Lying and cheating in the Arab world is not really a moral matter but a method
of safeguarding honor and status, avoiding shame, and at all times exploiting
possibilities, for those with the wits for it, deftly and expeditiously to
convert shame into honor on their own account and vice versa for their
opponents. If honor so demands, lies and cheating may become absolute
imperatives.†[David Pryce-Jones, “The Closed Circle†An interpretation of
the Arabs, p4]
“No dishonor attaches to such primary transactions as selling short weight,
deceiving anyone about quality, quantity or kind of goods, cheating at gambling,
and bearing false witness. The doer of these things is merely quicker off the
mark than the next fellow; owing him nothing, he is not to be blamed for taking
what he can.†[David Pryce-Jones, “The Closed Circleâ€, p38]
The word "Taqiyya" literally means: "Concealing, precaution, guarding.†It is
employed in disguising one's beliefs, intentions, convictions, ideas, feelings,
opinions or strategies. In practical terms it is manifested as dissimulation,
lying, deceiving, vexing and confounding with the intention of deflecting
attention, foiling or pre-emptive blocking. It is currently employed in fending
off and neutralising any criticism of Islam or Muslims.
Falsehoods told to prevent the denigration of Islam, to protect oneself, or to
promote the cause of Islam are sanctioned in the Qur'an and Sunna, including
lying under oath in testimony before a court, deceiving by making distorted
statements to the media such as the claim that Islam is a “religion of
peaceâ€. A Muslim is even permitted to deny or denounce his faith if, in so
doing, he protects or furthers the interests of Islam, so long as he remains
faithful to Islam in his heart. (See endnotes)
Like many Islamic practices, taqiyya was formed within the context of the
culture of Arab tribalism, expansionary warfare, Bedouin raiding and
inter-tribal conflict. Taqiyya has been used by Muslims since the 7th century to
confuse, confound and divide 'the enemy’.
A favoured tactic was ‘deceptive triangulation’; used to persuade the enemy
that preparations for a raid were not aimed at them but at another tribe
altogether. The fate in store for the deceived enemy target was an unexpected
plunderous raid, enslavement of the women and death to the post-pubescent males.
The core foundation of hyper-masculine Arab culture is bound up in perceptions
of "honour and shame". At all times, he (it's usually a male) must avoid having
his face "blackened" by words or actions which are a slight upon, a challenge or
affront to, his status in the family or broader social / tribal group. To be
open, frank and forthright or to make self-damning admissions in his dealings
(particularly with the infidel enemy) is to leave himself open and vulnerable to
humiliating shame and to the subsequent disrespect from his peers. Tongues will
wag in the bazaar’s coffee shops and rumours will rapidly spread that
so-and-so has lost his "manliness" and status. In short, he is no longer worthy
of deferential respect; to an Arab, this is worse than death itself.
The higher one is placed in the social order (or rather, on how important the
individual perceives himself to be), the more imperative it becomes to
strenuously avoid “loss of faceâ€. The male's perceived loss of honour and
status, must be redressed and his face "whitened", i.e. his honour regained and
restored, at any cost; even to the extent of (as in the honour killing of
daughters) murdering the person “responsible†for causing the initial
humiliation. When taqiyya is used to avoid making an admission or concession it
is simply an essential means of ensuring that ones honour and standing remain
intact and untarnished. Blood feuds and vendettas, caused by an ancient
humiliation of a long dead ancestor, can persist, fuelled and propelled by shame
and honour, for generations. Muhammad, who is promoted as every Muslim’s
exemplar, set the precedent for vengeful retaliation when he ordered the murder
of those who mocked or satirised him and, as he
was an Arab, caused him potential loss of face. [See link, “Muhammad’s Dead
Poets Societyâ€]
Outwitting:
Islamic spokesmen commonly use taqiyya as a form of 'outwitting'. The skilled
taqiyya-tactician doesn’t want the matter at hand to be debated or discussed;
so his opponent must be outwitted or preemptively outflanked by the use of
taqiyya. The objective is to divert attention away from the subject through
duplicity and obfuscation.
