Repudiation of Smear Campaign
Posted on October 23, 2007 by Tariq Nelson
UPDATE: Horowitz has apparently overstated the support of his smear campaign
Dr Esam posted a list of people that have written against the anti-Muslim bigots’ smear campaign this week
Columbia University’s newspaper says: Not in Our Voice
Looking Beyond the ‘Islamofascist” rhetoric
Indiana University: Islamo-Fascist follies
University of Minnesota: Islamo-Fascism very racist concept
Penn State: Muslim Student Association’s Response to Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week
Washington state: Local Muslims upset by UW campus event
Wisconsin: ‘Islamo-Fascist’ moniker meaningless
Street Prophets post by Amad
Filed under: Muslims DO Denounce Terror, Practical Solutions | Tagged: anti-Muslim bigots, islamofacism
you missed this one by Ruth:
http://muslimmatters.org/2007/10/21/bigotry-awareness-week/
oops .. u had its cross-post on SP already… sorry
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Islam has become the fastest growing religion in America, which invented the Internet and satellite TV. There are now American-born imams who know the Koran and the Haddith by heart and are authorized to issue fatwas. All the Islamic literature is now everywhere, thanks to the Internet. This was made possible by American technology and Arab oil money.
Arab oil money has contributed to the building of large mosques, big Islamic institutes and libraries, and to the printing of the Holy Koran and other religious books in large quantities in many languages in many parts of the world.
Even within the poorest Islamic states Islam is growing as fast as demography. Wherever you go, there is a new mosque and a new school (where people are introduced to God) because there is a new village, town or suburb. Small towns are swelling into big cities, and so small mosques and schools are becoming bigger and bigger. Therefore, the number of people who know (of) God is ever increasing.
Modern means of communication and transport(ation) together with modern educational systems have made world interaction incredibly easier every day. More and more people are coming out of illiteracy. More and more people are learning more and more about each other. More and more people are coming towards each other. Emigration, tourism and business travel are playing a great role in the ever-increasing exchange of human experience. Globalisation will push this exchange even further.
It is again interesting to remember that Islam entered many parts of the world without having to draw the sword for it. Indonesia and parts of sub-Saharan Africa are such places where Islam was introduced through trade rather than war.
This is still possible today. There is no need for cluster bombs to promote Christianity or for suicide-bombings to promote Islam. Islam is for freedom of choice. Islam is self-confident because the Koran says it is the true Word of God. So truth will out in the end. Otherwise, why should it be called truth ? There should be no fear, therefore, for a Christian priest to talk about Christianity live on Iqraa TV, or for a Muslim imam to talk about Islam live on World Harvest Radio. Why shouldn’t there be a fair competition between all ? Truth will out !
I like to call mine « al-Haq theory ». Read, if you like, Verse 52 of FUSSILAT. It looks as if history is heading towards the day when knowledge of God will reach every corner of the world. AL FATIHA will become the most known-by-heart text all over the world. God will be prayed in all languages, in all parts of the world, on land, on the sea, on air, and even in space. There will be hardly a place on earth where God won’t be known to Man.
From my article, ON THE END OF HISTORY. See my blog