Recognise Islamophobia As A Form Of Racism

Started by pr126, March 27, 2013, 01:50:08 AM

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pr126

ENAR Urges EU Institutions To Recognise Islamophobia As A Form Of Racism

QuoteKUALA LUMPUR, March 26 (Bernama) -- The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) has called on European Union (EU) institutions to recognise Islamophobia as a specific form of racism.

The call was made following ENAR's first of its kind pan-European qualitative survey of Islamophobia, which showed that discrimination against Muslims in Europe is widespread.

Muslims continued to experience discrimination in a range of areas, more specifically in employment, education, and access to goods and services, said ENAR, which represents EU-wide network of non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

According to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the ENAR study showed that Muslim women and girls are the most affected and face double discrimination on the basis of both their religion and their gender.

The report also highlighted an increase in hatred against Muslims in Europe manifesting itself as opposition to as well as protests against the building of mosques and damage to Islamic places of worship.

An uninhibited form of racism has also emerged, using freedom of expression and 'white victimhood' as justifications for promoting exclusion and discrimination, according to the report.

OIC Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu concurred with the call made by ENAR, saying that "this is what we have been saying for a long time, that Islamophobia should be recognised as a form of racism and dealt with accordingly".

He said Western leaders need to recognise Islamophobia as a threat to peaceful coexistence and understanding among people.

The OIC has just released its fifth Islamophobia Report, which indicates the rising trends in some national policies, laws, and administrative measures that stigmatise Muslims.

So Islamophobes are not just mentally ill, but racist as well.
Telling the truth is the new hate speech.

NitzWalsh

Fuck that. Islam isn't a race. I'm so tempted to make a youtube video of Arab's saying Islam is a vile religion. I know I can find enough of those around.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
~ Arthur C. Clarke

NeoLogic26

Hahaha! Who is dumb enough to be guilted by this?
"For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you." - Neil deGrasse Tyson

pr126

Quote from: "NeoLogic26"Hahaha! Who is dumb enough to be guilted by this?
All Non Muslim governments, career politicians, Islamophiles, those who carry water to Islamic supremacist, either for greed or willful  ignorance, and that is a lot of people.
And they are out to silence any one who disagrees with them.

pr126

Quote from: "NitzWalsh"Fuck that. Islam isn't a race. I'm so tempted to make a youtube video of Arab's saying Islam is a vile religion. I know I can find enough of those around.
Oh, yeah. That will help.

Sal1981

Remember the failed term "critical analysis" by creationists? They employ the same tactic a bit differently. It's basically a bunch of feel-good special interest groups (according to their site, more than 600 NGOs) that want to use their otherwise sound mission of equality to push the agendas of these special interest groups; namely religion.

As far as I can tell, they've been shanghaied by these special interest groups to promote a wide range of special interests, and not the true mission of equality as they claim.

I also find it kinda humorous that Islamists and Jews should be working together in their programme of "equality" (from their progress report).

StupidWiz

Disgusting. Islam is not even a race, idiots, that ENAR.
... To teach superstitions as truths is the most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can they be in after years relieved of them. - Hypatia

pr126

So far it is working.

The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam  - Barack Obama, UN speech, September 2012

Those who dare even to question are vilified, pillored, marginalized and needed to get rid of.

Example:

Michelle Bachman asked to investigate Muslim Brotherhood presence in the Obama administration. (and there are quite a few).
QuotePeople for the American Way has collected more than 86,000 signatures on a petition urging House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to remove Bachmann from the committee, which often reviews classified documents. The group plans to deliver the signatures next week to Boehner, who is responsible for naming the committee's Republican members.
source

Even on this forum, (lost now) there was a thread about Michelle Bachman, doing a character assasination on her because she dared to ask uncomfortable questions.

NitzWalsh

I hope reality shows the future belongs to people that reject faith in favour of reason and evidence.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
~ Arthur C. Clarke

pr126

Sal1981 wrote:
QuoteRemember the failed term "critical analysis" by creationists? They employ the same tactic a bit differently.
Wrong analogy.
Creationist not out to kill you if you disagree with their stupid ideas.
Unlikely that a creationist will ever strap on a bomb to prove his point, or start a global religious war mandated by Jesus.

Who knows? Maybe you think it will come to this?

Jason78

Quote from: "pr126"Sal1981 wrote:
QuoteRemember the failed term "critical analysis" by creationists? They employ the same tactic a bit differently.
Wrong analogy.
Creationist not out to kill you if you disagree with their stupid ideas.
Unlikely that a creationist will ever strap on a bomb to prove his point, or start a global religious war mandated by Jesus.

Who knows? Maybe you think it will come to this?

Nah, a christian will just bomb an abortion clinic.

The only difference between the two is that the christian doesn't have the decency to kill themselves as well.
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pr126

Jason, your analogy is wrong as well.

Why?
Compare the number of abortion clinic bombing with this.

Abortion clinics bombers (6 or 8  to date)  are condemned universally and perpetrators brought to justice by the state, but those on the web site illustrated  are revered by the followers as doing god's work and in some cases state approved.
I know that abortion bombing is unacceptable. But Islamic terrorist  do more damage a day, every single day. And will do in the foreseeable future.

Some critical thinking is required, rather than emotionalism.

Jmpty

Christians just kill people slowly, by strangling free thought, and human nature. Radical Islam just gets it over with quickly.
???  ??

Jmpty

Oh, and pr; Michelle Bachman is insane. I'm from Minnesota, I know.
???  ??

pr126

Quote from: "Jmpty"Christians just kill people slowly, by strangling free thought, and human nature. Radical Islam just gets it over with quickly.
I understand.
Compared to that, the 3000 people dying horribly on 9/11 pales into insignificance.
Including the million or more murdered since elsewhere on the planet by Islamic jihad.
Good to see that you have a sense of proportion.