The claim is often made that difficulties in translating from Arabic to English
makes the meaning of what they say or write difficult or impossible to
convey….this is simply another subterfuge. Keysar Trad has repeatedly claimed
that Sheikh Hilali’s obnoxious, inflammatory and misogynistic comments have
been “mistranslatedâ€, misquoted or “taken out of contextâ€. The aim of
this ploy is to dilute or neutralise public opprobrium. The use of independent
translators has, in the past, disproved his assertions. The Sheikh states what
he believes to be correct according to Islamic precepts and his
“interpreter†reconfigures the statement to make it palatable to the
unwitting listener.
Consider the following statement by Mr. Trad on the February 24 2006.
Keysar Trad, president of the Islamic Friendship Association of Australia, told
Reuters that Australian Muslims
agreed with Costello's (Australia’s Treasurer, Peter Costello) sentiments
about being good, law abiding citizens.
"But to continually single out the Muslim community like this is very unhelpful,
it's very divisive and it does stir up Islamophobiaâ€,
Trad said.
"We're proud to be Australian and our religion strongly stipulates that if you
make an oath, whether it's an oath of citizenship or any other oath, that you
honour it, abide by it."
However, the Prophet Muhammad seems to have a different idea on the subject.
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 67, Number 427:
“By Allah, and Allah willing, if I take an oath and later find something else
better than that. Then I do what is better and expiate my oath.' "
Role playing as the victim:
When placed under scrutiny or criminal investigation, (even when there is
overwhelming, irrefutable evidence of guilt or complicity), the
taqiyya-tactician will quickly attempt to counter the allegation by resorting to
the claim that it is, in fact, the accused who are the 'the victims'. Victims of
Islamophobia, racism, religious discrimination and intolerance. Currently, this
is the most commonly encountered form of distraction and 'outwitting'…..
Defence by offence.
Manipulative ambiguity and Semantics:
Sheik Hilali and the late Yasser Arafat are both on public record as (a)
'condemning' the 9/11 attacks, in ambiguous terms, to the Western media and (b)
praising suicide bombings, or “ martyrdom operationsâ€, to their Arabic
speaking audiences .
Islamic spokesmen will rarely unequivocally condemn a specific act of terrorism
and direct questions will be skillfully evaded.
(NB: because Muslims regard Islamic attacks as “jihadâ€, and not terrorism,
their spokesmen can truthfully deny any support for terrorism.)
Interviewers would be better advised to ask the more precise question “do you
believe in jihad against the unbelievers?
However, a direct question requiring a simple "YES" or "NO" reply is rarely
forthcoming and is usually deflected by responding with a tangentially
irrelevant rejoinder or, in an attempt to neutralise the original question,
counter-challenging with another question such as “are you in favour of
killing children in Iraq?â€â€¦..Touché and Checkmate!
Diversion, deflection and "tu quoqueâ€:
Questions relating to the 9/11 terrorist attacks will usually be diverted by
either making outrageously wild conspiracy claims “the CIA did it to give the
U.S. an excuse to attack Muslims,… Mossad was the perpetrator… No Jews came
to work at the World Trade Centre on September 11†etc. or by making an
irrelevant counter reference to “the plight of the Palestiniansâ€,..
Iraqis,.. colonialism,.. the crusades, or US foreign policy’s support for
Israel†as the 'root causes' of terrorism.
Then, of course, there’s the ever popular, specious allegation that George
Bush is a bigger terrorist than Osama bin Laden.
Diversionary “tu quoque†response ploys usually start with the words
“but†or “what about…?†in an attempt to turn, and transfer an equal
culpability back on their interlocutor.
Demanding 'evidence':
Islamic spokesmen practice a form of taqiyya defined in psychology as 'cognitive
denial' by repetitive and persistent demands of 'where is the evidence!' and
'prove it!' whenever there is Muslim complicity in terrorist acts, evidence,
which they know very well, for security or legal sub-judice restraints, can not
be disclosed. If indeed the “evidence†were to be publicly presented, they
would then move on to the familiar “prejudicial to the defendant receiving a
fair trial--grounds for a mistrial†default position.
