.
2011.08.16 Afghanistan Uruzgan 8 8 Eight innocents are dismantled by a Taliban motorcycle bomb at a market.
2011.08.16 Iraq Buhriz 2 0 Two boys are shot to death in their own home by 'insurgents'.
2011.08.15 Iraq Karbala 3 41 Three Iraqis are taken down by Mujahid car bombers.
2011.08.15 Iraq Kirkuk 0 14 Fourteen are injured when Muslims bomb a church.
2011.08.15 Iraq Kut 42 75 Over three dozen shoppers at a market are snuffed out by al-Qaeda bombers. The dead include twelve children.
2011.08.15 Yemen al-Jouf 14 5 An al-Qaeda suicide attack leaves fourteen Shiite tribesmen dead.
2011.08.15 Iraq Tikrit 6 10 Suicide bombers send six Iraqis to Allah.
2011.08.15 Iraq Bani Sa'ad 12 33 Sunni car bombers take down eight Shia. Four other Iraqis are gunned down in a separate attack.
2011.08.15 Iraq Karbala 3 41 A Jihad car bomb leaves at least three dead.
2011.08.15 Nigeria Heipang 9 1 Seven children are among a Christian family of nine brutally murdered in their home by Muslim raiders.
2011.08.15 Iraq Najaf 11 74 Seven Shias are left dead after a brutal bombing by Sunni militants.
2011.08.15 Nigeria Foron 3 0 Three people are hacked to death by angry Muslims with machetes
2011.08.15 Afghanistan Spin Boldak 4 8 Four guards at a fuel depot die during a Fedayeen assault.
2011.08.15 Iraq Yusufiya 7 0 al-Qaeda kidnap seven Sahwa members from a mosque and execute them in cold blood.
2011.08.15 Nigeria Sokoto 6 0 A half-dozen Nigerians are taken out by Boko Haram terrorists.
2011.08.14 Pakistan Miramshah 3 25 Three local soldiers are killed when Islamic militants fire rockets into their camp during a celebration.
2011.08.14 Pakistan Karachi 0 1 A Christian is beaten with iron rods after declining an offer to embrace Islam.
2011.08.14 Thailand Pattani 1 0 'Insurgents' shoot a man to death outside a mosque.
2011.08.14 Ingushetia Dattykh 4 7 Four security personnel are executed by Muslim gunmen.
2011.08.14 Iraq Baghdad 8 13 Separate bombings targeting security personnel leave at least eight dead.
2011.08.14 Afghanistan Charikar 22 34 Five Fedayeen stage a suicide assault on a government compound, shooting and blasting at least twenty-two others to death.
2011.08.14 Algeria Tizi Ouzou 0 33 'Thanks to Allah' an al-Qaeda suicide bomber injures at least thirty-three people, including foreigners.
2011.08.13 Dagestan Khasavyurt 1 1 A fireman is shot to death by suspected Islamic militants.
2011.08.13 Iraq Baghdad 1 0 A Shiite cleric is gunned down by Religion of Peace rivals.
2011.08.13 Afghanistan Helmand 5 0 Three women are among five civilians taken apart by a Taliban bomb.
2011.08.13 Dagestan Makhachkala 2 0 Suspected Islamists shoot two civilians to death in front of their home.
2011.08.13 Pakistan Lahore 1 0 A grown woman is shot to death by her nephew on suspicion of 'illicit relations'.
2011.08.13 India Kerala 1 0 A Hindu woman is kidnapped, gang-raped and killed by Muslim militants.
2011.08.13 Dagestan Boatshyurt 4 0 Four victims of Muslim 'insurgents' are found bound and shot to death.
2011.08.12 Pakistan Bilal 0 12 A small group of Catholics are beaten by fundamentalists after gathering to watch a religious film.
2011.08.12 Pakistan Haridasnagar 1 1 A man is beaten to death after being accused of sorcery.
2011.08.12 Afghanistan Wardak 8 0 Eight local security personnel are abducted and murdered by Sunni fundamentalists.
2011.08.12 Pakistan Peshawar 3 3 Three guards escorting prisoners for medical attention are cut down by Taliban gunmen.
2011.08.12 Dagestan Kurush 2 0 Two civilians are murdered by Muslim 'separatists' wielding machine-guns.
2011.08.12 Iraq Baghdad 2 13 Terrorists bomb a cafe, killing two Iraqis.
2011.08.12 Dagestan Khasavyurt 2 0 Two policemen standing outside a mosque are murdered by angry Muslims.
2011.08.12 Nigeria Ngala 1 0 A 65-year-old cleric is shot to death by Islamic radicals.
2011.08.11 Iraq Ramadi 3 24 'Insurgents' kill three Iraqis in their home with two bombs.
2011.08.11 Pakistan Peshawar 6 17 A child is among six innocents blown to bits by Islamist bombers.
2011.08.11 Pakistan Peshawar 1 20 A female Shahid suicide bomber tosses grenades before detonating, killing another woman.
2011.08.11 Nigeria Ratsa Foron 6 0 Six Christians are hacked to death in the middle of the night by Muslim raiders.
2011.08.11 Pakistan Chapperi 2 0 Two tribesmen are shot to death by terrorists.
2011.08.11 Pakistan Tirah Valley 5 1 Three women and two children are dismantled by a militant bomb attack on their home.
2011.08.10 Pakistan Shadman 1 0 The caretaker of a shrine is shot to death by Muslim terrorists.
2011.08.09 Pakistan Manshera 1 0 Islamic radicals shoot a tribesman to death.
2011.08.09 Dagestan Kadar 1 0 A policeman is murdered on the doorstep of his home by Islamic 'insurgents'.
2011.08.09 Afghanistan Bala Bulok 4 0 Four civilians are kidnapped and beheaded by Sunni hardliners.
2011.08.09 Afghanistan Dehrawod 5 1 Taliban bombers take down five Afghans at a crowded market.
2011.08.09 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A 52-year-old man is shot several times in the head and chest by 'insurgents'.
2011.08.08 Egypt Minya 1 1 A Christian farmer has his throats slit in front of his son by a Muslim mob, who attack Christian homes and also severely beat a pastor.
