Friday, September 21, 2012

Muslim Rage?

I did not like the NATO-U.S. intervention in Libya. But I must admit when I hear stories of Libyans who tried to save the American ambassador's life who shouted the Takbir when he was a live and those who had nothing to do with his death apologizing, I feel very emotional. I wonder if Americans will ever treat innocents killed in Afghanistan, Iraq, or Palestine in a similar way. If this is Muslim rage, than I think the world needs more Muslim rage.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Protests and Hypocricy

Whenever the Western or Israeli media criticizes anti-Semitic rhetoric or programming in Arab or Muslim countries (which, in the case of the Palestinian media, is often used as part of the justification for violence on a much larger scale than what has happened at the U.S. Embassies) no one talks about the Arabs or the Palestinians right to free speech. They just denounce it and tell them to stop. But when a westerner creates an anti-Muslim film, all we hear about is his right to free speech (which I of course support). Just another example of the infuriating hypocrisy of the western media.