So last night I'm in my car after work running a couple errands, mailing a couple things out at the post office, and I'm listening to right-wing talk radio as I usually do, and I hear Neal Boortz reading a newspaper clipping toward the end of his second hour, quoting an article about an Israeli-Arab doing an honor killing to his sister, all the while saying "this is the wonderful world of Islam," and this is "the peaceful serene religion."
He then refers to Islam as a "trash gutter religion."
Now, I happen to remember Louis Farrakhan getting into a lot of heat for saying Judaism is a "gutter religion," and rightfully so, even though I am not a critic of Farrakhan.
But Neal Boortz gets a free pass?? I know that if an Arab-American or a Pakistani-American called Judaism a gutter religion or said offensive things or used the worst possible examples of Jews, he wouldn't have a show? Why does Neal Boortz get to slide by? I think his sponsors should do to him the same thing that happened to Michael Graham after he called Islam "a terrorist organization." Give Boortz the boot.
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Actually, dishonor killings are believed to have their origins in misinterpretations of pre-Islamic Arab tribal codes. They pre-date Islam by centuries and, in fact, are un-Islamic.
Ellen R. Sheeley, Author
"Reclaiming Honor in Jordan"
Thank you, "For all women foundation." I appreciate your input. I figured as much was true because I know that a lot of what is considered "Islamic tradition" was actually tradition that existed centuries before Islam, like for example, women in the Arabian peninsula long before Mohammed wore the hijab and burqa.
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