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The crusade of Western media against Islam
By Kourosh Ziabari
As the Western governments add fuel to the fire of Islamophobic sentiments in their societies with inflammatory and rabble-rousing actions and statements, the Western media mischievously try their best to portray a lopsided, biased and prejudiced image of Muslims in an attempt which should be interpreted as an incontestable crusade against more than 25% of the world population.
Although it is arguable that the 9/11 attacks played in the hands of the United States and its European cronies to spread an all-encompassing wave of Islamophobic sentiments in the world and introduce the Muslims as the number one threat to the global peace and security, one should bear in mind that Muslims have been conventionally considered as the villains of the fables of the Western governments and despite their unquestionable and treasured services to the world, they never received a fair, justifiable and humane treatment by the superpowers, either from the deceitful, fraudulent and warmonger Russia that massacred some 50,000 innocent Muslims in Chechnya, or from the arrogant, bullying United States that incarcerated scores of innocent Muslims in its illegal, underground detention centers in Guantanamo bay and Abu Ghraib following the 9/11 attacks.
Corporate mainstream media have been the most effectual and trenchant wing of the Western governments in their crusade against the Muslims and the Islamic world. When it was needed to conceal the most conspicuous realities which would attest to the righteousness of the Muslims, the mainstream media did their best: Marwa El-Sherbini was flagrantly murdered in a courtroom in Germany, and the Western media outlets unanimously kept silent, turning a blind eye against one of the most heartrending instances of the violation of human rights before the eyes of a judge and his colleagues. When it was needed to sabotage the reality, the Western media showed off perfectly: the Freedom Flotilla was brutally attacked by the commandos of Israel Defense Forces and 9 of its passengers were massacred viciously; the massacre was justified as an act of self defense. Nobody asked the Western media that how it would be possible to justify the killing of defenseless civilians as an act of self defense while they even lacked a knife to defend their lives against the rifles of the Israeli commandos. When it was needed to downgrade the depth of the truth, the mainstream media scored the best goal: 3,500 guiltless Gazans were massacred in a short period of less than 3 weeks, and the Western media acted so indifferently that one might have felt as if nothing had really taken place!
Western media have demonstrated their unequivocal and unambiguous animosity with the Muslims. Their antagonism emanates from the hostility of the Western governments with Muslims. But what’s behind this hostility? What drives the Western governments to adopt such inhumane and unfair policies against the Muslims that constitute one forth of the world population and have always lived a peaceful and friendly life with the followers of other religions all around the world? What takes the Western governments, and consequently the Western media to enmity with the Muslims?
The answers can be different. One simple answer might be that the empowerment of Muslims may potentially endanger the interests of the Western world. There are 57 Islamic countries in the world and if these countries turn from impoverished, underprivileged and underdeveloped nations into major superpowers, then who may take care of the Western hegemony? The first example which pops into mind is Turkey; a developing, flourishing and promising Muslim nation that is traversing the path of progress and improvement in all fields of science, technology, culture and economy. They don’t give Turkey accession to EU because they know that the addition of a Muslim nation to the non-Muslim members of European Union may punctuate the commencement of an Islamic upheaval which has already indicated signs of dynamicity in European nations such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Albania.
There can be alternative answers to this question; however, the overall conclusion is that the West doesn’t tolerate the progress and achievement of the Muslim world. A simple instance is the obstacles which it puts on the way of Iran’s nuclear program. Although the European and American politicians and statesmen have undisputedly admitted that Israel is the sole possessor of nuclear weapons in the Middle East, they have never made any effort to investigate Israel’s nuclear arsenal which contains up to 200 atomic warheads; however, they have lethally put an ever-increasing pressure on Iran to relinquish its nuclear rights and put an end to its nuclear program which the International Atomic Energy Agency has affirmed as peaceful and unthreatening.