Tactical denial:
Rather than admitting that a proposition concerning a subject under discussion
can be partly true, an Islamic spokesman will flatly deny a claim or proposition
in absolute terms. For example, "It is impossible to be a Muslim and a
terroristâ€; this semantic argument is purely a matter of definition, because
radical Islamists don’t define their violent attacks as terrorism, but jihad.
(i.e. holy war in the way of Allah) .Another popular assertion is that 'Islam
forbids suicide', which is true, but by virtue once again of definition,
irrelevant, because suicide bombings are regarded as “martyrdom operationsâ€
and are therefore not forbidden, but on the contrary, admirable and
praiseworthy. Muslim spokesmen are also fond of using extreme hyperbole. Their
refutations regularly include the word “percentâ€. e.g. “I am 150% certain
that Jews orchestrated September 11â€â€¦. “I guarantee the accused is 200%
innocentâ€.
Exploiting cognitive dissonance:
Islamic spokesmen regularly perplex and baffle interviewers and their audiences
as they resort to double talk, 'clichés and platitudes' concerning Islam. A
state of cognitive dissonance (i.e. holding two contradictory beliefs and
attempting to resolve them) is therefore induced in viewers and readers as they
attempt to mentally process the claim that Islam is a peaceful religion despite
the indisputable evidence before them of Islamist involvement in terrorist acts
or criminal conduct.
The Islamic 'defence' script:
Islamic spokesmen repeat the same predictable duplicitous clichés concerning
Islam in Europe, as do their counterparts in Australia and America. They appear
to follow a well prepared script as they repeat "Islam is tolerant and peace
lovingâ€. In instances where they find themselves presented with, and cornered
by, undeniable evidence that murderous radicals are indeed guilty as charged the
spokesman will then fall back on the old chestnut that the culprits are only a
“small minority†and not “true Muslims†anyway. Islamic spokeswomen use
taqiyya when making the somewhat Orwellian claim that wearing the hijab, niqab,
burqa etc. is “liberating†and “empoweringâ€, and that, for reasons known
only to them, these symbols of submissive exclusion offer them more freedom than
Western women, thereby implying that women in Muslim countries are somehow
'freer' than women in the West. This ruse is designed to preclude further
examination into the
well documented inferior status of females in Islamic societies. Being put on
the spot, and having to admit their true obedient and subservient status, would
be embarrassing and therefore shame inducing so resorting to denial and
exaggerative taqiyya is their only option.
There’s a common and oft repeated lie that “Islam†means peaceâ€, it
doesn’t, it translates as “submission†(to Allah).
Islamic falsehoods are echoed uncritically by Western politicians and other
apologist dupes, for example "A small group of fundamentalists have hijacked a
great and noble religionâ€. This timely, skilful, misleading and diversionary
theme of the 'hijacking' of Islam was introduced into public, political and
media discourse by an Islamic 'spokesman' in the United States shortly after the
9/11 terrorist attacks and has become an “accepted fact†repeated, ad
nauseum, ever since.
The "Islam has been hijacked†myth is now a clichéd media and political
reference which serves to deflect attention from the empirical proof of a
fourteen hundred year continuity of the doctrinal, political and religious
nature of Islamic jihad.
A related theme that “a small minority of Muslims are engaged in terrorismâ€
is utterly irrelevant as terrorism is always perpetrated by 'small minorities'
or more accurately small groups or cells. Surveys consistently reveal that
between 10-15% of all Muslims sympathise with the aims and methodology of this
radical strain of Islam which has been “hijackedâ€. This means, that within
an estimated world population of 1.2 billion Muslims, there are 120-180 million
people prepared to fund, facilitate and in general, give moral and financial
assistance to the jihadists….. “a small minority�....you decide!
The indisputable truth is that there has been no “hijacking†of Islam.
