Does Providence have a Christian-American Advisory Board? A Jewish-American Advisory Board? A Hindu-American Advisory Board? A Buddhist-American Advisory Board? Of course not. Defenders of the Muslim-American Advisory Board might respond that such boards aren’t needed, because Jews and Christians and Hindus and Buddhists aren’t facing “hate” the way Muslims are — except that isn’t true, as Jews are targeted in hate crimes twice more often than Muslims, and Christians are being viciously persecuted in many areas of the world — by Muslims.
The real reason why a Muslim-American Advisory Board is being established in Providence is because some Muslims are jihad terrorists. The underlying assumption here is that if Muslims get special privileges and access, they might stop killing non-Muslims. The special accommodation is a direct reward for bad behavior — it’s the behavior of an abused spouse being extra nice to the abuser, hoping the abuse will stop. It won’t.
“Providence mayor creates panel to protect Muslim Americans,” by Shaun Towne and Steph Machado, WPRI, November 22, 2016:
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza has signed an executive order that he says is aimed at better protecting Muslim-American residents from discrimination.
The order, signed by the mayor Tuesday, establishes a new Muslim-American Advisory Board. The five-member volunteer panel will advise Elorza on policies that affect Muslim Americans in an effort to reinforce the city’s founding principles of religious freedom, Elorza said.
Elorza said the decision to establish the board came in response to Donald Trump’s election as president. During his campaign, the president-elect made mention of a ban on Muslim immigration and implementing a Muslim registry.
Trump and his aides have since walked back some of those comments, now saying he is focused on stronger vetting for immigrants from terror-prone nations. He recently appointed a National Security Adviser, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn from Rhode Island, who has made controversial remarks against Islam. Elorza said he wants to ensure that Muslim Americans in Providence will be protected, regardless of what happens on the federal level.
“We’ve heard a lot, not only from the president-elect, but also from the folks that surround him, that really worry us and frankly, really frighten us,” the mayor said. “So that’s why it’s more important than ever that we come together at the local level.”
Monsurat Ottun, a Muslim-American Pawtucket resident, said Trump’s comments have caused concern in the local community. “Everyone is afraid,” Ottun said, adding that women who wear a hijab, or head covering, are particularly concerned because they are easily identifiable as Muslim by their attire. “It’s unfortunate that I’ve lived in this country my entire life, and I’ve never felt afraid like I do now.”
“I constantly have to watch my back everywhere I go,” she said.
Imam Mufti Ikram from the Masjid Al-Islam mosque in North Smithfield said he feels reassured by the mayor’s executive order, and hopes it sets an example for other cities.
“The cities across the nation are going to see a light, a hope for a community that is being bullied, that is being harassed by a lot of people,” Ikram said.
Another Imam, Muyideen Ibiyemi of the Muslim Community Center of Rhode Island, said his daughter was afraid to wear her hijab to school after the election. But he said there has also been a glimmer of hope; someone dropped off an anonymous card at MCCRI that read, “we are with you.”
Elorza’s order states that the panel was also created due to the “rash of hate crimes targeting minorities,” citing a statistic from the FBI that hate crimes against Muslims have increased nationwide by 67 percent since 2014….
Diane Harvey says
The Establishment Clause violation is pretty clear.
One religion is getting, to its benefit, special attention and privilege.
particolor says
O BOY !! This is getting Better and Better !!
A Harris USA says
Diane, of course it is establishment of a religion!!! That is what I mean, of the enablers putting Islam on the list of protected species… It will only bring disaster!!
john spielman says
so I guess this mayor is going ask the Dear born Michigan mayor to form a committee in Dearbornistan to keep nonmuslims safe from ‘”discrimination” there too?
Judi says
Are there any non muslims left in Dearbornstan?
particolor says
No that’s next !! Infidel Free Streets !! With Town Limit Boards stating that !!
A Harris USA says
Dearborn in a garbage can.. It needs a mass deportation.
Walter Sieruk says
That’s nice of the mayor of Providence Rhode Island to sign an executive order to further protect Muslim from all those mean Americans. As if those Muslims are actually being harassed. No Muslim nation, as for as I know, has signed such laws protecting non-Muslims from Muslim harassment . Nevertheless, the values of Western nations should be and are superior to the “values” of Islamic nations. Therefore in Western countries no Muslim should be harassed. So since the State of Rhode Island had been mentioned , the founder of the state was a Christian man who’s named was Roger Williams. What he wrote is somewhat of a reminder of the subject of Islamic violence towards non-Muslims. Mr . Williams explained “That religion cannot be true which need such instruments of violence to uphold it.”
PRCS says
“Monsurat Ottun, a Muslim-American Pawtucket resident, said Trump’s comments have caused concern in the local community. “Everyone is afraid,” Ottun said, adding that women who wear a hijab, or head covering, are particularly concerned because they are easily identifiable as Muslim by their attire. “It’s unfortunate that I’ve lived in this country my entire life, and I’ve never felt afraid like I do now.””
O.K., now–is hijab required or not?
Will journalists and citizens be able to query this swell new “Muslim-American” advisory board about that or other specifics about Islam’s actual texts, or would doing so be simply considered too racist/bigoted/xenophobic/Islamophobic to ask?
Wellington says
More caving.
hindusofprovidenceri says
wow wow wow
ok first off: elorza very narrowly won his last bid for mayor. he is on his way out. he is a terrible mayor, we hate dealing this twit. he is raising taxing and doing very little for the city
but this!
this takes the cake. women wearing hijabs are afraid? uh huh. they are wearing them because they want to, this bs needs to stop. muslims/islamists are terrorizing every one around the world. india is a prime example. if they (muslims) are afraid, that might be a good thing!
