See? It’s as I’ve been pointing out for years: for the Hamas-linked Bridge Initiative, a program of the bought-and-paid-for Georgetown University, and for establishment academics such as Nazia Kazi, no resistance to the global jihad whatsoever is allowed, no matter how tepid, half-hearted, or fantasy-based. It’s all “Islamophobia.”
“Islamophobia Permeates Foreign Policy, Speaker Says,” by Jaime Moore-Carrillo, The Hoya, February 21, 2020:
Young U.S. citizens risk forgetting how post-9/11 U.S. policies have harmed Muslim communities at home and abroad, author and researcher Nazia Kazi said at a Wednesday event.
After terrorist organization Al Qaeda attacked U.S. military and economic targets Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. launched a decadeslong effort to neutralize terror threats across the globe. U.S. counterterrorism efforts, which remain a centerpiece of U.S. foreign policy, focus on Islamic fundamentalist organizations in the Middle East. Experts, pundits and policymakers have criticized the undertaking — dubbed the war on terror — for its allegedly unclear goals and problematic methods.
The U.S. government’s war on terror is a manifestation of Islamophobia, according to Kazi. U.S. citizens must recognize state actions can qualify as Islamaphobic to begin to counter bigotry more broadly.
“If we are to understand Islamophobia at all, we must push ourselves to think beyond the actions of bigoted individuals, and we must push ourselves to understand the roots of their hate,” Kazi said. “We must push ourselves to see the Islamophobia that is perpetrated by the state and all too often paid for by our tax dollars. And most importantly, we must push ourselves to see our own tragic and often invisible complicity.”
The post-9/11 expression “never forget” has been used to justify and mask U.S. foreign policy blunders, according to Kazi.
“‘Never forget’ is the brand name of 9/11, and as a slogan ‘never forget’ is on par with ‘Just Do It,’ and we have to ask: If ‘Just Do It’ makes us go out and buy Nikes, then when it comes to ‘never forget,’ what exactly are we being sold?” Kazi said. “‘Never forget’ functions ideologically, making sure we do forget — that we forget the uneasy global histories that have better memory, a more nuanced, contextual memory would force us to remember.”
Kazi serves as an assistant professor of anthropology at Stockton University, a public university in New Jersey, where she studies Islamophobia and U.S. foreign policy. Her 2018 book “Islamophobia, Race, and Global Politics” discusses the intersection of Islamophobia and U.S. foreign policy, according to the publisher’s website….
The event, titled “Islamophobic Nationalism and Forgetfulness in the Terror Decades,” was hosted by the Bridge Initiative, a university research group that investigates Islamophobia, in the Intercultural Center. During the event, Kazi discussed the diverse manifestations of Islamophobia in the United States, especially in the foreign policy arena.
U.S. society has glossed over unflattering aspects of U.S. foreign policy after 9/11 through slanted ceremonies and educational programs, according to Kazi. She referenced the United States’ often overlooked support for Saudi Arabia and CIA sponsorship of mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989, instances she said reflected United States’ willingness to compromise purported U.S. human rights values for political ends.
“These are not the histories that make it into our social studies books. They might not even be the histories you expected to hear at a university lecture on Islamophobia. But there are ideological underpinnings at the heart of U.S. empire building,” Kazi said. “It might begin to help us understand how it is that generations of Americans have come to see their country as a global force for good or a hapless victim of evil, but never, to quote Martin Luther King Jr., as ‘the greatest purveyor of violence’ on Earth.”…
Chris Xavier says
Where is her hijab?
Scott Swanson says
She became woke…then she spoke. It’s all one big joke!
Historian says
I love the way it rhymes.
gravenimage says
Georgetown’s Hamas-linked Bridge Initiative hosts prof who says US war on terror is a manifestation of Islamophobia
…………………
In other words, how *dare* we not want to have Jihadists murder us?
mortimer says
Though shalt not defend thyself when jihadis are coming to kill you. Self-defense would be ‘Islamophobic’.
gravenimage says
That’s how all too many think, Mortimer.
toomanyhobbies says
One more time; Islamophobia is a certifiable fallacy; a phobia is an Irrational fear. The fear of Islam which has been murdering its way through history for the last 1400 years (numbers as high as 270 million) is neither irrational or unrealistic but just common sense!