Islamic extremists can, and do, find ample inspiration, justification and
encouragement for their violent ideology in the Quran and Hadith.
Taqiyya as impressions and perception management
Pathos and the tactical use of children:
Australian television viewers may recall that interviews with terrorist suspects
raided by ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation) and AFP
(Australian Federal Police) frequently featured women in hijabs holding small
children or a crying baby as they plaintively protested their husband's
innocence and attested to his innate piety, decency and kind-hearted nature.
Trembling fingers and quavering voices pointed out damage, disruption and
disarray to the family home. In some interviews the suspect / father holds the
child, whilst denying any involvement in, or knowledge of, radicalism .
Sheikh Hilali’s daughter, in a newspaper interview, played the taqiyya pathos
card by claiming that, because the cold northern winter was imminent, her father
was travelling to Lebanon to “hand deliver†thousands of blankets to
“orphanages†and homeless victims of the war between Israel and Hizbollah.
In the same Israel /Hezbollah war, a photojournalist filmed a Lebanese man,
strewing, for the purpose of emotional impact, the contents of a large cardboard
box full of children’s stuffed toys amongst the wreckage and debris. This was
obviously for the benefit of a large contingent of international TV film crews
who were about to be taken on a guided tour of the bombed buildings later that
morning.
Photos of carefully placed baby’s bibs and dummies (pacifiers) also appeared
to be extraordinarily abundant on the internet, as were “staged†photos of a
“body†being removed from the piles of collapsed concrete. One sequence of
photos clearly shows the “body†in question, alive and well, walking around
with his “rescuers†before and after the “retrieval†of his dusty,
“lifeless bodyâ€. This is taqiyya by imagery!
The above are examples of taqiyya in the age of impressions and perception
management and are designed to, dupe, play on the emotions of, and elicit
sympathy from, the compassionate, unwitting public.
Taqiyya and the Deceptive definition of Jihad:
The contemporary political meaning of jihad is clear: it is “Jihad of the
sword†and not the peaceful internal struggle for spiritual improvement as
their spin-doctors would have us believe. Islamic fundamentalists consider jihad
to be the sixth pillar of Islam, a binding duty and integral to the faith.
Claiming that Jihad is a subjective and psychological state to become a better
person is taqiyya. In contemporary terms, Jihad means â€" HOLY WAR - against the
unbelievers and it is in this context that Al Qaeda training manuals and other
radical preachers use and refer to jihad.
The study of taqiyya is crucial to an understanding of Islamic fundamentalism
and terrorism. Its use ranges from the issuing of false terrorist threats,
operational and strategic disinformation issued by Al Qaeda in the form of
'intelligence chatter' for the purpose of throwing national defence groups into
confusion. Terrorist in captivity resort to taqiyya during interrogation. It is
most frequently used by Muslim 'spokesmen' whilst intentionally making
misleading public statements concerning Islam and terrorism.
The Arabs have a story which exemplifies subtle, semantic dissimulation
(taqiyya) perfectly. Legend has it that Mohammed’s nephew, son-in-law and
future Caliph, Ali, was sitting on a stool outside his dwelling when one of his
allies ran red-faced and gasping into the village and hid in Ali’s home.
Perceiving that the man was being pursued, Ali promptly got up and sat on
another nearby stool. A few minutes later, a group of angry pursuers ran into
the encampment and asked Ali if he had seen the man they were pursuing. Ali
responded with the statement “AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN SITTING ON THIS STOOL I
HAVE SEEN NO ONEâ€
This story demonstrates why nothing an Islamist says can be taken at face value.
Every statement and utterance needs to be thoroughly analysed, or
“unpackedâ€.
After yet another violent incident in Sydney, involving “Males of
Middle-Easter Appearanceâ€, a spokesman for the Muslim community appeared on a
Sydney television evening newscast. In the brief soundbight he defensively
declared “our religion teaches us that we must be kind to one anotherâ€
….and indeed it does, it simply depends on how we are to interpret the words
“one anotherâ€, as these verses from the Quran demonstrate:
Muslims are harsh against the unbelievers, merciful to one another. â€" (Q
48:25)
Muhammad is Allah's apostle. Those who follow him are ruthless to the
unbelievers but merciful to one another.
