From the ‘Islamofascists on a roll’ department:
Agence France Presse should just rename themselves, “Al Jazeera Lite,” judging from this unbelievable piece of unvarnished, unedited Islamist propaganda: Islamophobia began with end of Cold War, OSCE meeting hears.
Amr Mussa, Secretary General of the Arab League (C) speaks to the press during a conference by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on intolerance and discrimination against Muslims in Cordoba.
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CORDOBA, Spain (AFP) – Islamophobia gathered pace in the West with the end of the Cold War, long before the September 11, 2001 attacks against the US, participants at a two-day OSCE conference that began in Spain Tuesday said.
“After the end of the Cold War, certain people took Muslims and Islam to be the new scapegoat and enemy,” Mustapha Cherif, an expert on Islam at the University of Algiers, told AFP on the sidelines of the gathering.
“But after the senseless act of September 11, this has been amplified,” added Cherif, who is known for his commitment to battling religious hatred.
Delegations from the 56 nations that make up the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are taking part in the conference in the southern Spanish city of Cordoba on the topic of intolerance toward Muslims.
Spain currently holds the rotating presidency of the OSCE, which promotes human rights, democracy and conflict prevention in Europe, North America and Central Asia.
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Mussa told the gathering that after the end of the Cold War, “conservative extremists in certain Western circles” needed to find a new enemy.
“We can’t live in stability and security if some are perceived as first class citizens and others second class citizens. This has to disappear,” he added.
Hmmmm, let’s see:
Dar al-Islam/Dar al-Harb
Believers/Infidels
Muslims/Dhimmis
First Class/Second Class
Notice a trend here?
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* Sure Amr. Its all our fault. Islamic terrorism, the threats of annihilation and the hostile attitudes of Muslims against the West have nothing to do with it…
Studies by the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia have found anti-Muslim behaviour and attitudes have risen since 2001, said Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos.
Studies by the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia have found anti-Muslim behaviour and attitudes have risen since 2001, said Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos.
* Robert Spencer tells them where to go:
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The term islamophobia is a complete oxymoron. how can it be irrational to fear a belief system whose stated aim is to kill, convert, or subjugate the entire world?
What a load of crap. Prior to 9/11 nobody in the West gave a damn about the peaceful ones, much less was Islamophobic. Mustypha could have said the Islamophobia began when the first infidels refused to bow to Mr. Perfect 1400 years ago and been more accurate. But then again, facts never hinder the peaceful ones when they are bent on spewing their verbal diarrhea all over the place.