Ray Jarman says
I have yet to read or hear an intelligent argument from a so called Islamic academian. After six years of political science and international relations study and all I could say is, “…there are ideological underpinnings at the heart of U.S. empire building.” I would demand my money back. I have one question for Nazia Kazi, which is when has the United States ever endeavored to create an empire. Even after WWII, the US never retained any land after conquering both the Deutsch Reich or Imperial Japan as spoils of war.
I would also ask her to explain what has America done to provoke the Fulani and Boko Haram to slaughter innocent Christians in Nigeria or even innocent people of Thailand. I could go on for pages about Islamic terror against innocent people around the world.
Lastly, how in the hell was it Islamophobic to provide the “…mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan” arms in which to fight the Russians, much less Islamophobic to work with the Saudis? Nazia Kazi is on and intellectual level of Greta Thunberg.
James Lincoln says
Ray Jarman says,
“I have yet to read or hear an intelligent argument from a so called Islamic academian. ”
Neither have I, and I have researched this stuff a lot…
m says
Those supposed ‘academics’ cannot CONTRADICT THE FOLLOWING OFFICIAL DEFINITION of what we oppose: ‘JIHAD-WARFARE’.
The following commentary is as close to an “official” definition of jihad as we can get. It is contained in the footnotes on p.39, ‘The Noble Koran’, published by King Fahd Complex for Publication of the Quran, Madinah, KSA.
“Jihad is holy fighting in Allah’s Cause with full force of numbers and weaponry. It is given the utmost importance in Islam and is one of its pillars. By Jihad Islam is established, Allah’s Word is made superior (which means only Allah has the right to be worshiped), and Islam is propagated. By abandoning Jihad Islam is destroyed and Muslims fall into an inferior position; their honor is lost, their lands are stolen, their rule and authority vanish. Jihad is an obligatory duty in Islam on every Muslim. He who tries to escape from this duty, or does not fulfill this duty, dies as a hypocrite.” – footnotes on p.39, ‘The Noble Koran’, published by King Fahd Complex for Publication of the Quran, Madinah, KSA.
Keys says
Thanks for this reference, m.
Saving it – might come in handy for those who say jihad is an “interior struggle”.
gravenimage says
Thank you, m.
Mark Berlinger says
Islamophobia is a phony mental disorder meant to shut people up. It is a pejorative is used to defend Islam when a Non-Muslim learns a little too much about the scourge, like one or two of over one hundred Qur’an verses that command Muslims to attack, subdue and kill Non-Muslims.
Wellington says
Georgetown is a joke of a university—no responsible and knowledgeable parent should send their child there. Nor should any sensible alumni of Georgetown contribute any further to this decrepit excuse for an institution of higher learning. Georgetown has been bought and paid for by the Muslim world and is thus a front for Muslim propaganda. It is a Catholic university in name only (sadly this could be said of so many other Catholic colleges and universities in America too, with Notre Dame coming foremost to mind).
And “Islamophobia” is a joke of the highest degree because it is rooted in the deceptive and fallacious idea that any criticism of Islam is mired in rank prejudice. Yes indeed, ass-backward thinking on display here for all who raise the “cry” of “Islamophobia,” but so fitting since Islam is the one major religion of the world which is mired in ass-backward sentiments and directives. It is destructive of liberty and so many times just outright lethally barbaric. Meanwhile, the Roman Catholic world continues to lose its collective mind, led at present by a most foolish man who is Pope.
Summation: Georgetown University is pathetic and even more pathetic are any non-Muslims who take the charge of “Islamophobia” seriously. Such dhimmis function as useful idiots par excellence. Show me any person, Muslim or non-Muslim, who thinks “Islamophobia” should be taken seriously and I will show you a person who should most certainly not be taken seriously. The only variable is whether such a person is “merely” a fool or something worse.
FYI says
Georgetown Uni sings this song:doo-dah,doo dah.
Georgetown’s fails list {..five miles long..}oh doo dah day
I came down with some things to ask doo dah,doo dah
I go back home with “islamophobe!” oh doo dah day.