Through them, Allah seeks to enrage the unbelievers*. â€" (Q48:29)
So, was this spokesman lying?
Or was he telling the truth?
The answer is both, YES,… and NO! â€"Or, perhaps neither, and if you are
confused by this apparent contradiction?,. You’re meant to be, because he was
practising taqiyya; ……where the devil is ALWAYS in the detail.
* The precise identity of the “unbelievers†in the above references requires
no further explanation.
Endnotes
1. Imam Abu Hammid Ghazali says: "Speaking is a means to achieve objectives. If
a praiseworthy aim is attainable through both telling the truth and lying, it is
unlawful to accomplish through lying because there is no need for it.
When it is possible to achieve such an aim by lying but not by telling the
truth, it is permissible to lie if attaining the goal is permissible." (Ahmad
ibn Naqib al-Misri, The Reliance of the Traveller, translated by Nuh Ha Mim
Keller, amana publications, 1997, section r8.2, page 745)
2. Bukhari Vol 3: 857 “Narrated Um Kulthum bint Uqbaâ€:
That she heard Allah's Apostle saying, "He who makes peace between the people by
inventing good information or saying good things, is not a liar."
3. Bukhari Vol 4: 269 “Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: The Prophet said, "War is
deceit."
4. Bukhari Vol 5: 668 “Narrated Zahdam:
“When Abu Musa arrived (at Kufa as a governor) he honored this family of Jarm
(by paying them a visit). I was sitting near to him, and he was eating chicken
as his lunch, and there was a man sitting amongst the people. Abu Musa invited
the man to the lunch, but the latter said, "I saw chickens (eating something
(dirty) so I consider them unclean." Abu Musa said, "Come on! I saw the Prophet
eating it (i.e. chicken)." The man said "I have taken an oath that I will not ea
(chicken)" Abu Musa said." Come on! I will tell you about your oath. We, a group
of Al-Ash'ariyin people went to the Prophet and asked him to give us something
to ride, but the Prophet refused. Then we asked him for the second time to give
us something to ride, but the Prophet took an oath that he would not give us
anything to ride. After a while, some camels of booty were brought to the
Prophet and he ordered that five camels be given to us. When we took those
camels we said, "We have
made the Prophet forget his oath, and we will not be successful after that." So
I went to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle ! You took an oath that you
would not give us anything to ride, but you have given us." He said, "Yes, for
if I take an oath and later I see a better solution than that, I act on the
later and gave the expiation of that oath"
5. Bukhari Vol 6: 138 Narrated Aisha:
“That her father (Abu Bakr) never broke his oath till Allah revealed the order
of the legal expiation for oath. Abu Bakr said, "If I ever take an oath (to do
something) and later find that to do something else is better, then I accept
Allah's permission and do that which is better, (and do the legal expiation for
my oath ) ".
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/pakistan-muslims-burn-christian-man-policeman-rapes-his-wife
Pakistan: Muslims burn Christian man as policeman rapes his wife by Ahmar Mustikhan | March 23, 2010 at 12:18 pm
March 12 - Dr_ Nazir Bhatti, Pakistan Christian Congress
Shouting 'Fire' in a Crowded Globe By John T. Bennett
If Islam were a religion of peace, no one would be worried about violence resulting from the burning of Korans. If Islam were a religion of peace, then a Supreme Court justice would not have compared burning a Koran to shouting "fire" in a crowded theater.
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010/09/jury_finds_christian_mission\
ar.html
Jury finds Christian missionaries not guilty of breaching peace at Dearborn Arab
festival
mlive.com
A jury on Friday found four Christian missionaries not guilty for breaching the
peace after Dearborn police arrested them in June as they proselytized at the
Arab International Festival.
