Muslim/ ISlam Media Watch...

[Ibtisam]

Trust the Media to report crazy and *s*t*u*p*i*d stories. Anyway it will beneficial for us to post Articles about Islam and Muslims on here so that it will make it easier for those of us who are campaigners to be more effective and active. So please post what ever you see in your daily paper.

 

Today I only had time to read the London Lit/ London Paper (Is there more racist Islamphobic paper, it even beats the sun and daily mail!) on my way home. There was about four different stories on Muslims.

 

 

1) BBC "Scared" OF Islam Jokes, says Ben Elton. Well Elton I think we get enough mockery as it is thank you very much. HE thinks there is a genuine fear in the community about "provoking radical elements"

 

 

2) Synod MEmber: Stop Mosques They are members of the Church of England who are pushing for a ban on anymore mosques in Britain. Apparently we are taking over.

 

 

3) Muslim man faces double divorce: His two wives become friends and demanded a divorce citing "irreconcilable difference" :confused: WHY is this news??

 

 

4)Muslims attacking Jewish graves in Plashet Cemetery in Plaistow.

[underdog]

Originally posted by Ibtisam:

2) Synod MEmber:

Stop Mosques They are members of the Church of England who are pushing for a ban on anymore mosques in Britain. Apparently we are taking over.

Now Islam overtakes Catholicism as the world's biggest faith

 

 

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[Ibtisam]

^^That does not mean anything to the UK in particular underdog. The increase is probably due to the fast growing family size in Muslim countries rather than Western countries.

[N.O.R.F]

Ibtisam, it will all blow over in a few years. Hang in there.

[underdog]

According to statistics Islam is the fastest growing faith in the United States, Canada, and in the World. This is happening despite widespread misconceptions and negative media portrayal of Islam. The following are quotes from prominent US, Canada, and UK news sources regarding the phenomenal growth of Islam:

 

 

"Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people..." Hillary Rodman Clinton, Los Angeles Times, May 31, 1996, p.3

 

"Already more than a billion-people strong, Islam is the world's fastest-growing religion." ABCNEWS, Abcnews.com

 

"Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the country." NEWSDAY, March7,1989, p.4

 

"Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the United States..." NEW YORK TIMES, Feb 21, 1989, p.1

 

"Moslems are the world's fastest-growing group..." USA TODAY, The population referance bureau, Feb. 17, 1989, p.4A

 

"Islam is the fastest growing religion in North America." TIMES MAGAZINE

 

"Islam continues to grow in America, and no one can doubt that!" CNN, December 15, 1995

 

"The religion of Islam is growing faster than any other religion in the world." MIKE WALLACE, 60 MINUTES

 

"Five to 6 million strong, Muslims in America already outnumber Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and Mormons, and they are more numerous than Quakers, Unitarians, Seventh-day Adventists, Mennonites, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Christian Scientists, combined. Many demographers say Islam has overtaken Judaism as the country's second-most commonly practiced religion; others say it is in the passing lane." JOHAN BLANK, USNEWS (7/20/1998)

 

 

"In fact, religion experts say Islam is the second-largest religion in the United States... Islam has 5 million to 6 million members, followed by Judaism, with approximately 4.5 million..... And Islam is believed to be fastest-growing religion in the country, with half its expansion coming from new immigrants and the other half from conversions." By ELSA C. ARNETT, Knight-Ridder News Service

 

 

"Islam has become the No. 1 non-Christian faith in Quebec, as in Canada as a whole."

Islam THRIVES IN QUEBEC, Harvey Shepard, Montreal Gazette, 5/14/2003

 

"Figures from the 2001 Canadian census released yesterday by Statistics Canada show that the number of people claiming to be of Muslim faith increased by 128.9 per cent to 579,640 in the decade beginning in 1991, making Islam the fastest growing religion in Canada." MUSLIMS OUTNUMBER JEWS IN CANADA, Gloria Galloway, Toronto Globe and Mail, 5/14/2003

 

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More quotes:

 

A Wave of Conversion to Islam in the U.S. Following September 11

Excerpts from "Muslim American Leaders: A Wave of Conversion to Islam in the U.S. Following September 11" © Middle East Media & Research Institute

http://sultan.org/articles/convert.html

 

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A matter of faith: Islam is fastest-growing religion in U.S.

Stephen Magagnini, Sacramento Bee, July 1, 2001

http://classic.sacbee.com/news/news/old/lo...1_20010701.html

 

 

"... a rapidly increasing number of British women turning to Islam, thought to be the fastest growing religion in the world. ... there is no doubt that the number of converts is on the rise and the majority are women, according to Nicole Bourque, a senior lecturer in social anthropology at Glasgow University and an expert in conversion to Islam in Britain."

