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From today's Washington Post:
- You Know How I Wrote Yesterday That The Juan Williams Firing Would Backfire On Cair And Have "far-reaching Implications"
The CAIR Observatory: Center alerts NPR, Fox News, CPB: CAIR's role in Juan Williams firing may be violation of Foreign Agents Registration Act WASHINGTON, DC: On October 21, 2010, the Center for Security Policy sent urgent alert notices to Juan...
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CBS: Juan Williams Firing Prompts Jim DeMint Bill to Defund NPR Posted by Brian Montopoli Conservative Republican Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina today announced plans to introduce legislation stripping federal funding from National Public Radio...
- Juan Williams: Npr Lacks Diversity Of Ideas And Skin-color ("i Was The Only Black Male On The Air") - "this Is Evidence Of One-party Rule At Npr"
Wow! Like I said earlier, I believe the firing of Juan Williams will have far-reaching implications, and it seems Mr. Williams recognizes this as well. He is going for the throat here, isn't he? From Juan Williams Blog: I say an ideological battle...
- Npr Fires Liberal Juan Williams For Saying Muslims Make Him Nervous On Flights
From Yahoo News: NPR terminated the contract of Juan Williams on Wednesday after comments the veteran journalist and news analyst made about Muslims on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor." Fox News host Bill O'Reilly stirred up controversy last...
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NPR Liberal Juan Williams Opposes Ground Zero Mosque From Weasel Zippers: (Weekly Standard)- During Fox News Sunday’s online “Panel Plus” segment, Juan Williams made the case against building the 13-story Islamic center a couple blocks from...
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More On The Firing Of Juan Williams
From today's Washington Post:
...The firing of Williams, who is also a paid commentator with Fox News, sparked a heated argument over political correctness -- and calls for the public "defunding" of NPR -- that is, in part, obscuring a more necessary debate: How do you approach the problem of Islamic militancy in the West and in the Middle East? President Obama, who has had innumerable briefings on the threats posed by al-Qaeda and other radical Islamic groups, has chosen to dial down American rhetoric (it was actually pretty tame under President George W. Bush) in the hope that average Muslims, wherever they may be, will view the United States as more friend than foe, and help Washington combat "violent extremism."About the author of the above:
This friendly approach is probably, unfortunately, counterproductive.So far, it's unlikely that Muslim self-criticism -- our ultimate salvation from Islamic holy warriors -- has improved under Obama. Judging by the satellite channel Al-Jazeera, a vibrant hodgepodge of all things Arab, the opposite current, fed by Western self-doubt, appears to be gaining force. By being nice, we suggest that nothing within "Islam" -- by which I mean the 1,400-year-old evolving marriage of faith, culture and politics -- is terribly wrong. By being kind, we fail to provoke controversy among Muslims about why so many Muslims from so many lands have called suicide bombers against Western targets "martyrs" and not monsters. Worst of all, by being considerate we fail to echo the great Muslim dissidents, deeply religious men such as the Iranians Abdolkarim Soroush and Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari, who see that something has gone very wrong within their country and their civilization. The president would do well to be more nuanced in his outreach to the Muslim world, giving more sustenance to those who see its systemic problems.
It is not surprising, however, that some Westerners are having a more vivid debate about Islam's travails than most Muslims are having. Williams may not be a student of Islam, but he's got good eyes and a decent heart. Would that the executives at NPR were as perspicacious and liberal.
Reuel Marc Gerecht is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and author of the forthcoming book "The Wave: Man, God, and the Ballot Box in the Middle East."Could it be that the firing of Juan Williams from NPR will backfire on Obama too?
- You Know How I Wrote Yesterday That The Juan Williams Firing Would Backfire On Cair And Have "far-reaching Implications"
The CAIR Observatory: Center alerts NPR, Fox News, CPB: CAIR's role in Juan Williams firing may be violation of Foreign Agents Registration Act WASHINGTON, DC: On October 21, 2010, the Center for Security Policy sent urgent alert notices to Juan...
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CBS: Juan Williams Firing Prompts Jim DeMint Bill to Defund NPR Posted by Brian Montopoli Conservative Republican Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina today announced plans to introduce legislation stripping federal funding from National Public Radio...
- Juan Williams: Npr Lacks Diversity Of Ideas And Skin-color ("i Was The Only Black Male On The Air") - "this Is Evidence Of One-party Rule At Npr"
Wow! Like I said earlier, I believe the firing of Juan Williams will have far-reaching implications, and it seems Mr. Williams recognizes this as well. He is going for the throat here, isn't he? From Juan Williams Blog: I say an ideological battle...
- Npr Fires Liberal Juan Williams For Saying Muslims Make Him Nervous On Flights
From Yahoo News: NPR terminated the contract of Juan Williams on Wednesday after comments the veteran journalist and news analyst made about Muslims on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor." Fox News host Bill O'Reilly stirred up controversy last...
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NPR Liberal Juan Williams Opposes Ground Zero Mosque From Weasel Zippers: (Weekly Standard)- During Fox News Sunday’s online “Panel Plus” segment, Juan Williams made the case against building the 13-story Islamic center a couple blocks from...