Social Media Gives Rise to the New iMuslims

[Henny]

Social media gives rise to the new iMuslims
Global View by Mona Eltahawy
METRO CANADA
http://www.metronews.ca/toronto/comment/article/413118--social-media-gives-rise-to-the-new-imuslims

You?ve seen their mugshots: A Nigerian charged with trying to blow up a plane on Christmas Day; five young American Muslims detained in Pakistan, apparently desperately seeking jihad.
You?ve heard they went online in search of radical imams ready to recruit every Muslim within a foot of an Internet connection.

I bet you haven?t heard of these mugshots: Iranian men in chadors and headscarves.

As part of the ?Men in Headscarves? campaign, Iranian men have been posting pictures of themselves wearing the head and body coverings the Iranian regime imposes on women. Their pictures have spread on Facebook and YouTube in support of Iranian student activist Majid Tavakoli.

Authorities arrested Tavakoli in December after he called for more democracy and urged students to reject ?tyranny.? The next day, government newspapers published pictures of Tavakoli dressed in a chador and claimed he had tried to escape arrest disguised as a woman.

Yes, violent radical groups such as al-Qaida and others have used the Internet to their advantage. That is not new.

But what is new is how young Muslims around the world have been using the Internet to challenge authority. Their exciting work is overshadowed by news of angry, young Muslims online.

Do you know of the Egyptian blogger who helped convict police officers for the sodomy of a bus driver by posting footage of the crime on YouTube? How about the female Saudi blogger who challenges her country?s restrictions on women (she is married to a former officer of the morality police, who often enforce those restrictions).

Pick up Gary Bunt?s iMuslims: Rewiring the House of Islam and learn that for every online al-Qaida recruiter there are thousands more Muslims reforming Islam online. Interpretations and commentaries on the Qur?an fill the Internet and recreate the vibrant intellectual atmosphere that many Muslims lament we?d long ago lost.

I see it every day on Facebook, where I have almost 5,000 friends. We argue over everything from polygamy and burqas, to being gay and Muslim. You rarely see such diverse opinions in news reports on Muslims.

Twitter is just as vibrant. An American Muslim I follow summed up the sentiments of many towards those five young American Muslims: ?I say we welcome these kids home from Pakistan with a swift kick in the ass. Who?s with me??

The Internet deals a blow to radical groups by giving anyone online the chance to answer back. For every Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, there are dozens of Iranian men taunting the regime that runs the Islamic Republic of Iran.

[The_Professor]

Good for them!

[Kramer]

On the other hand if not for the Internet Jihadists would not be nearly as effective, in so many ways from communication to information gathering. All in all the Internet has not been good for the world with regards to fighting terrorism and the bastardization of the Muslim religion.

[Plane]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122271693

Heard this on the radio this morning.

[Plane]

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/bmsd-to-challenge-islam4uk/


“British Muslims for Secular Democracy (BMSD) is alarmed and disappointed to learn that the extremist group Al Muhajiroun, in the guise of ‘Islam4UK,’ are planning to hold a procession through the streets of Wootton Bassett.  This choice of venue is deliberate and designed to cause maximum offence and distress — particularly to the friends and families of fallen servicemen.”

“The vast majority of British Muslims — irrespective of their diverse views on particular armed conflicts — recognise that British soldiers continue to serve admirably in difficult circumstances, to make our country safer for all.”

[Kramer]

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/bmsd-to-challenge-islam4uk/


“British Muslims for Secular Democracy (BMSD) is alarmed and disappointed to learn that the extremist group Al Muhajiroun, in the guise of ‘Islam4UK,’ are planning to hold a procession through the streets of Wootton Bassett.  This choice of venue is deliberate and designed to cause maximum offence and distress — particularly to the friends and families of fallen servicemen.”

“The vast majority of British Muslims — irrespective of their diverse views on particular armed conflicts — recognise that British soldiers continue to serve admirably in difficult circumstances, to make our country safer for all.”

I would like to see a mob of non-muslims beat the crap out of these people. just kick the holy shit out of them to the point that they have to carry their teeth around in paper bags. This would be a huge hit on youtube. can you imagine how cleansing, how refreshing, how uplifting seeing an unruly mob going ape-shit on these people would be for a nations morale.

[Plane]

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/bmsd-to-challenge-islam4uk/


“British Muslims for Secular Democracy (BMSD) is alarmed and disappointed to learn that the extremist group Al Muhajiroun, in the guise of ‘Islam4UK,’ are planning to hold a procession through the streets of Wootton Bassett.  This choice of venue is deliberate and designed to cause maximum offence and distress — particularly to the friends and families of fallen servicemen.”

“The vast majority of British Muslims — irrespective of their diverse views on particular armed conflicts — recognise that British soldiers continue to serve admirably in difficult circumstances, to make our country safer for all.”

I would like to see a mob of non-muslims beat the crap out of these people. just kick the holy shit out of them to the point that they have to carry their teeth around in paper bags. This would be a huge hit on youtube. can you imagine how cleansing, how refreshing, how uplifting seeing an unruly mob going ape-shit on these people would be for a nations morale.

No.

[Kramer]

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/bmsd-to-challenge-islam4uk/


“British Muslims for Secular Democracy (BMSD) is alarmed and disappointed to learn that the extremist group Al Muhajiroun, in the guise of ‘Islam4UK,’ are planning to hold a procession through the streets of Wootton Bassett.  This choice of venue is deliberate and designed to cause maximum offence and distress — particularly to the friends and families of fallen servicemen.”

“The vast majority of British Muslims — irrespective of their diverse views on particular armed conflicts — recognise that British soldiers continue to serve admirably in difficult circumstances, to make our country safer for all.”

I would like to see a mob of non-muslims beat the crap out of these people. just kick the holy shit out of them to the point that they have to carry their teeth around in paper bags. This would be a huge hit on youtube. can you imagine how cleansing, how refreshing, how uplifting seeing an unruly mob going ape-shit on these people would be for a nations morale.

No.

use a little fantasy it doesn't hurt anybody.

[Michael Tee]

<<use a little fantasy it doesn't hurt anybody. >>

You don't know who's reading this, or whom you're aiding, abetting or encouraging.

The U.K. has a long tradition of permitting unconventional, unpopular and anti-establishment speakers (see Speakers' Corner, Hyde Park, which is world-famous) and it would be a betrayal of their best ideals to allow people to be beaten to a pulp for expressing unpopular sentiments.

Hopefully, any mob that was intent on wreaking the kind of havoc you envisage would receive what Napoleon Bonaparte once referred to as "a whiff of the grape."   You see, you're not the only guy with a fantasy.

[Kramer]

<<use a little fantasy it doesn't hurt anybody. >>

You don't know who's reading this, or whom you're aiding, abetting or encouraging.

The U.K. has a long tradition of permitting unconventional, unpopular and anti-establishment speakers (see Speakers' Corner, Hyde Park, which is world-famous) and it would be a betrayal of their best ideals to allow people to be beaten to a pulp for expressing unpopular sentiments.

Hopefully, any mob that was intent on wreaking the kind of havoc you envisage would receive what Napoleon Bonaparte once referred to as "a whiff of the grape."   You see, you're not the only guy with a fantasy.

It was a joke for Budha's sake.

[Plane]

It was a joke for Budha's sake.

Ok . Humor works , if it works.
Even mere irony.
It isn't easy to be funny .
This guy is almost too dry.
A word to Islamofascists


BMSD
Read the signs in the background.
BMSD protest against Al Muhajiroun

Some Jhidist leaders comes off as kinda fuddy duddy.

Sheik Omar Bakri Muhhammed Interview

even very fuddy duddy

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