This is unfortunate, but not in the least surprising.
“Islamophobia” is a smear propaganda neologism designed to intimidate people into thinking that it is wrong to oppose jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women and others.
There is no “Islamophobia network.” There is, however, a concerted effort by several Leftist and Islamic organizations to group together several distinct and disparate organizations that oppose jihad terror, add up the funding they have received over a period of many years, and present it as a well-funded “hate” machine, when actually when the total is divided among the various organizations and the years represented, it amounts to little going to any of them, and the amounts are dwarfed by the lavish funding enjoyed by the Leftist and Islamic groups producing these skewed and intentionally misleading “studies.”
There is no “Muslim ban,” but a ban on travel from several Muslim and non-Muslim countries that would not or could not provide adequate information about those wishing to enter the country. To repeal this will mean that people about whom nothing is known will be able to enter the country freely, often from jihadi hotspots and other areas where criminal activity is rife. What could possibly go wrong?
It has for years been a constant claim of Leftists and Islamic supremacists that opposing jihad violence and Sharia oppression constitutes “hate,” and this has been so frequently repeated that, like Goebbels’ Big Lie, it has become widely accepted solely by dint of that repetition. It is a shame to see Christianity Today accepting this uncritically, but because this acceptance is so ubiquitous, it is, once again, not surprising.
Would the Evangelical Theological Society ever invite an actual opponent of jihad violence to speak at their conference? Not on your life. And for Asma Uddin and her ilk, that means Mission Accomplished.
“Muslims Join Evangelical Theology Conference,” by Jayson Casper, Christianity Today, November 20, 2020:
It is not often that a Muslim appears at an evangelical theological gathering.
Al Mohler invited three.
The trimmed-down 72nd annual conference of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), held virtually this week, usually welcomes up to 2,000 top scholars to present on the most salient issues facing evangelical scholarship….
“We don’t resist the idea we must love Muslims,” said John Hartley, a research fellow at Yale, “but we hesitate and keep silent, because the politics is so messy.
“This leaves the field open for those who spread hate.”
Asma Uddin, a religious liberty lawyer (previously interviewed by CT) and a fellow with the Inclusive America Project at the Aspen Institute, described the well-funded Islamophobia network that tars Muslims and the political left in a joint conspiracy to take over the world.
The effort seems to be working.
Uddin cited Pew Research Center statistics that found white evangelicals to be twice as likely as Americans overall (76% vs. 38%) to support President Donald Trump’s 2017 “Muslim ban.”
And according to the 2019 American Muslim Poll, only 20 percent of white evangelicals had a positive opinion of Muslims, with 44 percent feeling unfavorable.
Only 14 percent of Muslims had an unfavorable view of white evangelicals, with one-third feeling favorable—but the damage has been done….
Wellington says
The bigger of the two problems illustrated by this article is not the Islamic world, regularly wretched as it has been for centuries—and which world has produced on its own virtually nothing of value either for centuries or never. No, the bigger problem is Western Civilization which started going into extra stupid mode in the 1960’s.
If one seeks the main reason why the wretched belief system which is Islam, the only totalitarian religion among the major religions of the world, has any kind of respect, look no further than the West in the 1960’s, which explored new avenues of self-hate, narcissism, overall ignorance, the twin idiocies of pc/mc, moral relativism, self-aggrandizement, globalist nonsense, et al.
Thus, verily, and so on, it is no wonder that a lot of silly people in our time (e.g., Joe Biden) who call themselves Christian would moronically defend the very religion that has nothing but pure contempt for Christianity.
Stunning but true. And show me a Christian who defends Islam and I will show you, at best, a fool of the first order. Pope Francis comes foremost to mind right now.
curious george says
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Pope Francis backs George Floyd protests, slams COVID-19 skeptics in book
https://nypost.com/2020/11/24/pope-francis-backs-george-floyd-protests-slams-covid-skeptics/
gravenimage says
+1
LB says
Ah yes, the pope. Did you know he has an official instagram account? Neither did I until several days ago when he liked a picture of a, shall we say, “well-endowed” Brazilian model in a catholic schoolgirl outfit which is too short for her… curves.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8969923/Vatican-demands-answers-Instagram-Popes-model-photo-like.html
Of course, it’s questionable whether he himself did it or is the account managed by some young priest, but that’s besides the point. The Vatican, as the worlds leading Christian institution, is a fucking joke. I suspect any traces of Christianity have long left that place and all that remains there now is the insatiable hunger for money (at best; I don’t even want to think about the worst).
Peter WF says
Can’t expect much from the pope. Let him lead by example and settle 5000 refugees in the vatican.
Who would you choose for migrants if you must have migrants?
Search “world map average IQ”. Why would you import the dumbest on the globe? Doesn’t say much for your current population or is it your fearless leaders?
Note the 2 smartest nations don’t have a jihadi problem.
Some other searches –
“world map marry first cousins”
“Effects of Centuries of Inbreeding Among Muslims”
“world map corruption”
“world map muslims”
“world map christians” and / or any other religion.
“world map world map violence against children”
I’m sure you will think of other searches.
somehistory says
There is no end to the rotten boloney being given to the public.
It seems Christians are supposed to “love” and “give support” to moslims, and wish to help them take over and destroy the Freedoms given by our Creator.
But, woe is me, Christians don’t “like” moslims. Wonder why? Could it be due to the slaughter of Christians by moslims….everywhere moslims are in the majority or even a large minority of a nation’s population?
Could the dislike be due to the constant persecution and debasement of Christians by moslims in moslim majority countries and those with large numbers of moslims in the population?
Could the dislike be due to hearing from many moslim clerics and “scholars” about what they believe concerning what Jesus is going to do to Christians?
Could it be due to the destruction of churches and homes and Bibles belonging to Christians at the hands of moslims?
