UN Criticises World News Media for Jumping to Blame Muslims for Norway Killings

[Abu Talib]

UNITED NATIONS: A United Nations human rights expert on freedom of religion has denounced as embarrassing examples of prejudice the initial western media reports on Friday's mass murder in Norway which implied a possible connection with terrorism.

Heiner Bielefeldt, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, said on Wednesday that the way in which some public commentators immediately associated the horrifying mass murder in Norway last Friday with terrorism is revealing and indeed an embarrassing example of the powerful impact of prejudices and their capacity to enshrine stereotypes. Proper respect for the victims and their families should have precluded the drawing of conclusions based on pure conjecture.

At least 75 people have died as a result of twin attacks an explosion in the centre of the capital, Oslo, and a shooting at a nearby island where a youth camp was taking place.

Many initial media reports focused on Norway's contribution of troops to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and implied that may be connected to the bombing and shooting. Yet the suspect in the massacre is a non-Muslim.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011

http://www.brecorder.com/world/euro...al-linking-of-norwegian-attacks-to-islam.html

 

[Just a Guy]

:salam2:

I would still consider it terrorism, but then most terrorists are not Muslim. The IRA are terrorists. The KKK are terrorists. The IDF are terrorists.

Anything done to scare people and inspire fear is an act of terrorism.

 

[Aapa]

Assalaam walaikum,

This is good:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhaOHy43LWg

 

[BrotherInIslam7]

:salam2:

I happened to follow the news story in the immediate aftermath of the attacks (The explosion was reported first and then the shooting on the Uteya island).

Almost all of the so called 'terrorism experts' on these news channels were linking this to 'Islamic extremists'. This continued up until to the point when they realized the motives of the killer which were anti-immigration for muslims and the threat of Islamic culture spreading in Norway.

Also, the convict has released a manifesto which claims that he was carrying out these attacks to revive the spirit of the 'Crusaders' and their motive to have a land free of muslims. So does that make him a 'Christian extremist' ?

It is fascinating that most news agencies aren't deliberating on the spread of such forms of Islamophobes across Europe.

What is saddening about the entire massacre is that Norwegian law has a maximum of 30 years imprisonment for human crimes'. He could even be out of prison serving half of his prison term with parole.

Such a lunatic deserves to be killed for all the young lives he destroyed and the amount of agony he has given to the families of the relatives and Norwegian people in general.

 

[BrotherInIslam7]

Assalaam walaikum,

This is good:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhaOHy43LWg

That's actually going overboard. Just mere speculation akin to that which was televised on major news networks when the attacks took place and everyone was pointing their fingers at 'Islamic extremists/fundamentalists'.

Interestingly Anders Breveik has mentioned a liking for the ideology for Bharati Hinduvata and the RSS.

 

[Abu Talib]

IRA are called rebels not terrorist as only Muslims are terrorists. Right now they are trying to prove Breivik is insane thats rarity incase of Muslims. Its funny, if he was anti islamic he would have killed Muslims but its the opposite he killed his own people.

I guess its unbearable for them to write him as Christian extremist let alone terrorist he is just a ordinary Gunman for them.

 

[ShahnazZ]

Can we say Timothy McVeigh all over again?

Oh wait, he wasn't a terrorist. Just a deranged psychotic sociopath who bombed his own people.

But no, he would have to be special and MUSLIM to be earn the label of "terrorist".

 

[kashif_nazeer]

:salam2:

O you who believe! If a fasiq brings you a news, verify it, lest you harm some people in ignorance and afterward repent of what you did. (49:6)
Sadly most people today are exposed to the fasiq media and believe it without verifying it.
This shows double standard the media has.The terrorist responsible for the massacare is still being called 'lone christian right wing fundamentalist at most',he is popularly known as 'Oslo gunman'.
It was funny how Obama reacted to this incident and asserted his ideas for the on going so called 'war on terror'.
As BrotherinIslam said,the terrorist appreciated Indian rightwing groups like RSS and Hindutva group.It so happens that mushriks are forming alliance against muslim,still their actions are simply violence and not terrorism?

 

[Just a Guy]

IRA are called rebels not terrorist as only Muslims are terrorists. Right now they are trying to prove Breivik is insane thats rarity incase of Muslims. Its funny, if he was anti islamic he would have killed Muslims but its the opposite he killed his own people.

I guess its unbearable for them to write him as Christian extremist let alone terrorist he is just a ordinary Gunman for them.

Eh, I say the IRA are "terrorists", and I say this as someone with Irish background in his family who is sympathetic to the Irish cause. As I said, most terrorists are not Muslims anyway.

It's just like labelling something as a "hate crime". Exactly what is a "hate crime"? Aren't all crimes hate crimes? If I rob and kill someone, it's not because I "love" them.

 

[Aapa]

Assalaam walaikum,

The link I posted is not going overboard. Americans who think feel this way. I have a truckload of links.

Americans are tired of footing the bill.

Brother, the facts are out there.

Yes, the Zionists did it. If non-Muslims believe this and this man has the credentials why can't a Muslim believe.

 

[Abu Talib]

Eh, I say the IRA are "terrorists", and I say this as someone with Irish background in his family who is sympathetic to the Irish cause. As I said, most terrorists are not Muslims anyway.

It's just like labelling something as a "hate crime". Exactly what is a "hate crime"? Aren't all crimes hate crimes? If I rob and kill someone, it's not because I "love" them.

Yes thats right I call everyone who kills innocents a Terrorist but unfortunately only a person with a Muslim name is labelled that. There are terrorist in every country but they have different names like separatist, rebels, gunmen, armed groups, mafia, cartels, guerrillas and so on.

I still wonder why didn't they call him a terrorist be it a gunmen or a terrorist both kill innocents.

 

[Just a Guy]

Yes thats right I call everyone who kills innocents a Terrorist but unfortunately only a person with a Muslim name is labelled that. There are terrorist in every country but they have different names like separatist, rebels, gunmen, armed groups, mafia, cartels, guerrillas and so on.

I still wonder why didn't they call him a terrorist be it a gunmen or a terrorist both kill innocents.

I don't know. I got into an argument with a buddy of mine earlier about how Israelis are terrorists just as much or moreso than the so-called Palestinian "terrorists". I told him that most US Jews are not real Jews anyway. They're converts to the religion. Only Israelis are real Jews. He didn't really know what to say to that.