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Monday, July 21, 2008 --- 39 days ago http://feeds.villagevoice.com/~r/blogs/runninscared/~3/341579975/mmmintolerance.
 Yeah, yeah, yeah: the New York Post is a sensational tabloid, a scandal sheet that blows things way out of proportion. We've heard it before. Well, guess what: the sun still rises in the east and sets in the west, and the Post is blowing something out of proportion yet again. This time, it's a series of advertisements set to appear in the subway this September. They're sponsored by the 877-WHY-ISLAM Project, which is a division of the Islamic Circle of North America . The goal of the project is to, as the Post describes, "promote Islam with the goals of clearing up long-held misconceptions about the faith and reaching out to those interested in becoming Muslim." It's the last part that helped earn this article the fear-mongering headline of "JIHAD TRAIN" on page 1. Why the outrage? It's because one Brooklyn imam appears in a YouTube video promoting the project. Siraj Wahhaj served as a character witness for Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, the mastermind behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing who is serving a life sentence for the attack. Wahhaj has also called the FBI and CIA the "real terrorists." The Post frames the ad campaign as "TRAIN-ING DAY FOR JIHADISTS" in the story on page 5, but in reality, it sounds like the hysteria that the Post is manufacturing is exactly the kind of irrational thinking that the campaign seeks to curb. I'm not saying in any way, shape or form that Wahhaj is really a stand-up guy, but again, every reli ... |
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