And even now, so many years after 9/11, there are still Muslims all over the world who erase and contradict “the core teachings of peace at the center of Islam,” with no pushback from Fareeha Rehman or any other Muslim with any significant platform. Now, why is that?
“The decades since 9/11 prepared Muslims like me for 2023’s Islamophobia spike,” by Fareeha Rehman, MSNBC, December 30, 2023:
My faith was largely invisible growing up. I don’t wear a hijab, and my town had very little Muslim presence. By the time the 9/11 terrorist attacks happened, my Pakistani immigrant parents were well settled in the states, with three small children. I’d go to public school and then come home to my evening Quran lessons. As a first generation Pakistani American, I was aware of the divide between my life outside the home and inside the home; having “two lives,” so to speak, just came with the territory.
As a first generation Pakistani American, I was aware of the divide between my life outside the home and inside the home.
At some point after Sept. 11, 2001, that divide began to converge in more apparent ways. Ignorant Islamophobic hate erased and contradicted the core teachings of peace at the center of Islam. Without mainstream visibility or the equalizing power of platforms like social media, Muslims, especially immigrants, felt siloed and powerless to defend themselves and their faith.
Five years after the terror attacks, my parents, grandparents, siblings and I were stopped at the U.S.-Canada border driving home from a summer vacation in Toronto. My father, a federal employee, disappeared through a separate door with the officers, while the rest of us huddled restlessly in a waiting room. About three hours later, we were back on the road. The problem? My father’s name: “Muhammad.”…
The Israel-Hamas war has led to a mini-resurgence of hate….
BTeboe says
I fail to see where in the Qur’an it talks about peace. There are hundreds of verses telling Muslims to either convert or kill infidels. If you’re not the right flavor of Islam you can still be killed. Islam is a scourge on the planet and I guess this woman enjoys being a second class citizen.
mike says
Leave it to MSNBC to lie to the people. Walking the masses to slotter
but can anyone expect anything different from MSNBC
Hudders. says
Mike. Absolutely true. Yet sadly it’s not just MSNBC spewing out this constant nonsense on a never ending basis.
Almost all news networks & media platforms of influence, are peddling the islamist deception.
Corrupted main stream media is now utterly infected with the jihadist apologistic disease now.
They can not be trusted. They are a dangerous devilish disgrace.
JimJFox says
Central message of Islam –
CONVERT,
ENSLAVE
or KILL
Mindy says
I read the book of war the false prophet mohammed wrote before I even read the bible. The “peace” they speak of occurs should those who follow it’s evil dictates succeed in colonizing the world, dominating it and subjugating or beheading those who will not bow to it. I also studied the history of islam, mohammed the false prophet and his merry band of demons began their colonization from the very beginning , this is what they were all about. I think mohammed’s goal was to become king of the world. He was a greedy, depraved man and his book of evil very much appeals to the heart of mankind, especially men. There are also instructions in the qaran for those who do not have the stomach to behead the infidels in nations the muslims are attempting to colonize , they are to pretend to be friends with the “infidels” so that they might gain influence within the host nation , all muslims are instructed that when their numbers are great enough in a nation they have been subvertly colonizing they are to attack and take the host nation. Muslims have in fact followed the instructions of the book of lies, the quran, from the very beginning. The history of their evil is interesting , mohammed and his following of demons were very successful which is why today most of the middle east is comprised of the muslim horde. They almost took more then just the middle east but just in the nick of time nations such as Spain realized what the muslims were doing, the muslim horde was driven back at the point of a sword.
dad says
There is the Mecca and Medina stuff… They publish the peace stuff, which is superseded by the violent stuff
Stive says
By the Koran and hadiths, any peaceful good Moslem is an apostate Moslem. Think reform Jews or secular church going Christians, as they also apostates to Judaism or Christianity. A loyal devout Moslem must kill and hurt people or support such. Peaceful Moslems I call reform Moslems.
gravenimage says
Often they are just lazy Muslims. Very few Muslims are actually trying to reform Islam. I wish they were.
Duane Burgess says
The “-phobic” terms, like Islamophobic are bullying terms. They have no genuine substance. They are used in an attempt to ridicule and shame those who do not embrace the narrative.
Islam is a religion of “peace” only to those who submit to Allah.
Allah is a false God.
Mohammed is a despicable and wholly corrupted false prophet.
Barbara says
Compare Islam to cults over the past decades, it fits the description. It has lasted longer because if you leave, you will be killed.
Kevin Cleveland says
I am not Islamic-phobic; I’m Islamic-pathic. I do not fear them, but the more I learn about them, the more I hate them. Their religion teaches them that any place Muslims have ever been is part of Islam and their territory; hence, they claim Israel because many Muslims lived there during the British occupation. They also teach that anyone who is not a Muslim must be killed: “Kill the unbelievers where you find them.”
Ed Bentley says
Thank you. Have been looking for a good reply to their teachings; especially about their killing of unbelievers. They give me no reason to accept their so called “god,” other than if you don’t we will take your life. Yes, I will therefore hate them.
40 rounds says
I’ve been led into a separate room at the Canadian border…yeah it’s irritating, but not that unusual because it’s their job to secure the border, question people etc…btw I’m a white male so stop playing the poor is me victim card, wha!
Dianne Mueller says
It’s time to call a spade a spade and acknowledge that Islam isn’t the peaceful religion they claim it is. We have been duped and it’s time we call them on it. If you’re a Muslim and you care to disavow the murderous rampages of your fellow Muslims, then you need to do it now, and very publicly. Otherwise, you are just a collaborator and as far as I’m concerned and accessory after the fact.
Dave Bave says
Well said, Dianne!!
gravenimage says
MSNBC: After 9/11, ‘ignorant Islamophobic hate erased the core teachings of peace at the center of Islam’
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Let me get thiws straight–Pious Muslims slaughter almost 3000 innocent people in the name of their violent faith, but it is Infidels who–somehow–manage to erase the peacefulness of Islam?
Is Fareeha Rehman going to explain how this works? I won’t be holding my breath…
PRCS says
Goebbels would be proud.
gravenimage says
So true, PRCS.
Tony Rice says
The Muslims I know, who come from Iraq, Syria or Pakistan, re all very nice people and believe in Islam, so what they know of it’s true nature baffles me. One says he can recite the Koran off by heart but I don’t see how that is possible, so presumably an abridged sanitised vesion of it. All even very comfortable with LGBT matters, so if left to themselves, are of normal human attitudes. But what irks me is neither the Pope nor Archbishop of Canterbury speak out against the atrocities taking place against Christians in many countries, and the Pope even embraces Imams, sends the wrong picture.
JimJFox says
Tony, the majority of non-Arab Muslims learn the Book of Atrocities parrot fashion from their teachers & chant the words oblivious to their meaning.
I have no sympathy for those that do know and consider them accomplices.
The holy father and the grand pooba of Canterbury want to keep their show on the road and choose to knowingly ignore the truth.
As Christopher Hitchens said “Religion poisons everything”
gravenimage says
Many “Hafiz” just recite the Qur’an in classical Arabic–a language that few understand. It would be much like my learning Beowulf by heart in the original Old English without understanding it.
FYI says
You know what’ s missing from the center of islam?
LOVE
Those absolutely essential 2 chief commandments MATTHEW 22 V 40″The whole law
of Moses and the teachings of the prophets depends on these 2 commandments”
The meaning of the Law of Moses and the teachings of the Prophets is the GOLDEN RULE{Matthew 7 v12}
allah MISSED all that.
The Whole of the Law and its meaning cannot exist in islam due to what islam. teaches.
Funny that as allah confirms the Bible {koran 3:3}and says he gave it to Moses {koran 2:87}and even says to check with the Bible folk if in doubt{Koran 10:94}
How could allah have missed all that?Isn’t that odd?
Say is that WHY the Bible is banned in islamic countries-muslims would figure it out and the ‘holy men’ of islam would lose their power of them!{Yes}
As a non-muslim i am classified as “The WORST of created beings” koran 98:6 .That’s not nice allah…but of course in islam there is none of that Golden Rule/1/2 chief/Exodus 20 commandments nonsense..
Does it really look like allah gave to Moses “the scripture”?
How could allah get Christian Theology so laughably wrong by thinking MARY is one of the 3 gods Christians worship.
{Koran 5:116 pickthall version
“And allah is the knower of all things”
koran 2:29
Well except Astronomy,Biology,Human reproductive Biology,Christian theology,Jewish beliefs{hey allah-who is “Ezra the son of allah”
Westpacwill says
And the Virgin Mary is the sister of Moses and Aaron, from 1,200 or so years before the birth of Christ (Sura 3 Ali Imran v. 36-45). That’s the danger of knowing just enough of Scripture to expose your ignorance.
JimJFox says
Full knowledge cures your ignorance!
FYI says
allah’s epic Theology fail of koran 5:116{Pickthall} where he mistakenly thinks MARY is one of the 3 gods is ludicrous.
To be ALL knowing means full knowledge of the religious beliefs of other religions.
Yet allah has it ALL wrong!For all eternity too.
No Jews believe in anyone called” Ezra is the son of allah” and christians don’t worship 3 gods.A ridiculous mistake to make from “allah the knower of ALL things” koran 2:29
If allah was really omniscient he would know he has it ALL wrong.
allah has no concept of the Law of Moses and islam has no prophetic future.
The errors in islam/koran become clear when muslims follow allah’s advice in koran 10:94 and check with the Bible people.So that’s why the Bible is banned in islamic countries.
The “holy men” of islam.like the Pharisees of old lose their power if muslims check it out.
That explains the death penalty for”Apostasy” nonsense in islam.The koran FAILS to survive critical evaluation.
The Arabic is quite irrelevant.allah sends good people to hell and does not even allow final penitence so allah is UNMERCIFUL and UNJUST.
FYI says
PS if you are offended by that hatefilled islamophobic comment feel free to contact CAIR and ask for Abdool on line 1,Abdoool on line 2 or Abdooool on line 3
“Together we can do this.Let’s stop the hate.Let’s stamp out islamophobia{or as i call it “legitimate criticism of a warped cult”}
Fareeha ,muslima sweetheart:at least i don’t have to wear a bag on my head.YOU do
And unlike allah i know where babies come from.
SCIENCE for muslimas
Biology 101
koran 86:6-7
Do you know where babies come from?
Would you mind explaining it to allah?
The same allah that insists muslima women wear a hijab/chador
࿗Infidel࿘ says
MSNBC – Muslim & Shariah NBC
CommonSenseChris says
Telling the truth about Islam and the beliefs of Muslims reflects poorly on the religion. Truth. That’s all it is. They call the spreading of truth Islamophobic. But it’s true.
I wish more Islamics would just choose to stay where they are welcome, instead of spreading their evil to Judeo Christian lands.
CommonSenseChris says
Oh. And I say this as a man in the USA because my family was slaughtered by Muslims in Turkey. The survivors who were meant to drown, made it out.
gravenimage says
Good for your family for surviving. The case is similar with Robert Spencer who founded this site.
commonsense says
This Muslim propagandist is arguably employing kitman, where Muslims lie by omitting certain key elements in their assertions. In this case, Islam’s “peaceful teachings” assert that the ongoing global jihad must be continue to be waged in order to bring about the primacy of Islam through world conquest, which, once achieved, will allow the jihad to end, ushering in global peace under a worldwide caliphate. THIS is what this Muslim liar presumably believes.
Rick says
I have no hatred for those who practice Islam – or any other faith. I do oppose those – of any faith – who seek to impose their private faith traditions on the general US public. I also oppose those ‘hard-liners’ who seek to destroy those of other religious beliefs – often using lies and falacious propaganda.