Yesterday I attended this group panel discussion on Racism and War. I must say that it was very interesting to hear what the panel had to say about the war in Iraq and the racism that’s rising against Arabs and Muslims.
In the panel we also had the President of General Union of Palestinian Students or GUPS, Ramsey El-Qare. He pointed out the racist bias that exists that puts all Arabs under the umbrella of Islam. Recently this was depicted in an article written by Jason Shuffler for the SF [X]press.
There was this big Republican rally where flags that had the word “Allah” written on it were trampled upon, of course by the Republican Students. GUPS President Ramsey El-Qare approached Leigh Wolf, who is the press officer for the College Republicans, along with 2 other students.
The image is totally absurd as the three students shown in the image are not even Muslims. They are Christians trying to tell this rally that stepping on the name of “Allah” doesn’t achieve anything as it insults anyone who believes in God.
The article had a mediocre spin on the whole issue that made concerned students look like Muslims. I don’t think you have to be a Muslim to protest desecration of God. But the lack of understanding and the ignorance that exists is to a proportion where there is no hope of revival.
Just because few concerned Palestinians decided to stop an act of ignorance taking place in and educational setting, they were labeled Muslims. What does this say about racism and the desire to feed it more with a desert of ignorance and salad of hate?
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