2011.08.08 Iraq Mosul 4 1 A child and woman are among the dead victims of two Jihad bombings.
2011.08.08 Nigeria Maiduguri 1 0 Boko Haram cadres assassinate a prison comptroller.
2011.08.08 Nigeria Maiduguri 1 0 A teacher is shot to death by Boko Haram Islamists.
2011.08.07 Pakistan Shalobar 2 0 Two tribesmen are executed by religious extremists.
2011.08.07 Iraq Abu Ghraib 2 2 A father and son are taken out by a Jihad bomb attack on their home.
2011.08.07 Iraq Iskandariyah 6 14 Two children are among six Shia family members bleeding to death following a bombing of their home.
2011.08.06 Iraq Ramadi 2 7 Terrorists target a sports stadium with coordinated blasts, killing two Iraqis.
2011.08.06 Pakistan Mohmand 1 0 A suicide bomber kills an innocent person at a market.
2011.08.06 Iraq Baghdad 2 0 A shop owner and his son are shot to death by Islamic 'insurgents'.
2011.08.06 Pakistan Karachi 2 0 Two Shias are gunned down in separate sectarian attacks.
2011.08.06 Pakistan Drigh Road 1 0 A Catholic man with children is the victim of a targeted killing.
2011.08.05 Pakistan Adezai 1 0 Islamists drag an infidel out of a mosque and execute him.
2011.08.05 Iraq Khalis 3 2 A sectarian mortar attack leaves three Iraqis dead.
2011.08.05 Thailand Pattani 3 1 Three Buddhists are shot point blank by Muslim radicals.
2011.08.04 Iraq Baghdad 1 13 Holy Warriors take down a child with a car bomb.
2011.08.04 Afghanistan Kunduz 1 3 Three young girls are among the casualties of a Taliban car bomb.
2011.08.04 Thailand Pattani 2 0 Muslim terrorists are suspected of murdering a married couple driving home from their job as laborers.
2011.08.04 Thailand Yala 1 0 A 38-year-old man is shot to death by Jihadi gunmen.
2011.08.04 Pakistan Kukikhel 1 0 A passerby is caught in the cross-fire when two Islamist groups clash at a market.
2011.08.04 Afghanistan Ghazni 2 0 Two civilians bleed to death following a Taliban bomb attack.
2011.08.04 Ingushetia Nazran 2 2 Islamic militants shoot two police officers to death as they are sitting in their car.
2011.08.03 Iraq Rasala 4 14 Four Iraqis are killed when fundamentalists bomb a liquor store.
2011.08.03 Afghanistan Kandahar 3 0 Sunni bomb makers take down a child and two others.
2011.08.03 Iraq Baghdad 1 0 Holy warriors stab an army officer to death in his home.
2011.08.03 Iraq Ramadi 9 13 A brutal double bomb attack in a commercial district leaves nine dead.
2011.08.03 Pakistan Darra Adamkhel 1 7 One person is killed when Islamic militants send dozens of mortar shells into a village.
2011.08.03 Somalia Sar-Kuusta 4 8 Four people lose their lives to an al-Shabaab attack.
2011.08.03 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A Buddhist teacher is shot twice in the head by warriors of Islam.
2011.08.02 Iraq Abu Ghraib 2 16 A liquor store is among the targets of two separate bombings in which two people are killed.
2011.08.02 Afghanistan Kunduz 4 10 Four are killed when Muslim extremists stage a Shahid attack on a guesthouse used by foreigners.
2011.08.02 Dagestan Buynaksk 2 1 An Islamist bomb attack leaves two dead.
2011.08.02 Iraq Kirkuk 0 23 Two dozen are injured when radicals bomb a Catholic church.
2011.08.02 Philippines Cotabato 2 9 A 7-year-old child is among two killed by a Jemaah Islamiyah bomb blast.
2011.08.02 Pakistan South Waziristan 4 1 Tehreek-e-Taliban militants kill four local soldiers in two ambushes.
2011.08.01 Iraq Baghdad 0 1 Terrorists wound two children with a sticky bomb.
2011.08.01 Somalia Mogadishu 2 5 Two African peacekeepers are blown to bits by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2011.08.01 Pakistan Munda 3 0 Three civilians are cut down by Mujahid gunmen while gathering wood.
2011.08.01 Pakistan Dera Ismail Khan 1 2 A prayer leader is shot and killed by Religion of Peace rivals.
2011.08.01 Afghanistan Nimroz 3 3 Three Afghans are dismantled by a Taliban roadside bomb.
2011.08.01 Pakistan Quetta 2 3 al-Qaeda militants are suspected of planting a bomb at a garbage dump that leaves two children dead.
2011.08.01 Pakistan Atariwal 1 1 A woman dies from injuries when Taliban militants fire a rocket into her home.
2011.07.31 Iraq Baghdad 2 0 An education official and his son are executed by Muslim 'insurgents'.
2011.07.31 China Kashgar 3 0 Three people are killed by a Muslim bomb blast in a downtown district.
2011.07.31 China Kashgar 7 22 Muslim radicals hijack a truck and ram it into a crowd of Han (non-Muslims), then begin a stabbing spree that leaves seven dead.
2011.07.31 Afghanistan Lashkar Gah 13 12 A 10-year-old boy is among those killed in a suicide car bomb attack claimed by Sunni radicals.
2011.07.31 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 A juice trader is shot to death at a market by Islamic terrorists.
2011.07.31 China Kashgar 6 0 Members of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement kill a restaurant owner and waiter, then hack four others to death.
2011.07.31 Pakistan Tank 1 0 A tribal elder is assassinated at a market by religious extremists.
2011.07.31 Algeria Tissemsilt 3 6 Fundamentalists bomb a vehicle carrying local soldiers, killing three.
2011.07.31 Somalia Mogadishu 1 0 al-Shabaab gunmen assassinate a lawmaker outside a hotel.

