Fox News Withdraws Claims of "No-Go Zones"

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01/20/2015 10:08

Subject: Fox News Withdraws Claims of "No-Go Zones"

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Anonymous wrote:What is remarkable to me is that they actually bothered to admit it. Maybe someone said they were going to come down hard on Murdoch or Sky TV.

I'm surprised by the retraction also. The largest investor in News Corp after Murdoch is Al-Waleed bin Talal. a member of the Saudi royal family and, obviously, a Muslim. Recently, Murdoch tweeted:

"Maybe most Moslems peaceful, but until they recognize and destroy their growing jihadist cancer they must be held responsible."

which suggests that even peaceful Muslims should be held responsible for the violence of other Muslims. This idea of collective guilt is not something limited to Murdoch, but it is a dangerous way of thinking. After a week or so Murdoch retracted the tweet. Almost at the same time, Fox retracted its allegations. It's possible that Murdoch's investment partner reached the end of his patience.

That would mean that Christians need to be held responsible for Anders Breivik, and that right wingers and libertarians need to be held responsible for cop-killing sovereign citizens.

IMO the issue is more self-examination and willingness to reform, rather than requiring condemnation along the lines of "those other people are bad Christians/Jews/Muslims." Yes, condemnation by religious leaders of extremists within the faith will reach some of the faithful, but it's never going to reach ISIS or al Qaeda. So continuously demaninding that Muslims condem terrorism, besides seeming not a little patronizing, has limited impact.

So, a capacity for communities to be introspective, to examine key tenets, and to undertake reform if necessary.

Of course! Absolutely! Christians need to ask themselves if there's anything in their holy texts or traditions that justifies bombing abortion clinics and such, and, if there is something, Christian communities should conduct thoughtful dialogues and inquiries as to whether change (aka a new Reformation) is needed.

Jews should ask themselves if there's anything in their holy texts or traditions that justifies the treatment of Palestinians, and, if there is something, Jewish communities should conduct thoughtful dialogues and inquiries as to whether change is needed.

Muslims, too, should ask themselves if there's anything in their holy texts or traditions that justifies terrorism, and, if there is something, Muslim communities should conduct thoughtful dialogues and inquiries as to whether change is needed. Re an Islamic Reformation, the reaction on the Radical Islam thread, where DCUM's Muslim(s) called a WaPo op-ed writer an "angry whack job" for suggesting that women be allowed to pray alongside men, isn't promising. That whole op-ed piece, written by a Muslim woman, makes the broader point that reform is so difficult precisely because some conservative Muslims have organized to circle the wagons against any perceived suggestion that change is needed, and ugly insults against potential reformers from within the Muslim community are one of the results.