Post by Daniel on May 29, 2017 17:18:17 GMT -5
The Left's Misguided Love Affair With Islam
By Michael Brown
May 29, 2017
Why do so many liberals praise a religion that, at its root, is quite conservative, if not fundamentalist?
Why do they defend a faith that would not defend them? Worse still, why do they defend a faith that, in some cases, would do violence to them?
Last week, Robert Spencer, Director of Jihad Watch and a New York Times bestselling author on radical Islam, was invited to speak at the University of Buffalo.
But he was unable to say much because of the vocal opposition. He was shouted down and reviled, especially when attempting to read Islamic texts describing Islamic beliefs.
To paraphrase, "Not on our campus! We are progressive. We are liberal. We are enlightened. You will not bring your hate-filled bigotry here!"
In Spencer's own words, "I spoke a few sentences and made a couple of points in between being screamed at by Leftist and Islamic supremacist fascists who think they're opposing fascism."
Did you catch that? Spencer was opposed by staunch liberals and staunch Muslims. What an odd couple they make, yet this has happened time and again in the recent past. Why?
A few years ago, I read about a pro-Hamas, anti-Israel rally led by feminists and LGBT activists, among others on the left. Why in the world would groups like this support Hamas, which would kill or imprison them for their beliefs (and their sexual or romantic proclivities)?
And why would they oppose Israel, which would welcome them with open arms? (I'm not talking about religious Jews, who would certainly not welcome them. I'm talking about the population as a whole, which is quite "progressive." Note also that it wasn't the ultra-Orthodox Jews who were fighting Hamas, so the rally was not targeting them.)
This makes no sense, unless there is something deeper that unites these groups (such as anti-Israel animus) or a serious deception they are buying into (such as the idea that true Islam is always a religion of peace and tolerance; in John Zmirak's words, they are Islam's "useful idiots").
And why is it that the most liberal political leaders in the West are often the strongest defenders of Islam? Why are they constantly telling us that real Islam is neither radical nor violent?
Getting back to Robert Spencer (not to be confused with the alt-right leader Richard Spencer), he has "led seminars on Islam and jihad for the FBI, the United States Central Command, United States Army Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group, the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), the Justice Department's Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council and the U.S. intelligence community.
He has discussed jihad, Islam, and terrorism at a workshop sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the German Foreign Ministry. He is a consultant with the Center for Security Policy and vice president of the American Freedom Defense Initiative.
"Spencer has appeared on the BBC, ABC News, CNN, FoxNews's O'Reilly Factor, Megyn Kelly's The Kelly File, the Sean Hannity Show," among many, many others, which would lead one to believe that he was highly qualified to give an address on campus.
Not today. His allegedly bigoted views about a beautiful religion were not welcome. He is in violation of the progressive PC code, which includes, "Thou shalt not insult Islam."
The University of Buffalo's student newspaper reported, "Spencer planned to speak to students about 'the dangers of jihad in today's world' but constant heckling from the crowd made it near impossible for him to complete a full sentence."
Ah, the blissful beauty of tolerance! How mellifluous are its melodies. How sweet its sounds.
Hardly.
Spencer wrote, "These students have been hoodwinked into thinking that 'Islamophobes,' rather than jihad terrorists, are killing people around the world."
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By Michael Brown
May 29, 2017
Why do so many liberals praise a religion that, at its root, is quite conservative, if not fundamentalist?
Why do they defend a faith that would not defend them? Worse still, why do they defend a faith that, in some cases, would do violence to them?
Last week, Robert Spencer, Director of Jihad Watch and a New York Times bestselling author on radical Islam, was invited to speak at the University of Buffalo.
But he was unable to say much because of the vocal opposition. He was shouted down and reviled, especially when attempting to read Islamic texts describing Islamic beliefs.
To paraphrase, "Not on our campus! We are progressive. We are liberal. We are enlightened. You will not bring your hate-filled bigotry here!"
In Spencer's own words, "I spoke a few sentences and made a couple of points in between being screamed at by Leftist and Islamic supremacist fascists who think they're opposing fascism."
Did you catch that? Spencer was opposed by staunch liberals and staunch Muslims. What an odd couple they make, yet this has happened time and again in the recent past. Why?
A few years ago, I read about a pro-Hamas, anti-Israel rally led by feminists and LGBT activists, among others on the left. Why in the world would groups like this support Hamas, which would kill or imprison them for their beliefs (and their sexual or romantic proclivities)?
And why would they oppose Israel, which would welcome them with open arms? (I'm not talking about religious Jews, who would certainly not welcome them. I'm talking about the population as a whole, which is quite "progressive." Note also that it wasn't the ultra-Orthodox Jews who were fighting Hamas, so the rally was not targeting them.)
This makes no sense, unless there is something deeper that unites these groups (such as anti-Israel animus) or a serious deception they are buying into (such as the idea that true Islam is always a religion of peace and tolerance; in John Zmirak's words, they are Islam's "useful idiots").
And why is it that the most liberal political leaders in the West are often the strongest defenders of Islam? Why are they constantly telling us that real Islam is neither radical nor violent?
Getting back to Robert Spencer (not to be confused with the alt-right leader Richard Spencer), he has "led seminars on Islam and jihad for the FBI, the United States Central Command, United States Army Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group, the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), the Justice Department's Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council and the U.S. intelligence community.
He has discussed jihad, Islam, and terrorism at a workshop sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the German Foreign Ministry. He is a consultant with the Center for Security Policy and vice president of the American Freedom Defense Initiative.
"Spencer has appeared on the BBC, ABC News, CNN, FoxNews's O'Reilly Factor, Megyn Kelly's The Kelly File, the Sean Hannity Show," among many, many others, which would lead one to believe that he was highly qualified to give an address on campus.
Not today. His allegedly bigoted views about a beautiful religion were not welcome. He is in violation of the progressive PC code, which includes, "Thou shalt not insult Islam."
The University of Buffalo's student newspaper reported, "Spencer planned to speak to students about 'the dangers of jihad in today's world' but constant heckling from the crowd made it near impossible for him to complete a full sentence."
Ah, the blissful beauty of tolerance! How mellifluous are its melodies. How sweet its sounds.
Hardly.
Spencer wrote, "These students have been hoodwinked into thinking that 'Islamophobes,' rather than jihad terrorists, are killing people around the world."
more
prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=1267
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