{an islmophobic version of Camptown Races}
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
You are correct regarding your comments about Georgetown University. Once a highly respected university, now a leftist propaganda machine. Sickening.
I did not know that the islamic influence was so profound. I have attached a link to catholicworldreport.com from 2019 that does a pretty good job looking at this.
I am not an attorney, however I believe that all foreign money to US universities and colleges should be banned. Perhaps you, as an attorney, can comment on this.
Best wishes to both you and yours!
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2019/10/10/clarion-call-islamic-influence-on-americas-universities/
Wellington says
Thank you very much, James, for the link to this article by William Kilpatrick. It is profoundly disturbing to read it but, to date, I know of no statutory impediment to such foreign contributions which overwhelmingly are being done for propaganda purposes. But, like you, I think this needs to change.
George Orwell said something to the effect that every generation thinks it knows more than the generation that came before it and thinks it is wiser than the generation that comes after it. But this millennial generation really is devoid of aggregate wisdom while at the same time knowing so very little about the greatness of America and Western Civilization.
I’ve long thought that my generation, the baby boom generation, was the worst generation in American history—and it’s pretty bad—-but I really do think that this younger generation may “eclipse” mine for being at the bottom of the American barrel. They know nothing of merit and have been indoctrinated, not educated. The huge support by youth for that exceedingly foolish man, Bernie Sanders, serves as just one piece of evidence respecting how dismal the millennial generation is shaping up to be. Perhaps a hard, cold dose of reality will change this as this generation ages but I think we’re in real trouble in America and much of the West. We now have one of the two major political parties in America that has lost its collective mind and endorses illegal immigration, sanctuary cities, at least quasi-socialism if not socialism, constant excuse making for Islam, an unremittingly negative view of America and is actually consumed by nonsense like the effective obliteration of gender and even pronouns.
And Islam—and China—and Russia—and other rogues are waiting in the wings to effectively destroy us. Right now it looks like they’re winning. Thank God for Trump but he alone will simply not be enough. As for Georgetown, it may be the most harmful university in the country based on how influential its school of international affairs is. Yes, indeed, a Catholic university in name only.
Thanks again for pointing me to this article. I wish many would read it. Take care for now.
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
I read and reread your post to make sure that I wasn’t missing anything.
I believe that your post is accurate as written.
As an aside, I’ve known some really fantastic millenniums who do not fit your description – but they are the exceptions.
Take good care – and thanks for the reply.
gravenimage says
Thank you, James. Chilling.
Mark Berlinger says
This comment is under moderation at thehoya’s Jaime Moore-Carrillo Islamophobia page. Please feel free to re-post this there every few days.
Bigotry? That scam works in socialist Europe, but not in America away from the leftist enclaves. Islamophobia is a phony mental disorder created by al-Ikhwan al-Muslimoon, also known as the Muslim Brotherhood, meant to shut people up. Pat Condell defines it succinctly as “a cynical weapon of cultural terrorism and an outrageous attempt to portray common sense as a mental illness.” Islamophobia is a pejorative used to defend Islam as victim when a Non-Muslim learns a little too much about this scourge, like one or two or ten of over one hundred Qur’an verses that command Muslims to attack, subdue and kill all Non-Muslims.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfJ6FpabknY
tgusa says
Inshallah
Nothing happens unless God wills it and that his will supersedes all human will.
Is allah islamophobic as well?
mortimer says
I AGREE with Kazi: “If we are to understand Islamophobia at all, we must push ourselves to think beyond the actions of bigoted individuals, and we must push ourselves to understand the roots of their hate,” Kazi said.
ISLAMOPHOBIA COMES FROM ALLAH: 8:12 “Strike terror into the hearts of the disbelievers”
Canonical commentary: “(Allah will cast fear, disgrace and humiliation over those who defied his command and denied Muhammad—ibn Kathir); smite the unbelievers at their necks (i.e., behead the unbelievers—ibn Kathir) and cut off their fingers (cut off their heads, limbs, hands and feet—ibn Kathir. Terror means fear of Muhammad and his companions—ibn Abbas).”
