The Islamophobia Thread

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Hundreds of US cops will attend a lecture on terrorism by an accused Islamophobe

edited 29th Apr '16 12:35:06 AM by TerminusEst

... Why the f*** would you hire a known Islamophobe for this kind of job (unless you, the hirer, are an Islamophobe yourself)?!

Think you answered your own question. Then there's the possibility that some find islamophobia to be a useful tool, innocent victims being an acceptable loss. No negotiation, no quarter.

edited 29th Apr '16 4:44:42 AM by TerminusEst

"The conference, which is sponsored by the defense contractor Northrop Grumman, the maker of stun guns Taser International, and the teargas manufacturer Combine Systems, among others, is not open to the press or the public. But the event is drawing sharp criticism both for its promotion of military-style police training and equipment, and for the role given to Mauro and the Clarion Project."

That's pretty much all you need to know about that conference.

Fortunately, the FBI, while not exactly a bunch of angels themselves in this regard, at least appear to have a more sophisticated approach to countering radical Islamic terrorism.

So recently the British Met got in a bit of PR trouble because they ran a terrorist situation training exercise (it may have been a suicide bomber specific one) and had the 'terrorist' shout "Allahu Akbar" for some reason, they've admitted that it served no practical purpose but that's it so far.

Obviously a fair number of folks are pissed about this, and thus pepole are also pissed about folks being pissed and have gone "Well what else would he say?"

To which I just though "One Ireland!", "Stop the Muslim menace!", "Destroy the Bourgeoise", "Down with the crown!"?

edited 12th May '16 7:23:28 AM by Silasw

• "The proletariat shall rise again!"

• "Dank memes or death!"

• "CUCK CUCK CUCK"

• "REEEEEEEEEEE"

OK, I think that's enough potshots at Facebook meme page readers for one post, although I do think some are dumb/crazy enough to actually try starting shit offline.

edited 12th May '16 6:11:18 AM by Krieger22

"Admiral Ackbar!"

"IT'S A TRAP"

"DEATH TO THE PLEBS!"

@ Silasw: Are you sure it was Met because if I remember correctly, that exercise was in the Trafford Centre, in Manchester — surely Greater Manchester Police were leading that?

Dammit you're right, it was Greater Manchester Police, my mistake. I think I screwed it up because I saw it in the Metro on the tube and figured that it was a London based story. That or the Metro misreported it slightly, which wouldn't be that unlike them.

edited 12th May '16 9:16:53 AM by Silasw

"ad victoriam ex machina"? cos Latin sounds cool

edited 12th May '16 9:41:05 AM by FieldMarshalFry

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/orlando-killers-hometown-muslims-endure-slurs-insults-230822446.html

As expected.

What a dick!

Why? Seems like a fairly normal reaction (the other one being some form of self-delusion and denial). Kid murdered 50 people, why should he be forgiven so quickly, if at all? Wasn't really Islamophobic either.

Plus his act put lots of muslims at risk. Quite frankly, if a son of mine did a mass murder like that, I wouldn't even acknowledge him as my son.

edited 18th Jun '16 12:22:41 AM by Medinoc

This is the part that makes him an ass: f he hadn't done this horrible act probably I would

What would the dad be forgiving if the guy hadn't done the horrible acts? That seem unclear to me.

Oh and a point of clarity, the killer murdered 49 people, the 50 dead total includes the shooter.

The shooter died?

Got shot and killed by a responding SWAT unit.

I understood "If he had not done this horrible act probably I would [have done it]", not "If he had not done this horrible act probably I would [have forgiven him]". But it's hard to reliably interpret Ambiguous Syntax when the speaker sucks at English as much as this piece of shit does.

I don't know if this fits here or the Southeast Asia thread, but I have saw a lot of articles in my local Chinese newspapers decrying the concept of Halal as the main, if not sole reason Rayani Air had the operating license revoked due to operation failures, instead of you know, actual management incompetence.

The problem with this is that they conveniently forget that the concept of halal has existed for decades (and our halal certification is recognized worldwide at that) and all Malaysians, Muslims and non-Muslims alike, have to consume halal food. Islamic banking also existed in Malaysia for a long time and have showed no signs of disappearing as well. I also heard from a banking executive that non-Muslims have more accounts in Islamic banks than Muslims.

Aside from that, using halal as marketing tactic isn't new. Of particular note is Claytan clay made tableware, which used this trick (albeit after their business have stabilized) yet still operates well.

edited 18th Jun '16 3:51:07 PM by murazrai

It's hard to parse your message. Please consider rewriting it.

Horrible news.

It's a horrible video, which I refuse to open.

Way to go, Afghanis. Giving Muslims a good name worldwide. Fuckwits.

Pretty sure that happened over a year ago, of course that doesn't make it less horrible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Farkhunda