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Barack Obama and Pamela Geller win “Islamophobia” awards

Feb 22, 2014 11:48 am By Robert Spencer

IslamophobesCongratulations to my colleague Pamela Geller, winner of the Orwellian-named Islamic Human Rights Commission’s Islamophobia award. There must be weeping and gnashing of teeth at the White House over this: Obama has been unstintingly obsequious toward the Islamic world, even going so far as to declare his opposition to his own country’s Constitutional protection of the freedom of speech by declaring that “the future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.” But he has not acted against two vestiges of counter-terror programs that he inherited: Guantanamo (although he has freed jihad terrorists who were incarcerated there) and the drone attacks. And for that, he is now an “Islamophobe.” That shows that this Islamic Human Rights Commission, which no doubt enjoys a reputation in Britain as a “moderate” organization, wants all obstacles to jihad terror removed — and that is no surprise, since it is the goal of the entire propagation of the concept of “Islamophobia.”

“Barack Obama wins first prize at ‘Islamophobia awards,'” from Asian Image, February 21 (thanks to Pamela Geller):

US president Barack Obama has won first prize at the toung-in-cheek Islamophobia awards for for his nations unrelenting drone attacks.

Obama had been nominated by the public for “just about everything” – a charge that covers his continuation of drone strikes in the Muslim world as well as the failure to close the notorious Guantanamo Bay detention centre, and the introduction of the National Defense Authorisation Act that effectively ‘Guantanamises’ the whole USA.

Obama came in streets ahead of a gallery of fellow rogues which included other prominent politicians including French President Francois Hollande – cited for his country’s invasion of Mali – and the British Home Secretary Theresa May for a host of sins including extraditing Asperger’s sufferer Talha Ahsan to the United States, stripping Muslims of their citizenship, and most recently thinking about applying “anti-terror” ASBO-style punishments for British Muslims who are merely “suspected” of so-called terrorist activities.

As well as a chief Islamophobe award, an award is given to the worst Islamophobe in each of five geographical areas in line with the votes received from the participating public.

In the Americas the winner this year was Pamela Geller. Geller was nominated for her rise to fame as the USA’s Islamophobia Matriarch.

She has made a name for herself for opposing anything Islamic and particularly her opposition to the planned construction of a mosque near the site of the Twin Towers destroyed in the Sept 11 attacks in the USA.

First prize in the Europe and Central Asia category goes to the Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders. Wilders is the leader of the Netherlands’ Freedom Party, which continues to campaign on its virulently anti-Muslim platform and propagate fears of an impending Islamic takeover of Europe.

In Asia and Australasia, the top prize went to the unlikely figure of Burmese freedom and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.

The 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner was nominated for her continuing refusal to back citizenship calls by the country’s oppressed Rohingya Muslim minority.

The Burmese government’s denial of statehood to the Rohingya is one of the main reasons they are described by the UN as one of the world’s most persecuted peoples.

Along with her National League for Democracy party, Aung San Suu Kyi has tiptoed around the issue and has even refused to condemn the state-supported attacks that ravaged Rohingya communities in 2012.

The clear winner in The Middle East and Africa was Egypt’s General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the army general who conducted a bloody campaign to remove and then ban the democratically elected Muslim Brotherhood and put the Arab world’s most populous nation firmly back on the road to military rule.

Although the Islamophobia Awards are intended to be a tongue in cheek poke at public figures of all stripes, they do carry a serious message.

Islamophobia is on the rise all over the world, particularly in the West, and the event serves to focus attention on the problem. Five genuine awards will also be given to people who have struggled against Islamophobia.

It will be interesting to see which tools, hacks, bottom feeders and jihad enablers get those awards. I do hope that Reza Aslan’s gunsel, the creepy little thug Nathan Lean, who cheerfully and repeatedly endangers innocent people by publishing what he thinks is my home address and the names of places I frequent, is a prize winner, as that will show up the cynicism and whiff of menace surrounding this whole enterprise.

Islamophobia can be described as stereotypes, bias or acts of hostility towards individual Muslims or followers of Islam in general.

In reality, the charge of “Islamophobia” is an attempt to intimidate people into thinking that there is something wrong with resisting jihad terror and Islamic supremacism.