Mohammed said, “I was made victorious through TERROR.” – Bukhari 4.52.220
– from Sufi scholar Ahmad Sirhindi (1564-1624): “The honour of Islam lies in INSULTING kufr and kafirs. One who respects the kafirs dishonours the Muslims… The real purpose of levying jiziya on them is to HUMILIATE them to such an extent that they may not be able to dress well and to live in grandeur. They should constantly remain TERRIFIED and TREMBLING. It is intended to hold them under CONTEMPT and to uphold the honour and might of Islam.”
– in the matter of relations with kafirs, a Muslim should … “Act like you are his friend. Then kill him.” – Sheikh Muburak Gilani
– “The Muslim should regard the Kuffaar as ENEMIES and HATE them because of their kufr (wrong belief), just as he hates their kufr (disbelief) itself.” – from Umar Sulayman ‘Abd-Allaah al-Ashqar, “Belief in Allah”
gravenimage says
Good post.
gravenimage says
Nazia Kazi is a nasty piece of work, Here, she is even castigating the Islamophilic, since they might be making exceptions for Jihad terrorists. Bad dhimmis!
“How Not to Fight Islamophobia”
https://www.chronicle.com/article/How-Not-to-Fight-Islamophobia/239205
somehistory says
OT: “Philip Haney. He was the DHS whistleblower that dropped the hammer on the Obama administration regarding the Muslim Brotherhood and ISIS.”
Went missing, has been found dead, evidently shot to death outside his car.
He’s the guy who was told to “scrub” the records of moslims he had been collecting intel on for some time.
Andrew Bostom
@andrewbostom
DHS whistleblower on Obama administration, terrorism in America found dead. “The current indications point to him being shot to death” https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/sources-dhs-whistleblower-on-obama-administration-found-dead/ …
tgusa says
Found shot in the chest outside his car on a highway in what is being called a suicide. Who pulls over and shoots themselves to death in the chest on a stretch of highway? He had recently told a friend that he feared something would happen to him and that it would be ruled a suicide. How does someone end up pulled over on a highway and outside their car shot dead in the chest? The initial reports stated that no gun was found but later that was changed. This thing stinks to high heaven.
I have known or known of quite a few people who have committed suicide. They do it at home or they go way off in the boonies where they are not found for weeks or more.
In light of what I have witnessed in the wake of President Trumps election I can not rule out anything that those players might do. We are living in very dangerous times.
somehistory says
His family said that he had told them he “had never been happier.” And he was trying to do something about k. ellison, and others that have found a way into government.
Supposedly, there is an ongoing investigation, but from what you write, his enemies have already been at work to make sure the truth stays hidden.
tgusa says
Never been happier. Yes, I heard that too. He had lost his wife to cancer but was preparing to remarry. He is the guy who wrote “See something, say nothing” as a result of his experience in the DHS trying to shed light on how deeply the submission, denial and deception run in our government.
Excerpt from Amazon: See something Say nothing.
“Haney discloses:
How the Bush administration stripped him and other front line officers of their ability to define the threat;
How much the Obama administration knew in advance of the Boston Marathon bombing and how it launched an ongoing cover-up on behalf of a major ally;”
https://www.amazon.com/See-Something-Say-Nothing-Governments/dp/1944229205
“his enemies have already been at work to make sure the truth stays hidden.”
Shouldn’t be hard in leftist run California.
Linda Rivera says
His new book that he was very excited about was going to come out in several weeks, with very important information. Has the manuscript been stolen?
gravenimage says
Jihad Watch is covering this story now:
“In memory of Philip Haney, ‘rest in peace, brother’”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/02/in-memory-of-philip-haney-rest-in-peace-brother
gravenimage says
Very disturbing, Somehistory.
somehistory says
It’s really terrible news. For him, his family and friends and for the truth about islam and what he saw during his government work.
gravenimage says
Agreed. And I hope we can find out more about what really did happen.
tgusa says
He was looking out for us, the American people. One of the few and his Family and friends should be proud. It is terrible news for all of us as well. A Patriot, an American and really, a hero whose efforts were thwarted at every turn by the very people he worked under. He did the best he could and in the end, I believe, he sacrificed his life for us and our Republic.
He is an example of why so many in leadership positions who should be counter-islam display the behavior, seemingly cow towing to muslims, that they do. They are scared to death. The infiltration of muslims in all aspects of our society in what would or could enable the jihad against the USA has been a worry for me for quite some time. It would be easier for us to eventually root them out if they had not been so welcomed in, under, diversity first!
