http://www.stonegateinstitute.org/2809/new-york-times-backs-islamist-movement
It seems strange that a newspaper as well-respected as the New York Times would publish an article, “In Police Training, a Dark Film on U.S. Muslims,” by Michael Powell that calls a documentary, The Third Jihad, Islamophobic without discussing its contents — preferring instead to paint NYC law enforcement as Islamophobes for simply watching the film, and its producers as pro-Israeli bigots.
“The Third Jihad,” narrated by an American-Muslim physician, Zuhdi Jasser, who practices in Arizona. From the documentary, it seems that Dr, Jasser simply wants American-Muslims to know the difference between a moderate Muslim – an individual who sees his or her faith as a personal matter — from an individual who practices political Islam, or “Islamism.” Proponents of Islamism desire to “Islamicize” social, legal and political institutions with their interpretations of Islamic doctrine through non-violent legal means – political parties, indoctrination of future generations through the educational system, and governmental institutions.
The Islamists’ agenda is as socially coercive, though not as extreme, as say the Taliban. As a result, their actions are likely to mimic the Islamist AKP party now in power in Turkey, whose leaders have detained countless journalists in the past year for speaking against the government. On a smaller scale, Islamist activity might resemble other religious groups which have been heavily criticized in the media such as the Haredi in Israel for their harassment of women, or evangelical Christians in the US for their political position on abortion thereby inciting the killing of abortion doctors in the US. Why Powell’s double-standard?
