Sunday, September 29, 2019

Torture



"As a political matter, a wrong that escapes condemnation is no wrong at all. Scandal unpunished is no scandal. If society never registers its collective disapproval, either in a court of law or the court of public opinion, the behavior embeds itself within the range of acceptable policy responses. This invites not merely repetition, but expansion."

Read the rest here.

Friday, September 6, 2019

A Message From JVP-NYC



The Jewish Communal Fund of NY, a donor-advised fund that contributes to many worthwhile organizations, also funds some of the most virulent Islamophobes in the country:

Pamela Geller, who writes that Islam “is an extreme ideology, the most radical and extreme ideology on the face of the earth”;
The Clarion Project, which funds virulently anti-Muslim films;
David Horowitz, whom the Southern Povery Law Center calls “the godfather of the modern anti-Muslim movement”;
Steven Emerson, who forged a “dossier” linking American Muslim groups with terrorism; and
Daniel Pipes, who claims Muslims wish to “impose Islamic law [in the United States].”

These players are key in what’s often called “the Islamophobia network in America.” They skew the media’s perceptions and fuel the kind of anti-Muslim racism that is a backdrop to the kind of terrifying violence Arabs and Muslims face every day.

Resist.