Lydia Church says
So… is she saying that terror doesn’t exist (from islam), or that it shouldn’t be fought?
Because… yes, it does exist, and yes, it should be fought.
Nothing in that is ‘islamophobic’ any more than fighting the nazi’s was ‘naziphobic.’
Like……..
duh!
We fight evil.
And that is good.
But fools don’t get it.
libertyORdeath says
So the increasingly frequent terror attacks and hijackings, including 9/11 were OUR FAULT. Now I get it. What a scholar!
Tom W Harris says
Note that you can’t spell “Nazia” without “Nazi.” What kind of parents would name their child Nazia?
Goofy says
How noble, how Jesuit and how Pope Francis spirited it is not to build walls but to build bridges, even bridges spanning from heaven to hell!
This reminds me of the following anecdote: During a world conference of contractors it was decided that they would indeed build such a bridge in the hereinafter. Needless to say the contractors in hell wasted no time starting their part of the project and they soon reached half way but couldn’t see any sign of construction works on the side of heaven. So they shouted: Aren’t you men of your word you contractors in heaven? To their dismay they received the answer: Contractors? we have no contractors here!
Aussie Infidel says
Kazi is just another duplicitous Muslim using taqiyya to deceive Westerners that Islam is a ‘religion of peace’. Islamophobia is simply a propaganda term invented by the IIIT to silence critics of Islam.
The real problem for the West is that after the 9/11 attacks, the US President, George W Bush was deliberately mislead by the Muslim Brotherhood about the real nature of Islam.
GWB’s “Islam is peace” speech;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_ZoroJdVnA
On Bush’s left (in the beige suit), is Nihad Awad one of the founders of the Muslim Brotherhood, and one of the most dangerous people in the US. The Muslim Brotherhood has been banned as a terrorist organisation in other countries – so why not the USA?
https://acdemocracy.org/banning-the-muslim-brotherhood/
Bush’s assertion that “Islam is peace!” must surely go down as one of the most naive political statements ever made. Islam doesn’t mean ‘peace’, but ‘submission’ to the will of Allah. And Bush’s farcical ‘War on Terror’ was one of the greatest military blunders of all time. Terror is not our enemy, but simply a tactic used by our enemy to scare us into submission. Our enemy is not terror but the ideology which drives it. AND THAT IDEOLOGY IS ISLAM!
The jihadis who perpetrated those attacks on 9/11/2001 were pious psychopaths hell bent on obeying their Prophet’s call to wage holy war against infidels. There are over 100 verses in the Quran on jihad, the most infamous being verse 9:5, the so called ‘Verse of the Sword’. “And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the polytheists (Pagans & Christians) wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they should repent, establish prayer, and give zakah, let them [go] on their way. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful”. (Q9:5).
Unfortunately Bush’s words were accepted as truth by many other world leaders, and many of them joined his foolish ‘War on terror’. And consequently, the West has wasted almost twenty years fighting a mirage, when it should have confronted our real enemy – ISLAM.
Academics like Kazi are stealth-jihadists who aid and abet the violent extremists, spreading their poisonous propaganda to fool naive, unsuspecting western politicians and academics.
Islam has no place in a civilized society – and fifth columnists like Nazia Kazi should be jailed or deported.
Linda Rivera says
Bush was NOT misled. NOT naive. He knows exactly what Islam is. Liar Bush DELIBERATELY DECEIVED.
The Clinton’s, both Bush’s, devout Muslim-Obama, are all NWO Globalists, as are most Western leaders who wickedly colonized our formerly SAFE Christian nations with the Armies of cruel barbarian, warlord Mohammad.
Most Western God HATER, JESUS CHRIST HATER leaders are NWO Globalists who work in partnership with Muslim countries to bring about the UN, EU planned One World government, which is prophesied in the Bible.
gravenimage says
I don’t think this was deliberate on Bush’s part–but it certainly was harmful.
