On August 5, a Sikh temple in
But
Or perhaps, as CNN opined , "Sikh's "unfairly" mistaken for Muslims and targeted." This would not be the first time, and as Public Radio International (PRI) has reported, since the events of 9/11, Sikh men have been targeted as Moslems . Even the cordial relations with
Scapegoating Moslems had been planned as early as 1991 (see full article here ). The end of the Cold War had left neoconservatives fearful that with the demise of the Soviet Union, and the splintering of the
In line with this neoconservative strategy, the mainstream media in the US framed September 11 within the context of Islam, ignoring all other inquiry, including the fact that a new U.N. Human Rights Council assigned to monitor Israel was calling for an official commission to study the role neoconservatives may have played in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks (New York Sun [i] ). As neocon Bernard Lewis was busy teaching the concept of " jihad' versus"crusade' [ii] Moslem bashing, Moslem killing, and Mosque burning became fair game.
The strategy of demonizing Islam was so successful that in 2008 the presidential candidates centered their qualification for Office on Moslem-bashing. Former
Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council, allegedly dissuaded contender Mike Huckabee from "reaching out" to the 'Muslim world'. Mitt Romney, a contender in 2008 and the 2012 GOP presidential hopeful, raised eyebrows when he suggested that mosques be wire-tapped [iv] . For almost a decade,
The
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[ii] Bernard Lewis, "Learning the Lingo. Jihad vs. Crusade. A Historian's Guide to the New War', Wall Street Journal (27 Sept. 2001).
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Soraya has lived and studied in-Iran, UK, France, and has obtained her Master's degree in Public Diplomacy from USC Annenberg and USC School for International Studies, Los Angeles.- She is an independent researcher, public speaker, radio (more...)
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