In line with their antagonistic policies with regards to the Islamic world, the Western governments push their affiliated media to portray a lopsided and biased image of Islam and propagate this fallacious belief that Muslims are dangerous creatures which pose a serious danger to the peace and security of the Europeans and Americans.
They intentionally introduce Muslims as terrorists and try to institutionalize the belief that Muslims are always inclined to carry out extreme actions such as killing the other people or persecuting the followers of other religions and forcing them to convert to Islam. They misuse some pillars and principals of Islam to portray their desired image of this religion and its followers and hence spread fear and awe among the Europeans and Americans.
The Western media outlets never show the real image of Islam to their audiences and tell them that the essence of this religion is based on mutual respect, benevolence, peace, love and human dignity. They never allude to the fact that the Prophet of Islam Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) was one of the pioneers of human rights in his time and emphasized on preserving and respecting the human dignity immensely. They never reveal the verses of Holy Quran in which it is declared that killing one person is tantamount to killing all of the persons in the view of Islam. They never tell their audiences that in the view of Prophet Muhammad, it was even unlawful to kill a sparrow for the sake of entertainment.
Unfortunately, the public opinion in the West is unaware of the realities of Islam and Muslims. It’s my responsibility to invite you to take a deeper look into the realities of Islam, and if you want to figure out the realities, it’s your responsibility to research and devote your time to a quest of truth.
Kourosh Ziabari is an Iranian freelance journalist and writer. Read Full about the author
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Guys,
worth reading this article.
http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/167708.html
This article is quite good as far as it goes. But the writer seems to be unaware of the degree to which Islamophobia is systematically woven into plot line after plot line in Western dramas on television and movie theaters. It’s all part of the great “war on terror,” don’t you know?
As for the news, the necessary coverage of the inspiring uprising of the Egyptian people against their puppet despot represented a tremendous setback for the hate campaign. The reporters for the major networks could not help but be caught up in the euphoria in Tahrir Square on February 11. For the first time, the American people were given a reason to identify with, even love, the people of Egypt. Then, four days later, CBS News was able to turn the hate campaign back on with its very sketchy report of the “brutal sexual assault” of their reporter, Lara Logan. I think that it is about as likely that this attack actually happened as it is that 19 boxcutter-weilding suicide pilots perpetrated the 911 outrage. See my analysis at http://www.dcdave.com/article5/110218.htm.
Well said. There is a plot by the Jews to pit the mainly Christian West against the Muslim East. As long as the goyim kill each other these devil worshipping parasites do not care one iota. I am relying on goyim perception to see it will finally play against them. So far they have the American CONgress behind them but you can only fool some of the people some of the time.
Women can be sexually assaulted anywhere in the world. It has nothing to do with Islam. It has to do with the disrespect men have for women. And it doesn’t matter what religion, country, or state it’s in. Women know the danger because it exists everywhere even at home.
So what’s wrong with a crusade against the Islamification of the West?
I have nothing against Islam and Muslims as long as they stay in the East.
Muslims do not assimilate into Western society.
how’s the weather in Israel?
Don’t get your panties in a knot, Jim,
I’d support an even more vigorously crusade to rid our government of the zionist maggots currently infesting it, as well as the zionist sycophants posing as senators and congressmen…
The Muslims have not brought in all sorts of legislation against Christianity (removal of prayer from school, etc) nor ruined our economies like the Jews have done.
As an example of ethics Muslim banks operate a no interest fee on loans and are not greedy like our main street Western (mostly Jewish owned banks). There is no reason why they belong in the East. On the whole they assimilate more here than the Jews ever have done.
Western media is run by Jews. Over 95% of it is in Jewish hands. That should tell you who is portarying you in bad light. I dont think generally goyim fall for it no matter how subtle it may be.
Well so the great state of Tennessee is thinking about making some aspects of Islam illegal frm what I read today…. Has anyone stopped and looked around Muslims only make up about half of one percent of the US population….. Why the hysteria in Tennessee or anywhere else? I mean to dedicate so much time and state funds to muslims while one in six Americans can’t put enough food on the table is ridiculous and sad. It’s a damn shame!