That's in ONE month.

Not really racist, for a significant proportion of my life, white men were the biggest enemy.

It is racist, any time you stereotype someone based on the color of their skin, which is not something they ever can choose (short of being M Jackson). Just because you feel justified in your racism doesn't mean it is not racism.
End of story.

Likewise, I'm currently at a much greater risk from white men than I am from any other demographic (unless you classify the "middle class" as a demographic)

I won't even dignify this with a response.

And Muslims can be US Marines. Point?

It was just further racism on your behalf. I know Muslims can serve in the US Military, as I served with several who were fine soldiers.




2011 Scorecard
Day 30 of Ramadan
Islam based
Attacks = 179
Deaths = 776

In the name of other religions
Attacks = 0
Deaths = 0

By "Anti-Muslim" Right-Wingers
Attacks = 0
Deaths = 0

 

[MjM]

Let's not forget, Islamophobia is a symptom... of repeated Islam inspired and doctrinally backed terrorist attacks on innocent human beings all over the world.

Perpetrated by a small minority.

So do you think all Christians should be lobbed in with the nutjobs that blow up abortion clinics? Or should all white people be evil because they have started most of the world's major genocides to date? (American Indians, Jews, etc.)

 

[kochman]

Perpetrated by a small minority.

So do you think all Christians should be lobbed in with the nutjobs that blow up abortion clinics? Or should all white people be evil because they have started most of the world's major genocides to date? (American Indians, Jews, etc.)

Those Christians who do that are working against the words of Christ.

Unfortunately, in the Islamic World, that "small minority" is enough to do tons of damage...
I absolutely do not lump all Muslims in with the terrorists...
However, Islam is fundamentally flawed, as seen by the fact that it's uncontradicted commands to attack are at least partially responsible for the religion based attacks.

All races, unfortunately, have engaged in genocide... the Chinese, all over the place in Africa, white people, etc, etc.
White people certainly don't have a monopoly on that.

 

[MobBoss]

MJM, I think all christians do indeed have to deal with such issues and topics as you have just now shown.

And I think you greatly mistaken about the implication that white people having started all the worlds major genocides (i.e. Cambodia/Laos, Vietnam, the Turks, and a huge number of African Nations come to mind).