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Archae

(46,328 posts)
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 02:00 PM Feb 2016

Two examples of anti-Muslim hysteria and hatred...

Henry Ford, the Klan and Neo-Nazis would just substitute "Jews" for "Muslims."

Pamela Geller: Olympic Fencer Competing In Hijab Is 'Islamic Supremacism'

Submitted by Miranda Blue on Thursday, 2/4/2016 11:16 am

On Saturday, fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad qualified for the U.S. Olympic team, making news for becoming the first U.S. athlete who will compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab. As far as we know, Muhammad’s choice to wear a head covering during the competition isn’t going to affect anybody else on the U.S. Olympic team, but anti-Muslim activist Pamela Geller is up in arms, saying in an interview with “Breitbart News Daily” this morning that the one athlete wearing a hijab amounts to “Islamic supremacism” and “imposing Islam on the secular marketplace.” “The Olympic team now, they’re wearing hijabs, aren’t they?” the program’s host, Stephen K. Bannon, asked Geller. Geller confirmed that “they’ve designed special outfits for them." “It’s more of imposing Islam on the secular marketplace,” she added, “whether it’s in the workplace, whether it’s in the school. It’s Islamic supremacism is what it is. You have even in Canada, the Mounties, they’re designing a police officer’s uniform with a hijab. This is Islamic supremacism. You know, Jewish law pertains only to Jews, canon law pertains only to Christians, but Sharia, Islamic law, asserts it’s authority over non-Muslims. This is the problem and this is something that is never discussed.”

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/pamela-geller-olympic-fencer-competing-hijab-islamic-supremacism#sthash.QeCjnk5L.dpuf

Bryan Fischer Says All Islamic Charities Are Merely Fronts For Funding Terrorism

Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Thursday, 2/4/2016 10:44 am

On his program yesterday, notorious anti-Muslim radio host Bryan Fischer criticized President Obama for speaking at a mosque, asserting that there is no such thing as an Islamic charity because all such organizations are nothing more than fronts for funding terrorism. "There's no such thing as an Islamic charity," he said. "That's just a ruse. That is a terrorist fundraising organization. You see any Islamic organization with the word 'relief' or 'foundation' or 'charity' in it, you are looking at an organization that raises money for terror." When Christians start a charity, Fischer asserted, the motivation is to "provide charitable relief to needy people" but when Muslims start a charity, the true "purpose is to finance jihad."

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/bryan-fischer-says-all-islamic-charities-are-merely-fronts-funding-terrorism#sthash.qDrN9mZK.dpuf

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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
1. "Pamela Geller: Olympic Fencer Competing In Hijab Is 'Islamic Supremacism'"
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 02:24 PM
Feb 2016

So what would an Olympic fencer competing in a yarmulke be?

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
2. Are atheletes wearing crosses examples of "Christian supremacism?"
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 02:30 PM
Feb 2016

Or “imposing Chritianity on the secular marketplace?”

Personally I wouldn't mind banning religious symbols, cultural practices or usages so long as the ban is equally applied across the spectrum of ALL religions. In fact, I would prefer not seeing religious symbols at all - but then that would eliminate most art, a lot of architecture and be offensive to those who believe.

Archae

(46,328 posts)
3. And yet MORE anti-Muslim hatred, from a "good Christian man..."
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 03:33 PM
Feb 2016


Rick Wiles Prays Obama Will Be Ousted And Sent To Prison

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Thursday, 2/4/2016 12:45 pm

“Trunews” host Rick Wiles was outraged by President Obama’s appearance at a Baltimore mosque yesterday, calling the president a supporter of Islamic terrorism and asking listeners, “Why are we tolerating this criminal thug?” Insisting that the president is not only a Muslim but “the jihadist-in-chief” who “is waging jihad from inside the White House,” Wiles said that he prays Obama “will be arrested, tried in court, found guilty and sentenced to prison for his bloody crimes against humanity.” However, Wiles isn’t looking forward to Hillary Clinton succeeding Obama as president, calling her “a puppet of the Muslim Brotherhood.”

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rick-wiles-prays-obama-will-be-ousted-and-sent-prison#sthash.587aifP8.dpuf

mwrguy

(3,245 posts)
4. Islamophobia is going to be the greatest single threat to world peace over the next few years
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 03:34 PM
Feb 2016

Just look at the rise of neo-nazi groups in Europe in response to Muslim refugees.

Thank you for posting, OP.

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