A Gnostic Agnostic says
One can not join Islam without violating at least two of the ten commandments:
‘thou shalt not bear a false witness against thy neighbor’
…is a necessarily false testimony given: it is not possible to bear a true witness of a dead man, and
‘thou shalt not make any graven images in the heavens’
…is mandated given Muhammad is dead, thus any conception of who he was is a ‘graven image’. What follows from this is “greatest model for all of humanity for all of time” thus ridicule of Muhammad is met with bloodshed. Muhammad is thus certainly an ‘idol’ worshiped by ‘idol worshipers’.
Thus all Muhammadans are severed from any possible “Abrahamic” god – their religion is a heresy of.
Islam is the global root of Nazism/fascism/socialism: there is no distinction between a “Jew” and a “Muslim” as both are “believers” who “believe” they are in possession of the most “supreme” document on the face of the planet. Who do they accuse of “supremacism”? Everyone else that is not themselves.
It takes a “believer” to “believe” evil is good / satan is god.
Any possible all-knowing god would know the same.
A Gnostic Agnostic says
Islamic shahada is a necessarily false witness – also likely the Mark of the Beast.
UNCLE VLADDI says
Islam is pure hypocrisy, so it’s no surprise that everything associated with it is, too. Islam is NOT a race, (at all, much less one of “poor oppressed swarthy People Of Colour”) nor is it a religion (at all, much less one “Of Peace!”).
And “islamophobia” is the most official goal of islam itself. Islam openly endorses terrorism in order to foment a fear of muslims in all infidels. Their most official sharia manual, the Hedaya, openly proclaims that all muslims, even muslim toddlers, are to be regarded as “Objects of Fear!” by all infidels, to the extent that said infidels will all hurry to cross the street to avoid even said muslim toddlers!
Jack Holan says
For the Record: not taking this back to theCrusades but the 3nd half of the 20th Century GTU it is the Muslim invoking the the Quran & Will of Allah that the Infidel Worldwide has become the target pf the Muslim. The proof is in the facts. The Muslim Brotherhood 1930,,cir Islam’s Jihad against West is stated in the .wa xx Manifesto as does The Hamas And PLO Charter. So, John Brown, and Our former MdmSec of State Albrite this War of Terror. Should be called YahoodPhobia Christianphobia Islam’s Holy Jihad against the Western Culture Values and Civilization. No Revisionism history pls
GTU. It downgrades your stature
CTTV15@Hotmail.com says
Phillip Haney (may he rest in peace) – Dr. Bill Warner – Robert Spencer – Ayan Hirsi Ali – Leo Hohmann – Frank Gaffney – Brigitte Gabriel – Ann Corcoran – Jim Simpson – Shahram Hadian – Usama Dakdok – Pamela Geller – John Guandolo- AND ALL THE REST OF THESE PATRIOTS ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT about all this..
..ABSOLUTELY CORRECT about all this..
Linda Rivera says
Islamophobia is a fear of cruel Muslim conquest and enslavement under barbaric Sharia. A normal human response to the 1,400 year long CRUEL MILITARY-POLITICAL CONQUEST Cult of Islam.
America was the wonderful nation that people fled to, to escape persecution.
America and other Christian nations are now countries where large numbers migrate to, in order to PERSECUTE Jews.
Never forget. Jews are the first target. Christians are the second target.
Dangerous, MURDEROUS, SAVAGE U.S. Muslim organization calls for JIHAD AGAINST Jews in America.
Organizing Hatred: American Muslims for Palestine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=340&v=7SF2qAJl65k&feature=emb_title
Linda Rivera says
Dear Mr. Spencer, Hope you’ll do an article in honour of HUGE FREEDOM FIGHTER HERO Philip Haney, who was assassinated.
Joe Orlando says
Islamophobia is a Political Myth. Logically examined, it can’t exist.
By definition, a phobia is an irrational or unfounded fear of something. Given the murderous actions of Muslim jihadists, the commands enshrined in the Quran to kill unbelievers*, bombings of innocents, trucks plowing through tourists, stabbings, acid attacks, shootings, and on and on, how could a rational person NOT have a well founded fear of Islam?
*The Qur’an tells Muslims to kill and go to war to fight for Islam: Quran, chapters (Surahs) 9:5; 2:191; 2:193; 3:118; 4:75,76; 5:33, 8:12; 8:65; 9:73,123; 33:60-62.