The Detroit Free Press reports Nabeel Qureshi, Negeen Mayel, Paul Rezkalla and
David Wood -- members of the Acts 17 Apologetics group which claims Islam is a
false religion -- were acquitted on the breach of peace charges in 19th District
Court.
However, the jury found Mayel guilty for failing to obey a police officer's
order, prompting Qureshi to write on the group's blog, "Is there no justice in
Dearborn?" Her one-day jail sentence was waived for time served.
Police Chief Ron Haddad previously explained the evangelists "caused a stir" at
the festival on Father's day weekend and were arrested to ensure they did not
provoke violence from the crowd.
Dearborn Mayor Jack O'Reilly said Friday he respected the decision, but told the
Free Press he believed the evangelists videotaped their interactions at the
festival in the hopes of creating a publicity stunt.
"It's really about a hatred of Muslims," he said. "That is what the whole heart
of this is. ... Their idea is that there is no place for Muslims in America.
They fail to understand the Constitution."
Defense attorneys argued the group attempted to engage Muslims in a peaceful
dialog about their faith, and First Amendment experts questioned the
constitutional validity of the charges.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/education/23texas.html?_r=1&ref=james_c_jr_mck\
inley
A Claim of Pro-Islam Bias in Textbooks By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.HOUSTON â€" Some
conservative members of the Texas Board of Education assert that the history
books used in this state have a pro-Islamic bias, and they are upset about
it.Never shy about wading into the culture wars, they are planning to vote
Friday for a resolution that would send a blunt message
to textbook publishers: Do not present a pro-Islamic, anti-Christian version
of history if you want to sell books in one of the nation’s largest
markets.“The purpose of this resolution is to ensure there is balanced
treatment of divergent groups,†Gail Lowe, the chairwoman of the board, said.
“In the past, the textbooks have had some bias against Christianity.â€The
resolution was written and submitted to the board this summer by, Randy Rives,
who as a member of the school board in Odessa, Tex., pushed through a Bible
study curriculum.Last spring, Mr. Rives ran for the state board but
failed to defeat the incumbent, Bob Craig, a moderate Republican.Defeat at the
polls did not dampen Mr. Rives’s enthusiasm for protecting Texas students from
what he sees as a conspiracy to sugarcoat the history of Islam in textbooks. In
interviews, Mr. Rives has likened his concerns about Islam to those he and other
Americans once had about communists infiltrating American society.Speaking to
the state board last summer, he said that Middle Eastern companies were
investing in American publishing houses, or the “textbook oligopoly,†as he
called it.“If you can control or influence our education system, you can start
taking over the minds of the young people,†Mr. Rives said. “And so I think
we are real passionate that you need to make a bold statement to the publishers
that pushing this agenda will not be tolerated in Texas.â€As evidence of
Islamic influence in textbook publishing, Mr. Rives cited a 2008 decision by the
Dubai royal family
to invest heavily in a company that owns the publishing house Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt in Boston.Earlier this year, the family’s investment arm, Istithmar
World Capital, lost its stake in the publishing house after the publishing
company restructured its debt, said Josef Blumenfeld, a spokesman for the
publisher.The portrayal of Islam has become an emotional political issue across
the country of late, with some Christian conservatives contending that too
little attention is paid to the militant aspects of the religion used by
terrorist groups to justify their actions.The latest controversy erupted over a
plan by a Baptist preacher in Florida to burn Korans on the anniversary of the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A debate continues to rage, meanwhile, about whether
a mosque and community center should be built two blocks from where the World
Trade Center stood.Mr. Rives has found several sympathizers among the board’s
seven-member conservative bloc,
who have introduced his resolution verbatim. The measure says past textbooks
devoted more lines to Islamic beliefs and practices than to Christianity and
spelled out atrocities committed by Christian crusaders while ignoring similar
atrocities by Muslim fighters.The resolution asserts that textbook writers
habitually call Christians “violent attackers†or “invaders†while
playing down Muslim conquests in Europe as “migrations.â€Dan Quinn, a
spokesman for the Texas Freedom Network, which advocates religious freedom in
the classroom, said the resolution amounted to political grandstanding.“What
it comes down to is pushing a misleading and inflammatory resolution to score
