12 December 2014

The evangelical giftwrapping of Islamophobia marches on

.... And here we come to the heart of the purpose of OCC. For, according to the boss and guiding force of OCC, Franklin Graham – son of the evangelist Billy Graham – Islam is not just wrong, it is “a very wicked and evil religion”.

And by that he does not mean that Islam has been taken over by dangerous radicals, but that Islam itself is intrinsically evil. He recently told the British journalist Ruth Gledhill that Islam has been the same for 1,500 years. It “has not been hijacked by radicals” but is essentially a “religion of war”.

[TOP RATED COMMENT 298 votes] Still, at least they aren't crucifying anybody, which is more than could be said of Isis.

[SECOND 274v] The fundamentalists of both Islam and Christianity are equally absurd but there is one difference:

you can lampoon, satirize, cartoonize, seriously critique and question the history and mythology of one lot without having to go into hiding.

[THIRD 263v] “There is only one way to be friends with God.” In many places these boxes are distributed, this is thinly disguised code for: Islam is wrong."

Yes, why thinly disguise it rather than be upfront as the Qu'ran is when it declares Christianity to be wrong. [Guardian Cif] Read more