Mum, I've decided I want to follow Allah

By Kay Jardine, The Herald (UK), March 8 2002

Western women are turning to Islam in rapidly increasing numbers.

http://thetruereligion.org/mum.htm

http://www.theherald.co.uk/perspective/arc...02-21-6-52.html

 

 

"Every year, about 20,000 people in the United States convert to Islam, in addition to those who convert in prison, .... Of these converts, there are more women than men, the majority of them young and unmarried..."

Young, Female and Muslim

by Jocelyn Wiener, Times Staff Writer. © St. Petersburg Times. Published October 7, 2002

http://thetruereligion.org/yfm.htm

 

 

A NATION CHALLENGED: AMERICAN MUSLIMS; Islam Attracts Converts By the Thousand, Drawn Before and After Attacks

By JODI WILGOREN

The New York Times -- October 22, 2001

http://thetruereligion.org/afterattack.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/national/22CONV.html

 

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Former British pop star Cat Stevens becomes a Muslim

http://catstevens.com/features/ontheroadto...dout/index.html

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/newmuslims/yusuf.html

 

Dr. Hofmann - German diplomat and NATO officer - became Muslim -

German government distributed his book “Diary of a German Muslim” to all German foreign missions in the Muslim countries as an analytical tool

http://www.islamtomorrow.com/converts/hofmann.htm

See also http://www.islamtomorrow.com/converts/index.htm

 

Italian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Converts to Islam

http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/20.../article7.shtml

 

Rome's Envoy to Saudi Arabia Converts to Islam CNN & Arab News http://www.thetruereligion.org/italianenvoy.htm

[underdog]

Ibti, regardless of who these Muslims are and their origins, more and more are ending up in the UK, the US and Canada...as well as Western Europe... and its scaring the holders of the status quo.

[Ibtisam]

Underdog it is easy for Islam to be the fastest growing religion, because the other religions which you can convert into are loosing touch with their own population who are now less religion and have not reached out to the migrate communities. Pluz if you just look at the statistics it is nothing to shout about, nor is it statistically significant enough to call for a legislative ban on mosques. Overall in a society where people are becoming less religious, Islam sticks out, regardless of if it is growing or not.

 

North I don't plan to hang around long enough.

[N.O.R.F]

^^Where are you planning to go?

 

All the negative has actually contributed to the growth of Islam.

 

Just today I was talking to a non-Muslim who was interested in Islam. She has been won over already. Nearly there.

[underdog]

Originally posted by Ibtisam:

Pluz if you just look at the statistics it is nothing to shout about, nor is it statistically significant enough to call for a legislative ban on mosques.

...and yet someones doing just that.

 

Originally posted by Ibtisam:

Overall in a society where people are becoming less religious, Islam sticks out, regardless of if it is growing or not.

So I guess you answered your own question. Since its the only institution resisting the direction secular society is going in, isn't that enough to make it a target?

[underdog]

Besides, the UK is not the only one afraid of the future.

 

 

 

“When she retires, Muslims will be a majority in Denmark.” The Danish People’s Party. Because

we’re taking the future seriously.

[Ibtisam]

North I'm not sure.

 

Underdog, I think we are saying same/ similar things, just in different ways.

 

Yes Islam is under attack, (although it is crazy how many Muslims do not believe this) hence why it is important Muslims try and limit the damage and push for fair portrayal both in legislation and in the media. Since we are a target, it does not mean we should be be sitting ducks! Hence my thread to make it easy to spot and complain about reported crap.

 

 

On BBC now: The video of Taliban Sucide attacks

[Ibtisam]

On News Night: There is a debate about when it is okay to joke about Muslims/ Christians and Jewish. Are people scared to joke about Islam. In about 5mins

[Geel_jire]

^ Afraid to joke about Islam?Muslims we are the target of every 'enlightened' news organization and the butt of almost all their jokes.

 

the worst kind in my view are the sly underhanded insults that go unchallenged for example you all heard recently Barak Obama was 'accused' of being a Muslims (as if it was a crime :confused: ).

 

and how does he respond by vehemently denying it like its something dirty....... and some news organization come out to 'defend' him against the 'accusations'.

 

This is twisted in soo many ways ......... where do you even begin :confused:

[Ibtisam]

The "Muslim" representative in the debate is wearing a mini skirt (she is comedian) talking about how people are ignorant of Islam, so therefore should not make jokes. lol

[Hayat]

^ Afraid to joke about Islam?Muslims we are the target of every 'enlightened' news organization and the butt of almost all their jokes.

 

the worst kind in my view are the sly underhanded insults that go unchallenged for example you all heard recently Barak Obama was 'accused' of being a Muslims (as if it was a crime ).

 

and how does he respond by vehemently denying it like its something dirty....... and some news organization come out to 'defend' him against the 'accusations'.

 

This is twisted in soo many ways ......... where do you even begin

Gosh......literally i don't know whether to laugh or cry. the state of our plight is almost serial.