What Ahmadis are doing about the Anti-Islam Movie ?

Several people including my Zere-Tabligh in Kashmir and a CAIR official who writes on Muslim issues asked me what  Ahmadis are doing about it?

Ahmadis condemn all forms of attacks and derogatory remarks about the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and the blessings of Allah be upon him).  The movie initially has been on YouTube and it should been best left there. There was no need to visit, view and forward it to others.

Of the millions who took to streets and continuing, more than half probably did not even see the movie but joined the crowd on emotions and hearsay.

Muslim demonstrations have helped the mischievous movies makers  achieve their ends to stir up trouble and chaos in the world.

I am told that there was a private screening of the movie and LA.

Let’s put it in perspective

Given the freedom of speech etc., in US things like this is expected from Non-Muslims. No one is forcing the movie in our eyes. And we do not have to see it t on the You Tube. I careless and millions of American Muslims careless about such garbage.

Congratulations to American Muslims for not doing anything silly their counterparts have done elsewhere in the world. After 911, American Muslims have become smarter not to get involved any garbage like this. Are they critical? Yes, all Muslims are hurt just to hear about such a movie. Do they need to see? No, why go near the garbage anyway?

What do you think was example of the Holy Prophet ?

Let’s take just one incident that took place in Tai’f where the Prophet went hoping to get some comfort an safety as opposed to in his hometown Mecca. He was met with stubborn opponents who set on him the hooligans who chased after the Prophet kept stoning him causing him grievous injuries that bled so freely that his shoes were filled with blood.

What did he do?

He did not take stones and hit them back, Instead when out of reach he took to shelter under a tree, God asked him if he wanted to have the people destroyed. His answer was no and asked for their forgiveness.

This alone is enough for us to understand the level of tolerance and patience we have to bare. Bu the reactions among the Muslims today show we lack in our moral courage and spiritual strength.

(Hanif Koya)

Here’s another take.

Who gains from anti-Islam film?

Jamal Kanj

By JAMAL KANJ*

ZIONISTS and right wing Christian evangelists exploit US freedom of speech by fuelling sedition and hate between two great religions.

On the other hand, right wing religious elements are manipulating Muslims’ righteous indignation by turning lawful protests into demented violence.

In the US, it is argued that inflammatory speech is protected in the first amendment.

Yet I know of eight people who were unjustly dragged through Los Angeles federal courts for 15 years, accused of distributing less than 50 copies of a news magazine, which highlights the hypocrisy.

It seems the latest Islamophobic film Innocence of Muslims is part of a trend designed to deceptively turn the memories of 9/11 into a lasting conflict between Islam and the West, just one facet in a calculated Zionist crusade to discredit anyone challenging Israel.

I wouldn’t be surprised if it emerged producer Nakoula Basseley Nakoula was only a front for a pro-Israeli US group.

Nakoula, a bankrupt felon who spent 21 months in jail and was fined more than half a million dollars, lacked financial resources to make the movie. His earlier assertions that he collected millions from Jewish donors provide possible clues about the real culprits.

The unsubstantiated pro-Israeli media spin, which suggested his wife’s family in Egypt financed the film, is most likely a diversionary smokescreen to inflame sectarian rift in Egypt.

Israeli pundits have been trying to divide Egypt for 30 years. In 1982, the journal for the World Zionist Organisation Kivunim published a treatise declaring that: “Breaking Egypt down territorially into distinct geographical regions is the political aim of Israel.”

In addition, the timing of the film’s release was undoubtedly aimed to coincide with the US presidential election.

It couldn’t be just a coincidence that four years ago Clarion Fund – a shadowy American, pro-Israel, non-profit, tax-exempt organisation – produced a similar anti-Muslim movie called Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West.

As with this latest movie’s timing, seven weeks before the 2008 presidential election, the fund, along with the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET), spent more than $17 million to distribute 28m DVDs in a major mail campaignand inserting copies in more than 100 newspapers and magazines in swing voter states.

The fund was founded by two Israeli-Canadian brothers, movie producer Raphael Shore and Rabbi Ephraim Shore of the Aish Hatorah, another tax-exempt, pro-Israel organisation.

EMET’s advisory board includes leading Islamophobic figures such as Daniel Pipes, Frank Gaffney and former Israeli ambassador Yoram Ettinger.

Sadly, while Christian evangelists were coalescing with Zionists to mock the Prophet of Islam, Jewish settlers were vilifying Christ in his native land.

Earlier this month, Jewish settlers, empowered financially by the same tax-exempt US organisations, attempted to set fire to a Christian church in Jerusalem after writing on the walls “Jesus is a monkey”.

It is critical to recognise that this latest repulsive movie is part of a growing Islamophobic industry, promoted and financed by one-issue, tax-exempt Zionist organisations.

The West must deal firmly with this irrational yet measured phenomenon intended to incite and cause harm.

In the east, Muslims must be circumspect when rejecting hate-inspired provocations. Violence only plays into the hands of those attempting to divide followers of religions who share the same reverence for Jesus and God.

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* Mr Kanj (www.jamalkanj.com) writes frequently on Arab issues and is the author of Children of Catastrophe, Journey from a Palestinian Refugee Camp to America. This article was first published by the Gulf Daily News newspaper

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