Introducing an (intellectually) blind Indian: Mira Nair

Submitted by Prashant (United States), Nov 11, 2022 at 01:34

Dear Dr Pipes:

My declared policy is to expose the hypocrisy of Muslims and Muslim sympathizers whenever possible. Today, while researching Zohran Mamdani, a new member of the NY assembly, I stumbled upon the Wikipedia page of his India-born mother Mira Nair. Mira Nair is a Harvard educated scholar and film-maker. She is married to a Muslim and is the mother of a Muslim son. I do not know if Mira Nair herself is a Muslim.
She has made many acclaimed movies. One would assume that with her superior academic background and successful career, Ms. Nair would be objective and smart. But, in reality, Ms. Nair is intellectually blind. Let me show our readers how.

Ms. Nair's Wikipedia page tells us that in 2013 she declined an invitation from the Haifa International Film Festival as a "guest of honor". She wanted to protest Israel's policies toward (the so called) Palestine. This was bad enough but it does not prove that Ms. Nair is blind. But what she said on Twitter while declining the invitation proves that. Ms. Nair said and I quote, "I will go to Israel when the walls come down. I will go to Israel when occupation is gone...I WILL GO TO ISRAEL WHEN THE STATE DOES NOT PRIVILEGE ONE RELIGION OVER ANOTHER. I will go to Israel when Apartheid is over. I will go to Israel, soon. I stand w/ Palestine for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) & the larger Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) .." (Capitalization is mine)

As mother of a Muslim son and wife of a Muslim man, Ms. Nair should know that all Islamic countries favor Islam over other religions. As a good human, Ms. Nair must be truthful. But Ms. Nair turns a blind eye toward all Islamic nations. Millions and millions square miles of Islam occupied land is not visible to Ms. Nair but she chooses ten thousand miles of Israeli land for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS). Ms. Nair is a hypocrite and intellectually blind.

What should we do to fight against such intellectually blind people? First of all we must not measure Islam with a special yard stick. If democracy is good for everyone, it must be a good Rx for to Islam-occupied lands also. Secondly, we must punish the people who ignore Islamic excesses around the world. I will boycott Ms. Nair's movies. None of my money must go to her. That is my BDS for Ms. Nair. Congrats, Madam.

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