In addition to individual acts of intolerance and racial profiling, Islamophobia leads to viewing Muslims as a greater security threat on an institutional, systemic and societal level and perceiving their views to be intrinsically problematic, violent or unethical.

The 2014 Islamophobia Awards are being held tonight at the Holiday Inn, Wembley, starting 6.30pm.

The event will consist of performances including comedians, gala dinner, and a fundraising charity auction. It is being streamed live on www.ihrc.tv

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  1. No1 says

    Feb 22, 2014 at 12:00 pm

    It’s becoming fashionable on the Left to blast Barack Obama for being insufficiently Left, even though he would gladly go all the way to Karl Marx if only it were possible for him to do so. Pamela and Geert should be proud to have deserved their “Islamophobia” awards, unlike Obama who will no doubt find new and better ways to kiss Muslim ass.

    • Jay Boo says

      Feb 22, 2014 at 12:43 pm

      All the Apology Hotlines at the White House are open
      with appeasement operators eagerly standing by.

      Let’s hope Obama learned a lesson from his Morsi fiasco.

    • veggiedog says

      Feb 22, 2014 at 9:29 pm

      I love Geert, my hero, to him and Pamela I raise my glass. I have nothing to say about the name that should not be spoken.

      • shrugger says

        Feb 23, 2014 at 7:49 am

        Just call him Barry..Barry Seotoros

      • Shane says

        Feb 23, 2014 at 10:31 am

        Yes, they are heroes, and there is really no such thing as Islamophobia. A phobia is an irrational fear, and to fear attacks by Muslims is certainly a rational fear.

    • veggiedog says

      Feb 22, 2014 at 9:32 pm

      I find it amazing that this award giving is not just a put on…. They really have to be kidding or insane.

  2. James Foard says

    Feb 22, 2014 at 12:06 pm

    We need to take those idiots giving out their Islamophobia awards and drop them right in the middle of Pakistan with no passports, wearing t-shirts that say “Buddha was a pretty smart guy”, “Hare Krishna”, and “Jesus loves you”.
    That’ll give them a quick lesson on Islamic tolerance they won’t soon forget.

  3. Salah says

    Feb 22, 2014 at 1:53 pm

    “The clear winner in The Middle East and Africa was Egypt’s General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi”

    As an egyptian, I’m honoured. God bless Sisi.

    In case you missed this wonderful info:

    Christian becomes Egypt’s first female head of political party

    http://gulfnews.com/news/region/egypt/christian-becomes-egypt-s-first-female-head-of-political-party-1.1294429

    • Defcon 4 says

      Feb 22, 2014 at 2:34 pm

      So what? Iran has had a token Jew in their parliament for decades, but it’s not like he has any political power.

    • Petey says

      Feb 24, 2014 at 11:31 am

      What???? No Jew (In Israel) or the state thereof made the list???WTF just when you thought you had the whole warped ideolagy figured out they go and pull this boner on us!

  4. panther says

    Feb 22, 2014 at 2:09 pm

    It’s pretty honourable to be called ‘islamophobe’, barring few politicians like Obama and Theresa May, I believe islamophobic are the people like Pamella Galler, Robert Spencers, Greet Wilders & many others with high intelligence because they can perceive islam as the real threat to humanity and they are audacious in their endeavour to defeat the enemy & save the civilized world.

  5. Champ says

    Feb 22, 2014 at 2:39 pm

    ✿ Brava, Pamela! …boooo obama

    • Champ says

      Feb 22, 2014 at 2:45 pm

      …of course I’m teasing :->

  6. Champ says

    Feb 22, 2014 at 2:52 pm

    islam IS a phobia: an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.

    • Champ says

      Feb 22, 2014 at 2:53 pm

      …like the fear of all things *rational* and good.

  7. duh_swami says

    Feb 22, 2014 at 2:55 pm

    I was hoping to win that coveted title because of the movie and reality TV offers. But since Pam won I will be watching for her Hollywood debut as a heroine fighting for truth, freedom and justice.

  8. Champ says

    Feb 22, 2014 at 3:00 pm

    The myth of islamophobia: islam is wholly evil, so there’s nothing *irrational* about hating islam, and …

    “Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.” — Romans 12:9

    Therefore I hate evil islam.

  9. Champ says

    Feb 22, 2014 at 3:09 pm

    Pamela is a brave warrior for Truth! …and she isn’t afraid to speak it either.

