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| Facebook founder vows to 'fight to protect the rights' of Muslims |
| 2015-12-11 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has vowed to "fight to protect the rights" of Muslims on Facebook following a week of 'hate'. The remarks by Zuckerberg followed by sustained attacks from the US Presidential runner Donald Trump who called for a total ban on Muslim immigration to the United States. Through a short message on his page on Wednesday to support the Muslim community, Zuckerberg said "I want to add my voice in support of Muslims in our community and around the world." He said it is important to support Muslims in the face of rising Islamophobia ...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do... because "attacks on freedom for anyone will hurt everyone". Zuckerberg further added "After the Gay Paree attacks and hate this week, I can only imagine the fear Muslims feel that they will be persecuted for the actions of others. As a Jew, my parents taught me that we must stand up against attacks on all communities. Even if an attack isn't against you today, in time attacks on freedom for anyone will hurt everyone." "If you're a Muslim in this community, as the leader of Facebook I want you to know that you are always welcome here and that we will fight to protect your rights and create a peaceful and safe environment for you. Having a child has given us so much hope, but the hate of some can make it easy to succumb to cynicism. We must not lose hope. As long as we stand together and see the good in each other, we can build a better world for all people," the Facebook founder said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Unfriending... |
| Posted by: Sloluth Protector of the Weak7539 2015-12-11 15:21 |
| #7 Mark Zuckerberg = #Christianlivesdontmatter Not as much as Facebook's current and potential non-Christian worldwide user base. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-12-11 14:57 |
| #6 One thing I like about Facebook, its interface allows me to post Farsi characters for "Death to America" as a sarcastic response to mush like the source article. Very few get it, most don't even examine it using Google Translate. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-12-11 14:50 |
| #5 How about protecting the rights of normal Human Beings? Ohh, that would mean rejecting Moslem supremacy. Cant have that MR facewreck, can we? |
| Posted by: newc 2015-12-11 12:47 |
| #4 Mark Zuckerberg = #Christianlivesdontmatter |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2015-12-11 07:39 |
| #3 Tell me, Mr Zuckerberg. Where were these words every time some Muslims mass murdered a bunch of people in my Christian community? You were silent. I therefore conclude that you were OK with attacks on MY community, and that you had no fear that attacks on the Christian community will result in attacks on your community. Why is that, I wonder? |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2015-12-11 05:41 |
| #2 "I want to add my voice in support of Muslims in our community and around the world." Unqualified support for "Muslims around the world" is support for brutal, murderous intolerance and totalitarian theocracy. "stand up against attacks on all communities." The Nazis, Soviet Communists, Khmer Rouge, People's Temple, Aum Shinrikyo, Heaven's Gate, etc all are or were 'communities.' The world would be a better place and many, many lives would have been saved if these 'communities' had been attacked and stopped before they could claim human lives. Zuckerberg is promoting morally indifferent rubbish. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2015-12-11 02:24 |
| #1 Guess he wants to be Chief Capo or some such. |
| Posted by: JHH 2015-12-11 00:41 |