Comments on: Innocent Until Proven Muslim

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:43:03 +0000

George Tiller dead? I didn’t know. Can’t say I’m going to miss that butcher.

By: Kaitlin

Kaitlin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:25:45 +0000

Here’s how I see things. Maybe American democracy is going through an overhaul of new ideas, just like Islam is around the world and the media will catch up later.

By: Hicham

Hicham — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:26:32 +0000

Reasons are important wether it’s mental illness or belifing in radical ideology but what last is the fact that he is Muslim and this what the media is focusing and returns us to the title of your post. A crazy world, isn’t it, Jillian?!

By: Jillian

Jillian — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:01:28 +0000

Nice pep talk, chief.

By: Jillian

Jillian — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:55:01 +0000

I read your post too Hicham, and I think your first point – about him being raised in America – is an excellent one. It’s difficult to discuss, because his crimes DO need to be condemned and there are those (former imam Alaqui, for example) who praise him. But at the same time, whatever and whoever shaped Major Hasan’s identity did so in the U.S.; he was born here, raised here, joined this country’s army, and if it is true (as is my belief) that he entered the military in good faith, then something did happen along the way. I’m certainly willing to accept the idea that it was a radical view of Islam, if the facts point that way, but I think that all other ideas must also be considered, given the myriad influences on his life.

By: Jillian

Jillian — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:17:56 +0000

Hi Farah,

Hope you didn’t mean to say “your predefined racism”! I’m guessing not. Thank you, if the compliment was indeed intended.

By: Hicham

Hicham — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:06:44 +0000

Straighforward to the point. This post supports what I posted -in the same day of this tragedian shooting- as a critique for the media reaction. I liked the Daryl Cagle’s cartoon too beside this post so keep it up!

By: John

John — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:08:29 +0000

your post similar in my mind, I think there it some still very jumpy when comes to religion specially Islam, Am not going in this but all around the word there are similar killing but they not Moslem that why not picking attentions. Here we got a biased media with manipulations for big stories. Did any media outlets mentioned this: The rabbis answer: Well you can publish a book without censorship, Yeshiva Od Yosef Chai ", whose leader published a book that permits to kill gentiles,

By: farah

farah — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:03:32 +0000

when something like this happened, i feel hopeless. “oh no,there it goes again..”
love your objectivity and whenever i read more of your predefined racism in the mainstream media, and hopelessness kicks in again, ill just think of your nice little post.

thanks.

By: Living in Morocco

Living in Morocco — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:31:35 +0000

Thanks for this piece. I’ve really wanted to write something about it all, but other than a few comments to responses on my blog, I just can’t seem to get it all out. You’ve pretty much said exactly what I wanted to say- only more eloquently than I ever could. If only more people would think the way you do.

As CMG said, “Whatever happened with that Orlando shooter or the house with all the dead bodies in Cleveland?…” is so true and I was thinking the very same thing. If you ask me, a house full of dead bodies must also have a terrorist living in it- but since he’s not Muslim, he’s just “a very bad man”.

Last thing I’ll say…tonight FoxNews actually showed the news conference from the VA mosque you mentioned, but I noticed that they didn’t play it all when they realized the Imam wasn’t going to say something that would be useful in furthering their sensation and lies.