In the article linked to below, an oft repeated myth is called out as a blatant lie. This time the person exposed is Pamela Geller, who Loonwatch calls 'the looniest blogger ever' because of her wacky theories (covered before - eg her views on Obama), but who some here think speaks sense.
She makes a specific claim about Muslim organisations not speaking out and not posting information on this on their web sites. That this is a clear lie is shown - using nothing more than a search.
The article also includes a link to a resource entitled Muslim Voices Against Extremism and Terrorism - useful for those still inclined to believe Geller's rants:
http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php?URL=http%3A%2F%2Ftheamericanmuslim.org%2Ftam.php%2Ffeatures%2Farticles%2Fmuslim_voices_against_extremism_and_terrorism_2%2F
But this quote by the author really nailed the issue for me. Applies 100% to the anti-Muslim posters that have reappeared recently:
These people consistently promote the what everyone “knows” lies about Islam and Muslims. They generalize specific incidents to reflect on all Muslims or all of Islam. When they are caught in the act of making up or distorting claims they engage in devious methods to attempt to conceal the evidence.
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The Islamophobia of these folks is very real, and it is also strikingly similar to a previous generations’ anti-Semitism.
Here is the beginning of the article:
Pamela Geller and other Islamophobes need to learn how to do a “search”
Sheila Musaji
This week Pamela Geller published an article in which she said:Why is it that Muslim groups never speak out against the sharia and/or the jihad against non-Muslims across the world? Look at CAIR’s website, or that of ICNA, MSA, MSU ..... nothing addressing the slaughter across the world in the cause of Islam? It is their sanction.
... Stand against sharia and the death penalty for Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, sentenced to death in Iran for apostasy.
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This refrain is repeated over and over again by the Islamophobia network, and this is only one of the most recent articles in which this specious claim is made that Muslims don’t speak out. In this case, Geller specifically says that if you look at the websites of national Muslim organizations you will find NOTHING addressing violence or terrorism.
I went to the ISNA website and typed the words “ISNA condemns” into the search - and came up with the following:
http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/fe ... ch/0019209
Cheers,
Shafique