Islam is certainly not a “Religion of Peace” as defined by the Zionist facists. To them, a total submission of Muslims to foreign domination would only make their religion “peaceful”. History read from objective sources tells us that it were Muslim countries where the western Jews took refuge to escape centuries-old Christian persecution. It was Israeli professor Israel Shahak who said that Jewish religious literature is the most racist, hateful and war-mongering among the world religions. It were the Judeo-Christian West which wiped-off entire Muslim and Jewish population in Spain (1492 CE) and Palestine (1099 CE). It were they who killed 100-180 million Native Americans between 16th and 18th centuries. It were they who killed 100 million Africans so that they can have 10 million African slaves to run their households and plantations. It were they who killed over 110 million civilians during the two World Wars. It were they who murdered 100 million Christians and Muslims in Russia and Ukraine under Jewish-communist rule.
Another recent religious crap came from Laurie Goodstein, the Jewish ‘religious correspondent’ for the New York Times and the Washington Post. Her guests were Chris Hitchens and Dr. Tariq Ramadan (watch video below). Author and writer for many of pro-Israel printed media outlets, Chris Hitchens, is a known ‘Islamophobe’. He called Muslim World as “fascism with an Islamic face”. He supported Salman Rushdie for writing filth against Islam. He is also part of Israel Hasbara (propaganda) Committee. However, like a coward, Chris Hitchens, like to hide his hatred of Islam behind his so-called being ‘secular humanist’. Tariq Ramadan, who was projected as the Muslim Martin Luther before 2004 – has become Muslim Helen Thomas since his criticism of fellow Jew humanists for not criticizing Israel’s Zionazi policies.
Laurie Goodstein’s problem with Islam is that since there is no Papacy in Islam or any other religious Establishment – some Islamic scholars preach hatred toward Jews and Israel. Chris Hitchens commented: “Islam requires the belief that the Prophet Muhammad was a perfect human being and that Koran is a perfect book. These are categories that do not exist. Yet any challenge to them is heresy. The demands that you believe these imperatives do not lead to peaceful outcomes. If you want diversity, you need a secular state with a godless constitution. Secularism is the only guarantee of religious freedom”.
If some fool believes in Chris Hitchens’ rant – it means there is no ‘secular state’ in the West – where both Christianity and Islam are insulted and vilified while Holocaust has replaced as the ‘State Religion’.
Incidently, it was a western Christian historian, Michael H. Hart, who in his book The 100 chose the Prophet muhammad (pbuh) as the most “perfect human being”.
YES – there is no Papacy in Islam. The Believers are commanded to follow Holy Qur’an, Prophetic traditions and the Islamic Shari’ah. Both Judaism and Christianity are tribal or national religions and their human-written religious doctrines do not cover every aspect of human needs.
YES – unlike the Bible and Talmud, Holy Qur’an project all the Biblical prophets as “perfect human being”. It doesn’t portray some of those prophets as ‘sex-maniac’, ‘cheaters’, ‘racists’, ‘illegitimate’ and disrespectful to their parents – as the Bible and Talmud do.
There was no seperation of religion and State in the early Abrahamic divine messages. Several of the Biblical prophets were state rulers, i.e. Joseph, David, Solomon, etc.
YES – all the evil political/social systems hide themselves behind the “godless constitution”, such as, Nazism, Zionism, Communism, Moaism and Benito Mussolini’s fascism.
There is no ‘Holy War’ in Islam. Like ‘anti-Semitism’ this term was brought to the Muslim world by the Judeo-Christian fascism. In Islamic history, Crusades are considered as a ‘pain in the neck’. Jihad is not a ‘Holy War’. It’s the last alternative to keep the evildoers at a bay. Islam teaches its Believers to apply all peaceful ways to bring enemies to their senses (like the current Islamic Iran vs the US-Israel) – but if every honorable alternative fail – then teach the enemy a lesson it will never forget.
