Gaza Freedom Flotilla Killings: FACT CHECK (Dispelling Myths as Israeli PR Moves into Full Swing)

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday June 01, 2010 · 11:45 AM PDT

2010/06/01 · 11:45

Pls recommend this diary to continue ensuring that Israeli disinformation does not get in the way of truth!

I would appreciate everyone's help in spreading this information. Cross-posts are best as they increase the "authority" of the article and give it a better chance to show up in internet search. Pls use facebook share, reddit, stumbleupon, simple email, or whatever online means you have to get the word out.

For some background, when I started putting this post together, I had a very difficult time cobbling the facts together. They are spread out far and thin, and make it very difficult to respond to the organized Israeli propaganda machine. So, do your bit. Share, forward and discuss!

Poll

62 votes Show Results

Is Israel going to lose the hasbara war this time?

62 votes Vote Now!

Is Israel going to lose the hasbara war this time?

Yes

30 votes

20 votes

We won't allow it

12 votes

Hasbara spam alert: Israel's Internet Mercenaries on RED ALERT

amad

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Thursday January 15, 2009 · 4:03 PM PST

2009/01/15 · 16:03

PLS DIGG Silverstein's excellent piece DIGG here. And REDDIT here.

This diary needs to be highly recommended because this topic concerns the very fundamentals, the very crux of alternative news and opinions. We cannot let the blogosphere be controlled!

Recently, MuslimMatters.org started an initiative to help propagate the other side of the Israel massacre that is being white-washed in the media. Basically to digg stories in the media that needed more attention.

amad

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Saturday January 03, 2009 · 10:48 AM PST

2009/01/03 · 10:48

*Pls digg this excellent analysis on Gaza. Time to disseminate facts and not opinions and emotions*

We have added an excellent analysis by Adam Sheets on the Facts leading to the Israel's attack on Gaza here.

The article is fair and objective and relies on news reports from mainstream media (amazingly) to cobble together a timeline that reflects events and circumstances that lead to the ongoing Gaza attack.

amad

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday January 02, 2009 · 6:59 PM PST

2009/01/02 · 18:59

*DIGG post by clicking here*

It's going to be tough to beat this diary by JeffLieber, but I thought a Muslim POV on the situation would be appropriate.

Please recommend this diary if you agree with its implications. How can US citizens be treated like this in the 21st century??

LET AirTran know what you think about this incident by clicking here.

Nine passengers were removed yesterday from an AirTran flight. Apparently two made some "suspicious" comments, which in retrospect were completely benign, yet not only these two, but a few other passengers were removed! All the passengers don't even seem to be related. In fact, one person is African-American, while the others are of Indo-Pak descent! You can see a picture of a few of the passengers by clicking here.

amad

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Wednesday December 31, 2008 · 12:10 AM PST

2008/12/31 · 00:10

Pls DIGG post by clicking here

I was sent a video that covered two individuals' POV sound-bytes, Ahmed, a human-right activist and Eli Lazer, a Rabbi (video is below). What I found especially intriguing in this NBC video (see below), other than Ahmed's solid performance, were the comments of the Rabbi Eli Lazer, a University Professor.

Rabbi Lazer calls the Gaza massacre part of "Islam's war against those who don't believe in their religion". Because, according to him, the Bible's prophesies are true [I believe he is referring to the Old Testament]. In essence, the Rabbi is calling this attack part of a holy war.

amad

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Sunday December 28, 2008 · 10:24 PM PST

2008/12/28 · 22:24

**PLEASE DIGG ORIGINAL POST ON MUSLIMMATTERS by CLICKING HERE**

UPDATE: Great article on HuffPo
As I came to Dailykos tonight, I was full of apprehension about how the humanitarian crises, murder of genocidal proportions in Gaza, would be treated by the Dailykos community.

My expectations were low considering that yesterday when I wrote in my facebook status that I was grieved by the situation of dead civilians, including women and children, I received a comment that startled me. Imagine my disgust, when one someone, who I counted among friends from my MBA class, an IVY school class of some of the brightest and smartest minds, had the gall to say

"they [the dead Palestinian] deserved it and plenty more a-comin'"

Is this humanity? I could not imagine celebrating the murder of innocent human beings, regardless of their religion, or non-religion. Does any woman or child deserve murder?

Poll

309 votes Show Results

Is Israel justified in its bombing of the Gaza Strip?

309 votes Vote Now!

Is Israel justified in its bombing of the Gaza Strip?

