Washington Times - Muslims say that a documentary that’s going to be shown at the National September 11 Memorial Museum called “The Rise of al Qaeda” is offensive and shouldn’t be shown in its current form.
“The screening of this film in its present state would greatly offend our local Muslim believers as well as any foreign Muslim visitor to the museum,” said Sheik Mostafa Elazabawy, the imam of Masjid Manhattan, in a letter to the museum director, The New York Times reported.
The big problem?
The documentary uses the term jihad, and some Muslims say its context in the film paints a negative picture of their faith, Fox News reported.
“Unsophisticated visitors who do not understand the difference between al Qaeda and Muslims may come away with a prejudiced view of Islam, leading to antagonism and even confrontation toward Muslim believers near the site,” the imam said, in Fox News.
The Times said the film spans seven minutes, and it includes images of terrorist training camps.
The Muslim reaction comes by way of an interfaith panel that was formed to view and critique the movie. But museum officials have defended the documentary, saying it stays true to facts and does not sideswipe the Muslim faith as a whole.
“From the very beginning, we had a very heavy responsibility to be true to the facts, to be objective and in no way smear an entire religion when we are talking about a terrorist group,” Joseph Daniels, the president of the group that’s overseeing the memorial and the museum, told The Times.
Oh, buddy! PC America coming to you live and direct. Where's Joan Rivers when you need her? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel pretty confident in saying that every single member of al Qaeda identifies as a Muslim. I also feel pretty confident in saying that jihad is an actual thing from the Quran. So I don't think there's any leap in logic to tie the religion of Islam to the terrorists responsible for 9/11. I'm not calling all members of the Islamic faith terrorists. I am calling the terrorists of 9/11 members of the Islamic faith, and you're kidding yourself if you think their actions were motivated by anything other than their religion and deep-seeded hate for western civilization.
You could talk to me for days about how Islam is a peaceful religion and how I'm a bigot and I'm narrow minded, yada-yada-yada, but honestly, you can go fuck yourself. You don't know shit about Islam. You're some American pseudo-intellectual regurgitating shit from your Intro to Philosophy professor or some YouTube video that you watched. Go move to Kandahar and get your arm blown off my a road side IED and then come talk to me. Islam might be a peaceful religion, but the fact remains that there is a sect of Islamic followers who are extremely violent, and to ignore that is to exacerbate the problem.
Personally, I think Christians have enough of their hypocritical shit to deal with but think about this for a second - anytime the Nazis or Hitler or the Ku Klux Klan are brought up, you're talking about Christians. Hitler tried to create a nationalized Protestant church in Nazi Germany when he seized power and there were no doubt some southern Baptists under white robes following the Grand Wizard around down in Alabama. Do you see large scale protests or backlash every time a Nazi is depicted in a movie or the KKK is talked about in a history lesson? There's always going to be a few bad apples in the bunch but you can't just ignore reality because it hurts your feelings. If you're a Muslim and you're mad that society thinks you're religion is violent than why don't you go bitch to the members of your own faith who are blowing people up. They are the reason so many people think Islam is a violent religion, it's not simply blind ignorance of the masses.
The point is, you flat out cannot speak truthfully about the events of 9/11 without bringing the Islamic faith into the story. That's the way it is, I'm sorry if you think that's unfair. I think the fact major media syndicates even give this kind of story any attention at all is a bitch slap to the memory of every American who lost their life on 9/11 and every soldier who fought in the War on Terror to defend our freedom. Maybe I'm the only one who thinks that way. Maybe I'm the only one who thinks it's ridiculous that when opening a 9/11 museum our highest priority is making sure Muslims aren't offended. Only in America.
Personally, I think Christians have enough of their hypocritical shit to deal with but think about this for a second - anytime the Nazis or Hitler or the Ku Klux Klan are brought up, you're talking about Christians. Hitler tried to create a nationalized Protestant church in Nazi Germany when he seized power and there were no doubt some southern Baptists under white robes following the Grand Wizard around down in Alabama. Do you see large scale protests or backlash every time a Nazi is depicted in a movie or the KKK is talked about in a history lesson? There's always going to be a few bad apples in the bunch but you can't just ignore reality because it hurts your feelings. If you're a Muslim and you're mad that society thinks you're religion is violent than why don't you go bitch to the members of your own faith who are blowing people up. They are the reason so many people think Islam is a violent religion, it's not simply blind ignorance of the masses.
The point is, you flat out cannot speak truthfully about the events of 9/11 without bringing the Islamic faith into the story. That's the way it is, I'm sorry if you think that's unfair. I think the fact major media syndicates even give this kind of story any attention at all is a bitch slap to the memory of every American who lost their life on 9/11 and every soldier who fought in the War on Terror to defend our freedom. Maybe I'm the only one who thinks that way. Maybe I'm the only one who thinks it's ridiculous that when opening a 9/11 museum our highest priority is making sure Muslims aren't offended. Only in America.
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