Islam was spread by Muslim traders and preacers in Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Bosnia and several parts of Indian sub-continent and not by Muslim military invasions.
And finally, I would like to give some credit to Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf for tailoring Islam to fit into the ‘Zionist closet’. The ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ fame dude was appointed “US Citizen Ambassador” by Dubya Bush, a position extended by Ben Obama – to modernize Islam in the image of the Zionist-controlled West. Although, Feisal Abdul Rauf has been accused of having ties with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Hamas and Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood – he preferred to go on his knees begging to the powerful Jewish think tank, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), for help to fight the ‘extremists’ among the Muslims. He even got his picture removed from Malaysia’s Perdana Global Peace Organization in protest to the organization’s financial support to Gaza Freedom flotilla. His friends include Zionists like Karen Hughes and millionaire Leslie Deak.
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The Muslim community ought to fight back by exposing to the world the evidence that Israel’s intelligence agency the Mossad did 911. Here’s the proof: Solving 9-11: The Deception that Changed the World.
http://www.bollyn.com/solving-9-11-the-book
It’s a free download.
On an interesting note, the recently posted article on the call for a British Boycott of Arab/Iranian Good (BBAIG), appears to have suddenly been removed. I guess the criticism it drew from myself and some others proved too much for Mr. Littlewood to respond to
A real shame that VT would simply erase serious discussion rather than address it. Times they are a changing I suppose.
The muslims will always have a tough time by zionist controlled world media.
If a person has comitted crime,it dosen’t matter what crime any crime,and it has been found out that the offender is a “muslim”,that stat will always be displayed by the zionist controlled media.
Yeah well media is seemingly controlled everywhere by one group or another? Good to know we have VT.
MSM is terrible and it’s embarrassing even according to Hillary
http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2011/03/03/hillary-clinton-al-jazerra-shaming-us-media/
Our media is getting schooled by al jazeera? Its official….. We are not a super power when our government is complaining that al jazeera is kickin our ass….. Bring on a US government news channel Hillary. Maybe we can get Your husband a anchor job Hillary (pro bono we can’t afford to pay him). I would like to see what the official gov propaganda is. Fox news is getting caught using chinese style fake reporting and CNN has to announce it has breaking news every 5 minutes just to play repeated garbage over and over again. While everything else is being censored.
Blame it on Muslims, China, the economy, Mexicans whatever else being pushed on us all boils down to Americans are being scAmmed by a couple giant clowns with vampire teeth who enjoy 14 trillion dollar war profits. Nobody ever thought it could happen here where we have laws that protect our freedoms but seems we’ve been blinded by our gullibility. How the hell else can u explain a country with so many resources to be so poorly educated and in trillions of $$$ in debt with a society that typically has about 6hrs of sleep a night and barely has any savings? Distract us with shoebombers, allow corporations to hand pick our leaders, manipulate freedom of speech (in every institution, media, education, art, entertainment, pretty much everything) and add a dash of fear…..
The growth rate on Muslim extremism seems to be growing at a steady rate…… Good thing at least some of them are taking the bait huh (an attempt at sarcasm)….. With their hostility and Our made for tv wars …. We know how to make fanatics pretty good….. Fight for brotherhood Muslims! Haha enjoy taunting both sides is a good tool…..Almost enough support for us to attack Iran? We have definately been down graded from
world superpower to society of manipulated, gullible force fed fat asses.
What we need now is for people to open their eyes……
Muslims
Well said. They cannot be so blind. I could run the show better than them and when $3 trillion disappears from the Pentagon coffers I would be right on it and never let it get to IsraHELL. EVER! Why are these goyim dipsticks in control so gullible! Its so obvious what these dual citizen ghouls have planned and are doing daily.