Stop Islam

Dieser Beitrag erschien am 9.3.2008 auf Gegen den Strom auf blog.de. Da ich Grund zur Annahme habe, daß mein Blog dort kurz vor der Löschung steht, transferiere ich alle Beiträge hierher.

Jetzt hat auch der arabische Nachrichtensender Al-Jazeera am eigenen Leib erfahren, was passiert, wenn man eine islamkritische Fernsehdiskussion startet. Ynetnews berichtet:

“The al-Jazeera network deeply apologizes for the fact that one of its programs’ participants degraded Islam and the monotheistic faiths on her own initiative. The channel extends its apology to all its viewers for the offensive remarks and has canceled both reruns of the program,” the network said in a statement.

Was war passiert? Eine öffentliche Koranverbrennung? Aufruf zum Verzehr von Schweinefleisch? Nein, die syrische Psychologin Wafa Sultan, hatte sich in der Talkshow “The Opposite Direction”, doch erdreistet, Kritik am Islam zu üben:

“All the religions and faiths have been subject throughout history to criticism and insults, and this helped to develop and amend them over time. The only faith which beheads those who oppose it – is destined to turn into terror and tyranny.”This is the situation of Islam from its beginning to this day. It has sentenced its critics to prison terms, and those who escaped custody were killed. The Danish cartoons have managed to drop the first brick in the wall and open a window, through which the sun rays will be able to enter after a long period of darkness.”

She went on to say that “the Danish newspaper implemented its right for freedom of expression. The freedoms are the holy of holies in the West, and there is nothing which supersedes them.

“And I say, if Islam was not what it is, these cartoons would not appear. They did not come from an empty space, and the cartoonist did not make them up from his sick mind. They were an expression of what he is familiar with.”

Describing the illustrations, Sultan continued, “The Muslims’ barbaric reaction added to the value of these cartoons. It simply proved their rightness: The Muslim is an irrational creature, and the things he learned overpower his mind and inflame his feelings. That is why these remarks have turned him into an inferior creature, who cannot control himself and respond to events in a rational way.”

Natürlich wurde schon in der Sendung vom Thema abgelenkt, statt einer Antwort startete Tala`at Ramih, Sultans Gegenüber in der Fernsehdiskussion einen Frontalangriff:

Why is the freedom of expression in the West holy only when it comes to humiliating Muslims? Can they talk about the Holocaust? Can they talk about Christianity? Cinemas have been torched in the West for talking about Christianity.”

Was die islamische Welt bei einer Sendung mit dem Namen “The Opposite Direction” erwartet, brachte die arabische Tageszeitung “Al-Jazeera” (London) auf den Punkt:

It sparked a new scandal by hosting Sultan, who is known for her hostility towards Islam and the Muslims. She cursed the divine religion, attacked the Koran and scorned the prophet’s honorable way,”

Der Fernsehsender entschloß sich schließlich zur Entschuldigung, kombiniert mit einer Empfehlung, Sultan nicht mehr auftreten zu lassen:

Al-Jazeera chose to apologize, and according to one report, even warned the host not to let Sultan take part in the program again.

Natürlich ist selbst al-Jazeeras Entschuldigung nicht genug:

This apology is weak, lacking and unacceptable, and does not compare to the level of harm which appeared on the screen,” a special committee declared, demanding that the Qatari network publish a clearer apology and devote an entire program to discuss this issue.

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