Yes, completely

74 votes

Maybe yes

18 votes

Maybe not

12 votes

Absolutely not

204 votes

Obama Country: Muslims Across America Share Their Experiences

amad

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 6:26 PM PST

2008/11/04 · 18:26

On our open thread on MuslimMatters.org, Muslims from across America, including swing states of OH and VA are sharing their experiences.

We have yet to hear from ONE McCain voter.

PLEASE RECOMMEND this story, because the Muslim voice is once again shunned in MSM, when an overwhelming majority of Muslim voters are voicing their preference for OBAMA.

DIGG here

The following are excerpts from the comments:

amad

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Sunday October 26, 2008 · 3:17 PM PDT

2008/10/26 · 15:17

Couple of kids from a politically active Muslim family show off their "influence" skills on their 2-year old sibling

DIGG video here.

amad

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Sunday October 19, 2008 · 11:18 AM PDT

2008/10/19 · 11:18

Please recommend this story, and like we did with Campbell's CNN story, let these golden words of Powell be heard far and wide

Please digg the original post on this issue

After Campbell brought up this brave question on CNN, a question that all Muslims have been asking in America to themselves, to their friends, but not making a big deal of, because we want to think "yes, we understand the political situation about Muslims being potentially politically caustic, and yet hoping that others would ask for us.

And Campbell did, and now this brave man, probably one of the few respectable and upright individuals who served in the Bush Administration has spoke up for all Muslims. He did Campbell one better, by touching the souls and hearts of all fair-minded Americans.

"Well, the correct answer is, he is not a Muslim, he's a Christian. He's always been a Christian. But the really right answer is, what if he is?"

amad

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday October 14, 2008 · 11:11 AM PDT

2008/10/14 · 11:11

I see that I am a little late with this story, a recommended story diary on kos is already up. But I thought a little Muslim perspective from Saqib @ MuslimMatters.org (with full permission) would add to the discussion:

By now you've probably seen the video of Gayle Quinnell, the (in)famous John McCain supporter who at a campaign rally in Minnesota who called Barack Obama an Arab, citing that as reason to not trust him. Well, it goes on further. A correspondent from the theuptake.org who interviewed Quinnell right after the rally said the following in this YouTube video.

Quinnell cited that she obtained the "information" on Obama being an Arab at "her local library" and from a pamphlet obtained at a local McCain campaign office (provided by a fellow volunteer not the campaign itself). She has taken it upon herself to redistribute the information as widely as possible by making copies of the pamphlet and sending it to random names in the phone book.

amad

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Sunday October 12, 2008 · 12:32 PM PDT

2008/10/12 · 12:32

With information from MuslimMatters.org

BOOKMARK this new great website, exposing the dirty-dozen promoting islamophobia (all Rep "operatives"): http://www.smearcasting.com/ (a FAIR project)

UPDATE: Unfortunate twist in this story:

amad

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Thursday October 09, 2008 · 6:20 PM PDT

2008/10/09 · 18:20

This post was written with a Muslim audience in mind, and posted on MuslimMatters.org, so bear that audience in mind when you read this.

I believe the following videos (hat-tip to this post on Huff-Po) say so much more about the kind of campaign and the kind of voters that McCain is courting than anything the candidates could have said. While you see diversity among Obama supporters, what diversity do you see here? How would you, as a Muslim, felt being in line with these bigots?

Poll

183 votes Show Results

Is there any room for non-whites, non Judea-Christians in the Republican Party

183 votes Vote Now!

Is there any room for non-whites, non Judea-Christians in the Republican Party

Heck No!

87 votes

Probably No

19 votes

Maybe

4 votes

Definitely

7 votes

No room unless you are a bigot, even if non-white, non Judea-Christian

66 votes

Newer
Older

RSS

Gaza Freedom Flotilla Killings: FACT CHECK (Dispelling Myths as Israeli PR Moves into Full Swing)

Hasbara spam alert: Israel's Internet Mercenaries on RED ALERT

Facts about Israel's War on Gaza

ISLAMOPHOBIA: Nine Muslim Passengers Removed from AirTran Flight

Florida Rabbi Calls the Gaza Massacre a Biblical Prophesy [Media Bias & Distortion]

Proud of DailyKos: On Israel's Gaza Massacre

Obama Country: Muslims Across America Share Their Experiences

Now That's Cute!! Even Toddlers Know to Vote for Obama

Colin Powell: "...what if he is [a Muslim]?"

"So what if Obama was Arab or Muslim?" Campbell of CNN asks

UPDATE: Muslim Woman Attacked, Held At Gun Point In Elmhurst, IL

How Could Any Muslim Want to Vote for McCain After This?