political points,†he said. “It’s as if the board cannot go one meeting
without dragging classrooms down into the culture wars.â€It is unclear whether
the measure would have any practical effect, since the board has already adopted
its standards for world history
texts and is not expected to revisit the issue for several years. The bloc of
Christian conservatives on the board lost two seats in last March’s Republican
primary and may have less sway next year.Still, some members say the board has
the authority to reject new textbooks to be published next year that did not
meet the standard; the resolution says the board would “look to reject future
prejudicial social studies submissions that continue to offend Texas law with
respect to treatment of the world’s major religious groups.â€But other board
members say the resolution is distracting them from more pressing matters, like
finding financing for new textbooks in the face of budget cuts.Patricia Hardy, a
former history teacher who is a Republican member, said the whole question of
bias in the textbooks needed further study.“To base the resolution on the
research of a few people is kind of risky, if you ask me,†she said. “It’s
kind of crazy to
stop what we are doing right now and take our eye off the prize.â€
Hypocritical newspaper editors
David Paulin
The American Society of News Editors, one of the core organizations of
the journalistic establishment, has been exposed as a gaggle of
cowardly hypocrites. The Washington Examiner queried the ASNE on their
reaction to the mortal threat faced by Molly Norris, the Seattle
cartoonist forced in hiding over "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day."
When The Examiner asked the American Society of News Editors for a
statement on the issue, none was forthcoming. This despite the fact that
the first sentence of ASNE's Web site describes its mission as
supporting "the First Amendment at home and free speech around the
world." We got a similar response from the Society of Professional
Journalists, despite its dedication "to the perpetuation of the free
press as the cornerstone of our nation and liberty."
Freedom of speech and press are in deep trouble when the American
government thinks the best it can do to protect a journalist from death
threats is to counsel her to go into hiding, and when the elite voices
of American journalism can't be bothered to say anything in her defense.
But it's actually worse than that. The New York Times' Nicholas Kristof
thinks Muslims are owed an apology. "I hereby apologize to Muslims for
the wave of bigotry and simple nuttiness that has lately been directed
at you," he wrote Sunday.
(Let's elect Nicholas "King of the Dhimmis!)
(www.westernjournalism.com)
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* September 16, 2010 12:00AM
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/cover-up-for-public-pool-event/story-e6freuzr-1225924293272
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) has approved a ban on uncovered shoulders and thighs for a community event to be held at the Dandenong Oasis, a municipal pool.
"Participants aged 10 and over must ensure their bodies are covered from waist to knee and the entire torso extending to the upper arms," a request by Dandenong City Council and the YMCA states in an exemption application to the Equal Opportunities Act.
"Participants must not wear transparent clothing."
The request has been approved by VCAT and applies to a family event to be held at the pool next August.
"The applicant intends this to be an event where people of all races and religions and ages may attend, use the Centre's facilities and socialise together," VCAT notes.
"The holy month of Ramadan has a particular focus on families and the applicant wishes to encourage families to attend and socialise together with others.
"The minimum dress requirements are set having regard to the sensitivities of Muslims who wish to participate in the event."
The ban on skimpy clothes will apply between 6.15 and 8.15pm on August 21 next year, a time when the pool is closed to the public and normally used by a Muslim women's swimming group.
The ban was yesterday compared by the Human Rights Commissioner Helen Szoke to a ban on thongs in a pub.
"Matters such as this are not easy to resolve and require a balance to be achieved between competing rights and obligations," she said.
"Dress codes are not uncommon: eg singlets, jeans, thongs etc in pubs/hotels."
Sherene Hassan, vice-president of the Islamic Society of Victoria, said she didn't support the dress restrictions.
"My preference would be that no dress code is stipulated," Ms Hassan said.
But Liberty Victoria said the ban was reasonable because the event was to be held out of hours.
A spokeswoman for the City of Greater Dandenong said the ban would help Muslims feel part of the community.
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