Cretius says
Islamophobia is a trumped-up term designed to further an agenda, as indicated by Abdur-Rahman Muhammad, a former member of the International Institute for Islamic Thought, who was there at the inception of the term:
This loathsome term is nothing more than a thought-terminating cliché conceived in the bowels of Mohammedan think tanks for the purpose of beating down critics. It is sad and a real danger that western leaders and the mainstream media have bought into this canard.
Worldwide intelligence services estimate that radical Islamists form 15% to 25% of Islam. Those 300 million+ Mohammedans constitute a real threat to the survival of western democracies, cultures and religions. Add to that the fact that holy war to advance Islam is a core teaching of Islam. In addition, approximately 80% of Mohammedans support the concept of holy war against non-believers.
The ignorance of western leaders and mainstream media about the true nature of Islam is our greatest threat. The leaders of the western democracies and their leftist mainstream media have demonstrated an appalling ignorance of the bigoted teachings of Islam and it’s aggressive and bloody 1,400 year history of attacking and eradicating non-believers. Islam conquers through warfare. Islam makes no accommodation and it is against their belief system to assimilate.
Islam encourages deception and lies to further their worldwide aim of eradicating democracies, non-believers and other cultures. There can be no accommodation of Islam or Islamic law.
Bill says
How many incidents of violence against muslims have occurred in Providence?
Paul Ashley says
Probably none, and that means the commission can do what most pols do, i.e. talk and talk and spend money. Set up a commission to deal with an actual real world problem? That could require hard work and results so we can’t have that, can we?
Angemon says
We’ll compare crime statistics 10-15 years away from now, especially sex crimes and propriety damage. Oh, and land value.
abad says
Protect Muslims from what?
Certainly not themselves.
The ONLY one who can protect (and rescue) Muslims from themselves is the Lord Jesus Christ – but that is only and only if Muslims repent (turn away) from Islam and accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
There is no other way.
Damocles Junior says
Muslim conversion to Christianity is often a death sentence for all involved. If you want to find out the truth (good & bad) about what happens in Muslim countries try and get hold of some missionary publications. (Middle East Christian Outreach is one such mission.)
Damocles Junior says
Reading the article it would appear that Muslims in the USA are frightened of one thing and one thing only and that is Donald Trump in the White House as from Jan 20th next year. Just what are they frightened of? Deportation if they are in the USA illegally? Tramp making it difficult for them to import their 4 wives and 20 children? No more pro-Islamic propaganda everywhere from schools through to the media? Proper punishment for Muslims committing crimes? A truthful inquiry into 9-11?
Or are Muslims frightened of wholesale persecution just like Christians are raped, robbed and murdered by Mohammedans everywhere from the English Midlands The Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan right through to Malaysia & Indonesia? Are the Muslims becoming paranoid about possible Southern Baptist led Militia and Death Squads?
But wait, this is not about Islam, it is about the Mayor of Providence RI (and many others) going into a nervous tizzy because Donald Trump won the election. Personally I agree with the commentator here in Oz who has suggested that Donald Trump has injected some ‘truth serum” and reinforced a few backbones when it comes to the whole debate about Islam here in the West. (our immigration minister here in Oz is still defending his recent adverse comments about allowing Lebanese Muslim migrants into this country way back in the 70s.)
Larry A. Singleton says
Again; people should go to the city’s official Fakebook page and express these comments. And state the facts.
We’re going to run up against these fascists, who who just a month ago went apes**t because Trump expressed the idea that he might not accept the election results, but who are now gearing up, ala “Occupy”, for “mass protests” during his inauguration. And who vow to continue fighting him every step of the way for the next four years.
And again; I liked what this Milo guy had to say about getting in the faces of these fascists and Jew haters with the facts. Loudly and Often.
I’m wondering if I’ve been blocked since yesterday when I posted comments educating them on the “Islam” they don’t seem to be acquainted with.
greygandalf says
Excuse me – am I allowed “puke” time at work when I read pro-Muslim horse shit . I can certainly smell the stench of the eternally offended, and it makes me vomit….
solange silverman says
Where, then, is the Jewish-American Advisory Board to protect Jews? And boards for all the other denominations and ethnic groups? I am using Jews, since the majority of hate crimes today are carried out against Jews and certainly NOT Muslims, as they would have us believe. This board is just a tool for more Islamaganda.
Sam says
I am sick of these “poor Muslims”. When will enough be enough with Islam?
Cretius says
Islamophobia is a trumped-up Islamic political term designed to further an agenda, as indicated by Abdur-Rahman Muhammad, a former member of the International Institute for Islamic Thought, who was there at the inception of the term. The term is a prime example of the Islamic teaching of using deceit or lies to protect or further the goals of Islam. The term is contrary to the definition of a phobia. Concise Oxford Dictionary. See also the Oxford definition of racist. By definition, Islam is not a race.
This loathsome term is nothing more than a thought-terminating cliché conceived in the bowels of Mohammedan think tanks for the purpose of beating down critics. It is sad and a real danger that western leaders and the mainstream media have bought into this canard.
Larry A. Singleton says
Everybody should get or download a copy of “Islamophobia: Thought Crime of the Totalitarian Future” by Horowitz and Spencer.
Cretius says
Islamophobia: Thought Crime of the Totalitarian Future
Islamophobia: Thought Crime of the Totalitarian FutureSep 8 2011
by Robert Spencer and David Horowitz
CDN$ 0.99Kindle Edition
Available on Amazon