Comments on: A review of the Organisation of Islamic Countries report on Islamophobia http://www.e-bangladesh.org/2008/04/03/islamophobia/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:36:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Susan http://www.e-bangladesh.org/2008/04/03/islamophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-5599 Susan Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:27:16 +0000 http://www.e-bangladesh.org/?p=582#comment-5599 I think it would be more precise, Duane, to say that those *countries* demanding egual rights for Muslims in other countries need to be giving egual right to minorities within their own. There are over a billion Muslims in the world. One obviously can't control the behavior of all of them. Esposito has done an interesting study on Muslim attitudes towards terrorism. He fund that 80% of Muslims beleived acts of terrorism which include the deliberate targeting of civilans by aerial bombing was always wrong. Only 45% of Americans believed this. Still, it only takes a small minority to wreck the kind of carnage we often see. What states *can* control is the rights of religious minorities within their own borders. And those should be secured before those same states complain about the treatment of Muslims elsewhere. But individual Muslims who are prepared to defend the rights of others certainly have a right to complain about their own oppression or that of their brothers regardless of what some of their fellow Muslims do. I think it would be more precise, Duane, to say that those *countries* demanding egual rights for Muslims in other countries need to be giving egual right to minorities within their own. There are over a billion Muslims in the world. One obviously can’t control the behavior of all of them. Esposito has done an interesting study on Muslim attitudes towards terrorism. He fund that 80% of Muslims beleived acts of terrorism which include the deliberate targeting of civilans by aerial bombing was always wrong. Only 45% of Americans believed this. Still, it only takes a small minority to wreck the kind of carnage we often see. What states *can* control is the rights of religious minorities within their own borders. And those should be secured before those same states complain about the treatment of Muslims elsewhere. But individual Muslims who are prepared to defend the rights of others certainly have a right to complain about their own oppression or that of their brothers regardless of what some of their fellow Muslims do.

]]> By: Duane L Herrmann http://www.e-bangladesh.org/2008/04/03/islamophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-5597 Duane L Herrmann Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:49:32 +0000 http://www.e-bangladesh.org/?p=582#comment-5597 Once Muslims stop killing and mistreating others, then they can complain about how others treat them. This is a wide generalization, I know, but it is the heart of the matter. Once Muslims stop killing and mistreating others, then they can complain about how others treat them. This is a wide generalization, I know, but it is the heart of the matter.

]]> By: gorurgari http://www.e-bangladesh.org/2008/04/03/islamophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-5475 gorurgari Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:23:10 +0000 http://www.e-bangladesh.org/?p=582#comment-5475 An excellent article by Kenan Malik discusses both islamophobia and islamophilia the irrational hatred of Islam and its opposite the extreme reverance that leads to followers to take leave of their reason. The essay was published in Weltwoche, 28 February 2008 and can be found at Islamophobia and Islamophilia http://www.kenanmalik.com/essays/weltwoche_islamophobia.html An excellent article by Kenan Malik discusses both islamophobia and islamophilia
the irrational hatred of Islam and its opposite the extreme reverance that leads to followers to take leave of their reason.

The essay was published in Weltwoche, 28 February 2008 and can be found at
Islamophobia and Islamophilia
http://www.kenanmalik.com/essays/weltwoche_islamophobia.html

]]> By: Engr. Khondkar Abdus Saleque http://www.e-bangladesh.org/2008/04/03/islamophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-5465 Engr. Khondkar Abdus Saleque Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:25:36 +0000 http://www.e-bangladesh.org/?p=582#comment-5465 Islam is religion of peace. Nowhere in Quran terrorism or killing of innocent people has been instructed. But yes if Muslims are wrongly prosecuted Zihad against the anti Islamic force has been instructed. But there is no reason to misinterprete Jihad.In the name of Jihad and in the name of Islam what some terrorists are doing is not Jihad orf Quaran or Islam. Islamphobia is being propagated by the enemies of Islam. There is nothing called fundamentalism in Islam. Some opprtunists using the name of Islam is playning to the hands of the enemies of Islam.OIC must act more agressively to contradict the amssive ani -Islam propaganda. US administration created Bi Laden and Al Qauaeda to counter Rusisian occupancy of Afganisthan.They supplied weapons and trained them. Now the Frakestein is fighting them.So Alquaedas can not be synonym of Islam. Islamic cuntries must take tough stance against countries which are pioneering mis propaganda against Islam. Islam is religion of peace. Nowhere in Quran terrorism or killing of innocent people has been instructed. But yes if Muslims are wrongly prosecuted Zihad against the anti Islamic force has been instructed. But there is no reason to misinterprete Jihad.In the name of Jihad and in the name of Islam what some terrorists are doing is not Jihad orf Quaran or Islam.

Islamphobia is being propagated by the enemies of Islam. There is nothing called fundamentalism in Islam. Some opprtunists using the name of Islam is playning to the hands of the enemies of Islam.OIC must act more agressively to contradict the amssive ani -Islam propaganda. US administration created Bi Laden and Al Qauaeda to counter Rusisian occupancy of Afganisthan.They supplied weapons and trained them. Now the Frakestein is fighting them.So Alquaedas can not be synonym of Islam. Islamic cuntries must take tough stance against countries which are pioneering mis propaganda against Islam.

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