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And would I have consistently defended Syria's President Assad?
Oh come on. The SPLC is a hate site.
I'm not going to read a single word from that despicable site Jihad Watch.
Sure there are issues in the Muslim world, no doubt about that. However Robert Spencer is a dangerous figure who causes social divisions. That's why the UK had to ban him from traveling there, it would put too much of a strain on national security.
Right, they wouldn't want to upset those peace-loving Muslims and prove Spencer right, now would they?
I'm not going to read a single word from that despicable site Jihad Watch.
Sure there are issues in the Muslim world, no doubt about that. However Robert Spencer is a dangerous figure who causes social divisions. That's why the UK had to ban him from traveling there, it would put too much of a strain on national security.
Robert Spencer is an evil genius - he has built a career out of selling fear to cowards who eat it right up. Thankfully, watchdog groups - the same that call out religious and racist groups that smear Christians or Jews or Blacks or whites (and also identify legitimately dangerous Islamist groups as well) are in agreement on his garbage and can guide those who are too blind to see for themselves.
Did they give a specific example of something that was hateful? Like I said, I can't just take someone's word for it. I have to see what they did or what they said that was actually hateful for me to be convinced that they are.What about the Anti-Defamation League? They also call it a hate site.
That's basically an argument that because there are so many of them we should be afraid to criticize the religion since we wouldn't want to make them angry at us.But come on guys, Muslims make up 1.5 billion people, almost 1/4 of the world's population. You seriously going to link a Jihad Watch article on one for the world's most popular Christian forums?
Good point. I'm amazed that Robert Spencer is so criticized here. I guess that is what happens when you point out the facts about a group that people don't want to offend.
Did they give a specific example of something that was hateful? Like I said, I can't just take someone's word for it. I have to see what they did or what they said that was actually hateful for me to be convinced that they are.
What exactly did he say? Was it that African tribes captured and sold members of enemy tribes to the whites? If that's all that he said, that's actually true. The movie "Roots" even begins by showing how that happened. Now is the time when I will remind everyone again that I am of African-American descent. Therefore, I am authorized to talk about this.Jihad Watch is affiliated with the far-right FrontPage Magazine. The founder David Horowitz has explicit racist views such as blaming Africans for slavery.
If Spencer had one iota of logic, he wouldn't be disrespecting the Muslim community in a way that incites social instability. The UK is a multicultural nation: people respect each other's cultures and values (there are extremists, though they are in the minority).
Sadly people like Spencer try to pull it apart. Thankfully only a fringe minority on the right actually pay any attention to him.
That's basically an argument that because there are so many of them we should be afraid to criticize the religion since we wouldn't want to make them angry at us.
I'm still trying to figure out how things devolved into "who has this site so the person can determine whether or not to read articles from it" instead of "what do Muslims believe". I know this thread started out with "Muslims 101", which is about what Muslims believe from their fasts or Holy Days to the Five Pillars to customs to Sharia law to history. (I would think that if people claim to be "multi-cultural" and respecting different people, they would want to know what those different people believe.)
Here is the ADL's report on Spencer, starting on page 3:
http://www.adl.org/assets/pdf/civil-rights/stop-islamization-of-america-2013-1-11-v1.pdf
What exactly did he say? Was it that African tribes captured and sold members of enemy tribes to the whites? If that's all that he said, that's actually true. The movie "Roots" even begins by showing how that happened.
They also think that anyone who didn't vote for Obama or who doesn't agree with so-called "gay marriage" or so-called "abortion rights" is hateful.The SPLC on Spencer: