To this Day

Submitted by Sarit (United States), Sep 19, 2015 at 19:38

Indeed, stemming from the perceived persecution complex held by Mohammad, contemporary rhetoric of political Islam now portrays Jews and Christians as the 'white' (Western) hegemons oppressing the 'non-white' (non-Western) Muslims. Obvious examples are 'all Muslims are wrongly blamed for 9/11' or 'the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan' were racist wars against Muslims (even though Muslims come from all different racial backgrounds, Islam being a religion). Finally, let's not forget the powerful white Israelis victimizing the poor, brown Palestinians. This last conflation is not only blatantly bigoted toward both parties mentioned, but the racist binary depicted here is simply inaccurate. Jews and Palestinian Arabs ae effectively the same people, as the majority of Jews also trace their genetic roots back to the Levant.

Yet seeing how well this white vs. non-white argument has worked for segregated America, continuing today with Ferguson and similar cases, it's no wonder that political Islam has adopted this position in the international PR arena so as to promote their role as victim and, thereby, abdicating any responsbility for all acts of violence.

After all, who is going to question the plight of the perpetual underdog?

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