Post by Admin on Dec 23, 2018 11:15:07 GMT
The strange attacks on America’s incoming Muslim congresswomen
Regardless of their religion, American progressives should be proud to have these strong voices, advocates for common sense programs like Medicare for All and a Green New Deal, in their government.
Derek Royden / NationofChange / News Report - December 21, 2018
One of the most effective political groups to emerge in the United States since the debacle that was the last presidential election, the Justice Democrats, support candidates who refuse corporate money and have the stated aim of pushing the Democratic Party in a more progressive direction. In the first election in which they endorsed nominees, the midterms held on Nov. 6, the group helped elect 7 people to the U.S. House of Representatives. Two of these Congresspeople elect, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, are also the first Muslim women to win seats in the U.S. Congress.
As we might have expected, the wins for these Muslim American progressives has led to some outlandish conspiracy theorizing. One story in particular may be the most interesting, as much for where it’s coming from as for its absurd premise. Rather than rising from the fevered swamp of 4Chan or the mind of a crank like Pamela Gellar, this bit of fabulism originates in what may at first seem like a very strange place: the Persian Gulf, namely the countries of Saudi Arabia and the tiny tail that often seems to wag that particular dog, the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
On Dec. 11, Foreign Policy magazine published a piece by Ola Salem entitled, “Saudi Arabia Declares War on America’s Muslim Congresswomen”. One of the its main focuses is an article by Huda al-Saleh, published on the English language web-site of the Saudi owned Al Arabiya television news network. That the article is brimming with sexism probably shouldn’t come as much of a surprise when we consider the Kingdom’s atrocious record on the rights of women.
Of the historic election of these two politicians an ocean away, al-Saleh wrote, “Those sponsoring and supporting the two Muslim women to reach the U.S. Congress adopted a tactic to infiltrate through their immigrant and Black minority communities in general, and women’s groups in particular. One example of that is the Palestinian American activist Linda Sarsour with roots in Muslim Brotherhood and a member of the Council on American-Islamic Relations known as CAIR.”
www.nationofchange.org/2018/12/21/the-strange-attacks-on-americas-incoming-muslim-congresswomen/
Regardless of their religion, American progressives should be proud to have these strong voices, advocates for common sense programs like Medicare for All and a Green New Deal, in their government.
Derek Royden / NationofChange / News Report - December 21, 2018
One of the most effective political groups to emerge in the United States since the debacle that was the last presidential election, the Justice Democrats, support candidates who refuse corporate money and have the stated aim of pushing the Democratic Party in a more progressive direction. In the first election in which they endorsed nominees, the midterms held on Nov. 6, the group helped elect 7 people to the U.S. House of Representatives. Two of these Congresspeople elect, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, are also the first Muslim women to win seats in the U.S. Congress.
As we might have expected, the wins for these Muslim American progressives has led to some outlandish conspiracy theorizing. One story in particular may be the most interesting, as much for where it’s coming from as for its absurd premise. Rather than rising from the fevered swamp of 4Chan or the mind of a crank like Pamela Gellar, this bit of fabulism originates in what may at first seem like a very strange place: the Persian Gulf, namely the countries of Saudi Arabia and the tiny tail that often seems to wag that particular dog, the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
On Dec. 11, Foreign Policy magazine published a piece by Ola Salem entitled, “Saudi Arabia Declares War on America’s Muslim Congresswomen”. One of the its main focuses is an article by Huda al-Saleh, published on the English language web-site of the Saudi owned Al Arabiya television news network. That the article is brimming with sexism probably shouldn’t come as much of a surprise when we consider the Kingdom’s atrocious record on the rights of women.
Of the historic election of these two politicians an ocean away, al-Saleh wrote, “Those sponsoring and supporting the two Muslim women to reach the U.S. Congress adopted a tactic to infiltrate through their immigrant and Black minority communities in general, and women’s groups in particular. One example of that is the Palestinian American activist Linda Sarsour with roots in Muslim Brotherhood and a member of the Council on American-Islamic Relations known as CAIR.”
www.nationofchange.org/2018/12/21/the-strange-attacks-on-americas-incoming-muslim-congresswomen/