And this so-called “Christianity Today,” has to be run by those with a death wish and lying hearts to invite those who wish to murder Christians and then complain about a fake “phobia” of islam because of the murders, rapes, destruction of property, threats, insults and lies moslims heap upon Christians.
islam is from satan the devil, the archenemy of our Holy God and His Son, Jesus Christ. The Word that informs us about these Two Holy Ones, commands us to, Hate what is bad.” satan is “bad,” evil, wicked and a demon. islam is “bad,” …evil, wicked, demonic and I do hate it, despise it, deplore and abhore it.
And I do not support moslims because they adhere to this evil and wish to force it on the rest of mankind…by complaining, by threats, and by violent murder and rape. I join with those Christians who were asked if they “have a positive opinion of moslims” and said No.
And, one last point…those moslims who were asked about their opinion of Christians…most must have been following their official commands to lie. Because that is what moslims are taught to do when it can help spread the evil. And in this case, make Christians look bad for not being favorably impressed by moslims.
Edward McMunn says
I could not agree more. Thank you for saying it for us.
Infidel says
There never was a Muslim ban. Had there been one, about 50 countries would have been on that list. In fact, that list does need to be updated, and should include Pakistan, Turkey, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Kuwait and Qatar. For starters!
The current ban barely covers 10% of the world’s Muslims, if even that!
James Lincoln says
Infidel says,
“There never was a Muslim ban.”
That is a true statement.
The problem is, there *should* have been a muslim ban…
Infidel Pride says
Not just that, when the original ban was announced, a lot more countries would have deserved to be on that list that weren’t on it. Like had Saudi Arabia been there, would we have had the Pensacola shooting? Why was Pakistan not there: Sayyid Farook and Tasfeen Malik were from that country. How about Afghanistan, which gave us the Pulse night club shooter?
Eleanor says
Agree James, and there should have been a muslim ban since 9/11, so really there is no hope for America, especially if muslim-loving Biden becomes President. I truly despair.
gravenimage says
+1
tim gallagher says
Islam hates Christianity and all religions apart from islam. It seeks, and always has sought, to impose Islam on everyone and therefore wants to wipe Christianity out. I can’t comprehend the suicidal stupidity involved in these Christians who support Islam, this clear enemy of Christianity and all other religions except islam. Christians should really spend their time calling out islam as the evil, barbaric ideology it is, with its child brides, its terrorism against non-Muslims, its rape gangs, etc. That’s what Christians should be doing.
somehistory says
Yes, and we should make abundantly clear to everyone we can that the ‘god’ of islam is not the True God of the Bible; and not the Creator of life, as moslims claim. And that Able, Noah, Abraham, etc. and the Prophets and others in Israel, of whom the Bible speaks, were not moslims, but ancestors of Jews, Jews or converts to Judaism ( such Ruth and Rahab).
The entirety of islam is a tissue of demonic lies.
gravenimage says
Christianity Today features Muslim speaker who complains about ‘Islamophobia’ and Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’
……………….
Just grotesque.
Note that Asma Uddin has been whitewashing Jihad terror for a long time. She has said that the people involved in the terror plots in London and Glasgow “are an aberration”–despite the fact that Islam teaches Jihad terror, and that there have been over 40,000 Jihad terror attacks just since 9/11.
https://nypost.com/2007/07/08/devil-may-cair-double-dealing-on-terror/
Fred van de Bunt says
The OIC (representing 56 Islam countries) has lobbied with the UNHRC for an international blasphemy declaration. At this moment the following UNHRC declaration exists:
https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=%20A/RES/67/178
Noticeable parts of the text are:
“Expressing deep concern at those acts that advocate religious hatred” (the islamophobia clause)
“Reaffirming that terrorism cannot and should not be associated with any religion” (any Allah Akbar murderer has automatically nothing to do with the religion of peace)
“Recognizing the valuable contribution of people of all religions or beliefs to humanity”(some horrible sharia laws are a valuable contribution to humanity, so we can stay friends with any sharia regime that donates to the UN, which extends the salaries of our UN employees)
“Welcoming the inauguration of the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue in Vienna” (Saudi regime that gives you, based on sharia, 750 lashes, say 40 first, for which you have to heal 3 months, after this the next 40, heal again 3 months, then again 40, heel, etcetera. Those UN guys welcome this, and the Saudi’s enormous amounts of financial donations to the UN has nothing to do with it of course…).
Giacomo Latta says
All too true.
somehistory says
satan’s wild beast at work
Jayell says
‘Only 14 percent of Muslims had an unfavorable view of white evangelicals, with one-third feeling favorable—but the damage has been done….’
For a start, being ‘white’ (or not) is supposed to be completely irrelevant for being a Christian evangelical. so what sort of ‘evangelical we’re talking about here is not clear.
Secondly, muslims are specifically commanded to reject those who reject islam, so none should be favourably-disposed towards evangelicals of any kind anyway – if they are proper muslims, that is, or not tellings lies, or if these figures haven’t been ‘edited’ or fabricated.
As for ‘damage’ being done – I don’t think any muslim should dare accuse anyone else of causing ‘damage’, since ‘causing damage’ is usually what muslims are proud to boast about most of the time.
Crusades Were Right says
“hate”
How bizarre that anyone should portray Mohammedans as the VICTIMS of “hate”!
Islam demands that its adherents hate the rest of humanity simply for the “crime” of not being them.
OLD GUY says
The most hateful and violent religious group in the world is concerned about its opposition. Only Islam can change the minds of those who speak out about the teachings of the islamic cult. Islam leaders promotes the violence against non-believers and almost all muslim/islamic worshipers follow along and do nothing to stop it. So don’t complain about Islamophobia if you are not willing to stand up and stop the islamic violence and crimes against humanity.