…Islamists.
Islamists have probably killed, maimed, kidnapped, or threatened more Muslims than any other group in the world, be it Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, or secular.
Islamists are among a long line of the supposedly devout that think they know better than anybody else what God/Allah wants.
Islamists have strengthened the hand of militant “Christians” who want to constrain all Muslims, regardless of how well they fit in or stand apart from the society they are in. Anti-Muslim parties are springing up in many countries, including Sweden and France.
The number of Muslims who actively oppose Islamists far exceeds those who support Islamists. The problem is that most anti-Islamist Muslims do not have AK-47s and do not blow themselves up; they only have their cell phones.
If you have a twitter account, see #notinmyname. If not, see https://twitter.com/hashtag/notinmyname. As could be predicted, a wide range of views are expressed, from Muslims who just want to go about their lives in a secular society to those who want to tar all Muslims with the actions of a few.
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Thursday, January 08, 2015
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
State security without proof
"I assert, he said with a calm and low voice, I assert that Mr. Colomban has responsibility for an act that has put our country within two fingers of its loss. The case of Pyrot is secret and must remain secret. If disclosed, the most cruel wars, pillage, devastation, fires, massacres evils, epidemics, will be brought immediately on Penguinia. I would consider myself guilty of high treason if I uttered one word more." - General Greatauk, "L'Île des Pingouins", Anatole France, 1908, my translation with help from Google Translate
Colomban is Emile Zola who strongly defended Dreyfuss (Pyrot) in the press. For more on the Dreyfuss affair, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyfus_affair.
Does this sound familiar a century after the Dreyfuss affair? At that time there was extreme anti-semitism. Are we now in a time of extreme anti-muslim paranoia?
The original French:
Je laisse, dit-il avec calme et d'une voix peu élevée, je laisse à monsieur Colomban la responsabilité d'un acte qui a mis notre pays à deux doigts de sa perte. L'affaire Pyrot est secrète; elle doit rester secrète. Si elle était divulguée, les maux les plus cruels, guerres, pillages, ravages, incendies, massacres, épidémies, fondraient immédiatement sur la Pingouinie. Je m'estimerais coupable de haute trahison si je prononçais un mot de plus.
- EBook #8524, Project Gutenberg
Colomban is Emile Zola who strongly defended Dreyfuss (Pyrot) in the press. For more on the Dreyfuss affair, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyfus_affair.
Does this sound familiar a century after the Dreyfuss affair? At that time there was extreme anti-semitism. Are we now in a time of extreme anti-muslim paranoia?
The original French:
Je laisse, dit-il avec calme et d'une voix peu élevée, je laisse à monsieur Colomban la responsabilité d'un acte qui a mis notre pays à deux doigts de sa perte. L'affaire Pyrot est secrète; elle doit rester secrète. Si elle était divulguée, les maux les plus cruels, guerres, pillages, ravages, incendies, massacres, épidémies, fondraient immédiatement sur la Pingouinie. Je m'estimerais coupable de haute trahison si je prononçais un mot de plus.
- EBook #8524, Project Gutenberg
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