American Muslims Play Victim, Ignore Reality
(See longer version of the story at http://www.forgottenfronts.com/)
Muslims in the United States say that the way they are now being treated here qualifies them to be characters in Arthur Millerâs famous novel, âThe Crucibleâ, a classic story of innocent villagers accused of crimes and sins they did not commit.
On the other hand, their beliefs qualify them to be characters in Aristophonesâ Cloud Cuckoo Land.
Muslims have been subjected to forms of scrutiny and discrimination after the Sep. 11 attacks on US landmarks, attributed to Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda group.
Attributed to Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden.... Attributed? Dissident? What was Hitler then, a misunderstood painter?
Yet Muslim groups say the past few months saw a new twist â a shift towards targeting of Muslim community leaders, who were trying to empower Muslims, and of pro-Palestine activists.
Since youâve called UBL a Saudi Dissident, Iâll assume âpro-Palestine activistsâ means Islamic Jihad, Hamas, Hizbollah, and Al-Qaeda operatives.
"The novel shows two main sources for hysteria," said Allaa Baioumi of CAIR. "One of them is a fundamentalist in the village. These are the right wing and neo-conservatives now. The other section was people who benefited from the crisis like rich folks who wanted to punish their opponents. Now these are the pro-Israel lobbyists."
âBlame Israel, blame Israel... everything seems to have gone wrong, since Israel came along. Blame Israel, blame Israel... itâs not a real country anyways.â
Posted by: Sorge 2003-10-11 |