It’s unclear what Ibrahim “Honest Ibe” Hooper and the gang of fascist thugs over at Hamas-linked CAIR found so objectionable about this image. In fact, it’s not altogether clear what the image itself is intended to convey. Apparently, aside from the mathematics pun on “radicals,” the image is saying that observant (hijab-wearing) Muslims reject “radicalism,” i.e., violent jihad, in Islam. Why would CAIR, which claims to be a “civil rights” organization, object to this? It seems as if they’re enraged over even the suggestion that there is an Islamic “radicalization” that Muslims must reject or do reject. We are all supposed to pretend that there is no jihad violence at all, despite nearly 40,000 violent jihad attacks since 9/11, on pain of charges of “Islamophobia.”
Whatever the value or lack thereof of this photo, the Baltimore County Public School system has set a bad precedent by immediately caving to CAIR’s pressure. Now anything CAIR claims is “Islamophobic” will be expected to be immediately removed. Given the fact that this sinister organization has for decades claimed that honest examination of the motivating ideology behind jihad terrorism was “Islamophobic,” this is a dangerous precedent to set.
CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case — so named by the Justice Department. CAIR officials have repeatedly refused to denounce Hamas and Hizballah as terrorist groups. Several former CAIR officials have been convicted of various crimes related to jihad terror. CAIR’s cofounder and longtime Board chairman (Omar Ahmad), as well as its chief spokesman (Ibrahim Hooper), have made Islamic supremacist statements about how Islamic law should be imposed in the U.S. (Ahmad denies this, but the original reporter stands by her story.) CAIR chapters frequently distribute pamphlets telling Muslims not to cooperate with law enforcement. CAIR has opposed virtually every anti-terror measure that has been proposed or implemented and has been declared a terror organization by the United Arab Emirates. CAIR’s Hussam Ayloush in 2017 called for the overthrow of the U.S. government. CAIR’s national outreach manager is an open supporter of Hamas.
Do Baltimore school officials know about any of that? Almost certainly not. Would any of them care about any of it? Probably not.
“CAIR Welcomes Maryland School System’s Removal of Islamophobic Image from Curriculum, Seeks Broader Policy Changes, Transparency on Approval Process,” by Ibrahim Hooper, Hamas-linked CAIR, March 24, 2021:
(BALTIMORE, MD, 3/24/2021) –The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed Baltimore County Public Schools’ (BCPS) removal of an Islamophobic image in a pre-college math curriculum and urged broad policy changes to vet content.
The controversial image featured three Muslim youth wearing Islamic head scarves (hijab) alongside the statement “RADICALS ARE FOR ADDING AND SUBTRACTING.”
In a statement, CAIR’s Maryland Director Zainab Chaudry said:
“This Islamophobic image is tone deaf and inappropriate and should never have been approved to be included in the digital pre-college math curriculum.
“Unfortunately, this is not the first instance in which we’ve had to confront Islamophobia in the Baltimore County Public School System. While we welcome school officials’ action to remove the image, this incident is symptomatic of a broader issue within the school system in which measures to appropriately vet content have failed repeatedly.
“Reports indicate Muslim children are bullied in U.S. public schools at a rate of up to twice the national average. Thousands of Muslim children attending BCPS schools are at risk of being directly impacted by this kind of harmful messaging. Our school systems can and must do better.
“We call on BCPS officials to implement broader, more inclusive policy changes and introduce transparency in the curriculum approval process so incidents like these do not happen again.”
“BCPS’ removal of the anti-Muslim image from their math curriculum is a step forward. However, BCPS needs to do more to ensure that educational curriculum is properly vetted for any Islamophobic and racist material that negatively impacts students of color” said CAIR-National’s Research and Advocacy Coordinator Huzaifa Shahbaz. “We are more than willing to advise BCPS senior officials on the threat of Islamophobia and how they can implement broader policy changes.”
A statement released by BCPS noted:
“BCPS learned Tuesday afternoon of an unacceptable and harmful image contained in its digital pre-college math curriculum and immediately removed the image. It was placed following a digital rewriting of curriculum in anticipation of distance learning. Since it was discovered Tuesday, an investigation has taken place and meetings have been conducted with the BCPS Office of Math leadership and curriculum writing teams to address both the critical need for culturally responsive and sustaining curriculum which reflects and celebrates the students we serve, as well as improvements to our curriculum review and quality assurance processes moving forward. The investigation concluded that this incident was unintentional, did not intend malice, and resulted from a lack of sensitivity and awareness. It should not have happened, and we know we can and will do better.”…
Wellington says
A starting point: Censorship and Islam go very well together.
A natural follow up: Islam and liberty are completely incompatible.
Another point: Islam is a burden to what was established in America in the late 18th century, rather as Marxism and Nazism have been. “Three of a kind” to be sure; most certainly all enemies of freedom and the truth as well.
Every totalitarian ideology has a “problem” with the truth. Islam could serve as the prototype of this verity.
So sick of Islam. So sick of the lies of Islam. So sick of how Islam parasitically sucks out freedom from free societies. Utterly sick of Islam posing as the victim when, in fact, it is such a heinous perpetrator.
Oh yes indeed, so sick of Islam across the board. Mankind would be so much better off if it were no more, which I for one consider a beautiful sentiment.
