Typically, the first to complain about witchhunts
are the witches:
Far right groups in Switzerland have collected enough signatures to force a nationwide referendum on banning minarets, the distinctive towers of Islamic architecture.
In what is being seen as a sign of growing Islamophobia in Europe, more than 100,000 Swiss citizens signed a petition to halt the construction of minarets...
to parallel: In what is being seen as a sign of growing West-o-phobia, Islamofascists kill and maim innocent civilians on a regular basis, and are perpetually outraged at the slightest excuse...
The petition was launched by Ulrich Schlüer an MP from the controversial Swiss People's party, which was accused of racist campaigning last year...
The UN expert on racism, Doudou Diene, has said the campaign is evidence of an "ever-increasing trend" toward anti-Islamic actions in Europe...
The UN "expert" had no comment on the "ever-increasing trend" toward anti-female actions in Islamic countries, or the "ever-increasing trend" toward anti-Christian actions by Islamofascists in the rest of the world...
3 comments:
Someone ought to inform Doudou that Islam is not a race, and therefore the Swiss petition, and hopefully the supporting vote, are NOT racist at all in nature.
That article goes on to say that "... minarets are a symbol of political and religious power".
How true. How threatening.
That's probably the newspeak coming through. Remember, the word "racist" is now often used as an epithet, where the word "enemy" would be more precise. Just like "fascist" or "nazi" is used against some people who prefer the rule of law to anarchy, and "right-wing lunatic" is often used against people who still believe in America's founding principles...
no one noted that, even if one *is* in fact primarily motivated by a deep-seated hatred of
muslims, that that is not "racist?" no? well -- at least 3 of us still remember when definitions of words were important.
here's to us!
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