  10. dumbledorearmy says

    Feb 22, 2014 at 4:32 pm

    Kind of bizarre, isn’t it?

    Three Infidel politicians who in general have *appeased and enabled* Islam, who because they happen to be at the head of Infidel nations and therefore, very much in spite of themselves, have occasionally impeded the Jihad, get Islamophobia awards!

    And then there’s one Deemed Insufficiently Islamic Mohammedan, in Egypt.

    But Pam Geller, Geert Wilders, and Aung San Suu Kyi, however, are the genuine article.

    They should display this accolade with pride, on the basis that “If you’re getting flak, you’re over the target”.

  11. Henry says

    Feb 22, 2014 at 4:41 pm

    Robert you more than deserve one too, and I mean that in the best possible sense. I’d quite like one, standing up against Islam and being labeled an ‘Islamophobe’ is an honorable title and equates to standing up for human rights, freedom and the values that set us apart from and make us better than the Islamic world.

  12. Beagle says

    Feb 22, 2014 at 5:23 pm

    Strange that only one religion has its own “phobia”?

    If a half billion people in Islam support a few million people who would like to play soccer with your severed head, concern is no irrational fear.

    If the leaders of that religion have issued numerous fatwas saying you can be murdered for being a citizen of the US (among other things), that is not an irrational fear.

    If your (here my) local imam was indicted for training jihadis to kill US troops overseas, you’d have to be delusional to not have a few concerns.

  13. Michael Copeland says

    Feb 22, 2014 at 7:16 pm

    Maybe Wilders’s party, “which continues to …propagate fears of an impending Islamic takeover of Europe” had been listening to Mohammed Mahdi Akef, then leader of the Muslim Brotherhood (now banned in Egypt as a terrorist entity), who said: “I have complete faith that Islam will invade Europe and America, because Islam has logic and a mission. The jihad will lead to smashing Western civilization and replacing it with Islam which will dominate the world … .”

    • Duke od Earl says

      Feb 23, 2014 at 7:40 am

      But if you take over the whole world, where would you get your prostitutes to satisfy you human nature? Oh, perhaps some of your own 9 year old daughters would suffice.

  14. SaturnV says

    Feb 22, 2014 at 11:01 pm

    Islamic terrorism “leads to viewing Muslims as a greater security threat on an institutional, systemic and societal level and perceiving their views to be intrinsically problematic, violent or unethical.” That’s better. Now it perfectly represents my opinion.

  15. Islofob IS-1 says

    Feb 23, 2014 at 1:19 am

    Interesting that B.H.O. got a nod, he has more people that are M.B., and or contacts , working in his cabinet than any other “leader” we have had in the United States, period.

    So this may be another attempt to keep his open, transparent, leadership hidden in the fog of war.

    • Defcon 4 says

      Feb 23, 2014 at 1:41 am

      So, are you proposing the islamophobia award given to the zero was given insincerely and for ulterior motives? If so, interesting thought.

  16. Bezelel says

    Feb 23, 2014 at 8:22 am

    Congrats to Pam for sure, However it’s like its say’s on the BNI site, It’s not islamaphobic when they really are trying to kill you.

  17. Truth Teller says

    Feb 23, 2014 at 12:51 pm

    Oops, they misspoke!!! It’s not Islamophobia…it’s Islamoreality!

  18. gravenimage says

    Feb 23, 2014 at 11:19 pm

    Pamela Geller, Geert Wilders, Aung San Suu Kyi—all people I respect highly, and consider some of the greatest advocates for freedom today.

    Brava, Pamela Geller!

    As for that Barack Obama fellow, I believe it is just a case that *no amount* of complicity and appeasement is ever enough—Obama would have to hoist the black flag of Jihad over the White House himself to satisfy the absurdly named “Islamic Human Rights Commission”.

    By the way, the “Islamic Human Rights Commission” supports Hizb’allah, has supported Abu Hamza and Omar Abdel-Rahman (convicted for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing), and has links to Al-Qaida—not that any of this comes as a particular surprise…

  19. Petey says

    Feb 24, 2014 at 11:24 am

    Where can I send my resume for consideration? I want one on my wall in my foyer entrance, Right beside my Military Service Certificate and Crucifix…lol

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