The Haiti Earthquake, Bomb blast in Karachi, Bomb blast in Baghdad, Ahmadinejad and nuclear work, Wotton Basset outrage, Iraq enquiry, Guantanamo closure delay, trail and sentence of Aafia Siddique, Pakistan protests—these are just the few of the many headlines I can remember off the top of my head from the beginning of this year. Headlines for Haiti aside, when you analyse the news you’ll see that the Muslim world has made it to the forefront of the headlines again. It won’t be long before the BBC website adds ‘Muslims’ to their drop-down options menu. In the UK we were swept into the New Year with recycled apprehensions following investigations of the ‘Christmas day bomber,’ which put Islamic societies on the line and intensified the general anti-Islam vibe .
Even when you read articles online which talk about the majority of middle route Muslims condemning these acts of extremism, the comments tell you that people don’t care about the majority any more. The labels ‘Islam’ and ‘Muslim’ will always be associated to images of groups like Islam 4 UK or the faces of ‘violent extremists’ unless we do something about it.
The case of Umar Abdulmuttalab has meant BAD news for Isocs. Take a look at this article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8496066.stm
Umar Farouk’s case has not only given way for intensified Isoc interrogation but is making the whole airport experience even more torturous thanks to the implementation of body scanners. What’s next on the agenda for airport humiliation?
So far the only ‘positive’ thing I can credit the BBC for is for bringing me Muslim Driving School every Monday. Granny Taslima just makes my day when nothing else does. :)
whats muslim driving school?
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