New Posts For Thread: Islamophobia as an Offensive Weaponhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28926829/Islamophobia_as_an_Offensive_WeaponThe author of this article, a Yale Law School graduate, writes how Islamist front groups constantly raise the specter of Islamophobia to suppress discussion of radical Islam. In case one might think the article is anti-Islam, it makes a clear distincIslamophobia is irrational fear of Islam.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28926829/Islamophobia_as_an_Offensive_Weapon?post_id=516486007#516486007Islamophobia is irrational fear of Islam.Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:18:21 -0600Jasr,You sort of lost me on the whole Irish Senator thing - I guess I was not paying attention during that extravaganza. But yes Islamism is a threat which is why I suppose Islamaphobia can also be used as a weapon or a coercion tool. You can't havhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28926829/Islamophobia_as_an_Offensive_Weapon?post_id=516484591#516484591Jasr,You sort of lost me on the whole Irish Senator thing - I guess I was not paying attention during that extravaganza. But yes Islamism is a threat which is why I suppose Islamaphobia can also be used as a weapon or a coercion tool. You can't havFri, 17 Feb 2012 14:48:02 -0600Radical Jihadism is threatening...but Muslim Americans with a strong stake in American peace and prosperity are not very vulnerable to it.A grandstanding New York congressman witha history of sympathizing with the Irish Republican Army, who conductshttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28926829/Islamophobia_as_an_Offensive_Weapon?post_id=516482657#516482657Radical Jihadism is threatening...but Muslim Americans with a strong stake in American peace and prosperity are not very vulnerable to it.A grandstanding New York congressman witha history of sympathizing with the Irish Republican Army, who conductsFri, 17 Feb 2012 14:06:08 -0600Building a mosque near ground zero? which btw they ended up building anyway after follks got bored of the righteous indignation of it all or the media moved on to their next exploitation. makes me wonder if the use of islamaphobia was not just a chttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28926829/Islamophobia_as_an_Offensive_Weapon?post_id=516481745#516481745Building a mosque near ground zero? which btw they ended up building anyway after follks got bored of the righteous indignation of it all or the media moved on to their next exploitation. makes me wonder if the use of islamaphobia was not just a cFri, 17 Feb 2012 13:44:48 -0600This OP covers quite a bit. Islamaphobia as a problem vs. Islamism (radical Islam). I do think often forigen powers like Saudi or formerly Egypt will advocate for staying in power in an effort to curb or thwardt Islamism from becomming dominant. Ihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28926829/Islamophobia_as_an_Offensive_Weapon?post_id=516481223#516481223This OP covers quite a bit. Islamaphobia as a problem vs. Islamism (radical Islam). I do think often forigen powers like Saudi or formerly Egypt will advocate for staying in power in an effort to curb or thwardt Islamism from becomming dominant. IFri, 17 Feb 2012 13:31:22 -0600If Islamophobia is an offensive weapon, its unintended effect is ultimately to put a bullet in one's own foot...or worse, one's own head.Constitutionally sanctioned law enforcement intelligence-gathering on elements with the potential to do harm to lhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28926829/Islamophobia_as_an_Offensive_Weapon?post_id=516480635#516480635If Islamophobia is an offensive weapon, its unintended effect is ultimately to put a bullet in one's own foot...or worse, one's own head.Constitutionally sanctioned law enforcement intelligence-gathering on elements with the potential to do harm to lFri, 17 Feb 2012 13:17:28 -0600I would love... to discuss the use of Islamophobia as a weapon by Assad...and the reality of the use of Islamophobia on the baser elements of American and European society as a political tool...One of the few things I do agree with CAIR on...Then I whttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28926829/Islamophobia_as_an_Offensive_Weapon?post_id=516471051#516471051I would love... to discuss the use of Islamophobia as a weapon by Assad...and the reality of the use of Islamophobia on the baser elements of American and European society as a political tool...One of the few things I do agree with CAIR on...Then I wFri, 17 Feb 2012 09:21:32 -0600Just to show you where my mind is...I thought this was going to be about the important subject of the Assad regime (and Mubarak and others) using Islamophobia (and ironically also Islamic extremism as a weapon) inside Syria.Syrians for 40 years havehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28926829/Islamophobia_as_an_Offensive_Weapon?post_id=516470875#516470875Just to show you where my mind is...I thought this was going to be about the important subject of the Assad regime (and Mubarak and others) using Islamophobia (and ironically also Islamic extremism as a weapon) inside Syria.Syrians for 40 years haveFri, 17 Feb 2012 09:16:51 -0600The author of this article, a Yale Law School graduate, writes how Islamist front groups constantly raise the specter of Islamophobia to suppress discussion of radical Islam. In case one might think the article is anti-Islam, it makes a clear distinchttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28926829/Islamophobia_as_an_Offensive_Weapon?post_id=516469851#516469851The author of this article, a Yale Law School graduate, writes how Islamist front groups constantly raise the specter of Islamophobia to suppress discussion of radical Islam. In case one might think the article is anti-Islam, it makes a clear distincFri, 17 Feb 2012 08:49:51 -0600