James Lincoln says
Wellington says,
“Every totalitarian ideology has a “problem” with the truth.”
Perfectly stated, my compliments…
gravenimage says
+1
mortimer says
Islam has so many things that are obviously wrong with it, Islam is almost impossible to defend in today’s era of human rights and equality.
Muslims who are honest realize that Islam cannot be reformed.
The plan to impose a ban on criticizing Islam is proof that Islam cannot be rationally defended.
gravenimage says
Sadly, most Muslims don’t want Islam to be reformed, and any criticislm or even questioning of Islam is prohibited under Shari’ah.
jim says
Islamophobia is a certifiable fallacy; a phobia is an Irrational fear.
The fear of Islam which has been murdering its way through history for the last 1400 years (numbers as high as 270 million) is neither irrational or unrealistic but just common sense!
livingengine says
CAIR tells us why the Atlanta Spa Shootings are all about Muslims
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6y-6nCcXhc
gravenimage says
Yes–I’ve seen this absurd video. Thanks for the link.
PRCS says
Waiting, waiting, waiting for them to apologize.
Here’s where many of those snippets come from:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFYW2x6hlPQsAjhzfX5F6ug
livingengine says
“Waiting, waiting, waiting for them to apologize.”
Indeed. Here they are strong arming the trial process in Minneapolis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiPidFgSjlw
Incredible!
Hoi Polloi says
“The controversial image”…… and of course they provide no explanation of the “offense,” making very clear that granting CAIR and the like full and absolute censoring power is the true aim. Add on the mind-numbingly groveling statement from the offender for extra flavor.
Halal Bacon says
yah, 2 + 2 = BOOM!
gravenimage says
Hamas-linked CAIR pressures Baltimore to remove ‘Islamophobic’ image from curriculum, calls for more censorship
……………………
Never mind that this image was supposed to sneer at the idea that any Muslims are “radical”, and are instead just all-American skateboarders–no doubt a shorthand for assimilated, despite their Hijabs.
But as I have noted before, *no* amount of appeasement is *ever* enough for Muslims–and just implying Muslims and “radicalization” in the same image is likely too close to the truth for these supporters of Jihad–even if the image was intended to debunk such a link.
And as always, Islam wants to shut down *any* scrutiny of Islam at all,
CogitoErgoSum says
I think I get it. Adding more Muslims into your country results in the subtraction of non-Muslims from your country.
somehistory says
Adding mo slums here, means adding more terrorism, demands for submission, threats and whining. Adding more mo slums means subtracting freedoms and a feeling of security.
PRCS says
My take:
“Rad” Muslim skateboarder chicks. Can’t have that.
“Bad ass” Muslim chicks. Oh, my Allah, no! Can’t have that.
And they might be hanging out with filthy kuffar boys at the skatepark. Definitely can’t have that!
Infidel says
I have forgotten what radical expressions are. Reminder, anybody?
somehistory says
The way the girls are standing seems to be saying, “Look at how tough we are.”
And the creeps from c.a.i.r….and everyone can thank ‘o’ for them still being free to try to take away freedom…don’t just want to “advise.” They want to demand, decide, and control.
They are the bullies on the block, but always say “reports” of mo slum kids being bullied are x number of times more than other kids….but where are these “reports,” and who is in charge of writing them? c.a.i.r. likes to promote hoaxes in order to ‘prove’ that there is an anti-mo slum “phobia’ going on across the country.
I say, if you don’t like it, leave it. No one will attempt to make you stay where you are not wanted.
Andrew Blackadder says
Why do muslims from various islamic Nations around the World all wish to come into non islamic Nations and then constantly complain that they dont get what they demand, and yet they still come, in droves, so, my question is, did they not get the notice that we infidels are all racist pigs and hate everybody, or did they miss that information from their local islamic teacher in their local mosques in whatever shithole islamic Nation they came from..
Plenty of room in Saudi Arabia, but no welfare payments I guess…
We are being played for bloody fools by people who wish to live as we did in the 7th Century…
Am I missing something here?.
gravenimage says
Yes–this is a Hijira, deliberately intended to remake non-Muslim lands into more of Dar-al-Islam–violently if need be.
Yohannes says
Why US gov let this nasty Shitlamist supremacist group control the free people of US?
As far as i know, those Muslims receive too much right that they should have, here in their lair we k-feareen have to accept their bully to us like “Kafir” and “Worshipping naked god with underwear”
They freely play “Islamophobia” card, where we have to be very careful or we will be sliced to half by terrorist Shitlamic group like Laskar Jihad and friend…
Bikinis not Burkas says
Girls just want to have fun!
Under the MURDEROUS IDEOLOGY of ISLAM it is haram!
gravenimage says
Fun is un-Islamic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A&ab_channel=CyndiLauperVEVO
Linde Barrera says
I was certified pre-k through 6th grade when I was teaching full time in NYC. It is difficult for me to get the “take” on this “radical-Islam-math” image from any high school
as so many school boards would never
pass or allow this type of communication and instruction-related material to see the light of day. Is it possible that this “instruction” sheet was created by CAIR itself as a talking point/publicity sample?
I would not put it past them!
somehistory says
+10 sounds plausible.