Mukomana ane maziso ebrown uye ganda dema uye gobvu remutauro wekuAmerica anofamba kuti ataure neni. Ndinofungidzira kuti muIran, pamwe muPakistani. Unobva kupi, ndinobvunza? “Austin, Texas,” anopindura kudaro. Fisk yakadzima zvakare. Asi unobvepi pandinomubvunza? “Ndakaberekerwa muNewark, New Jersey.” Fisk anogadzirisa pahuro. Mhuri yake yakabva kupi? Ndiri kutanga kunzwa kunge murume wekuHomeland Security, achisarura shamwari yangu itsva. "Lahore," anopindura achiseka uye ndinoedza kugadzirisa. Guta rimwe chete rakanaka muPakistan, ndinoti, uye anonyemwerera akanditarisa.
Uye ndinoenderera mberi ndichiita chikanganiso chimwe chete pahoro yemusangano apo gungano guru repagore revaMuslim veAmerica - pamwe zviuru makumi matatu nezviviri zvavo - vari kusangana kwekupera kwesvondo kwehurukuro nehurukuro dzinobva mukupindwa muropa nezvinodhaka kuenda ku "nyowani" yaCondi Rice uye. neropa reMiddle East, kubva kumabhanga pasina mubereko kusvika kukushandiswa kweBush kurwadzisa uye hongu, hongu, izvo zvinozoitika kune maMuslim emhosva dzepasi rose dzakapokana nevanhu munaGunyana 32,000, 11.
Iwe weJorodhani ndinobvunza? “Denver, Colorado,” mukadzi wechiduku anopindura kudaro. Akazvarwa muSan Diego. Mhuri, hongu, kubva kuJoridhani. Kubva kuRebhanoni, ndinobvunza mumwe? "Buffalo, New York." Chaizvoizvo, mhuri yacho yaibva kuSyria.
Zvinotora nguva kuziva kuti ndiri kutamba mutambo wevazhinji vekuAmerica vasiri maMuslim mushure mekubiwa kwendege. Ndiri kufembera vavengi vepasi rese maawa mashoma mushure mekunge Mutungamiri George W Bush vapinda muparanoid mode vachitaura neAmerican Legion muSalt Lake City. Ainge achangobva kutaura kuti America iri kurwisa “kurwira pfungwa kwakasimba kwezana ramakore rechi21” uye ndokusvetukira pamakakatanwa ekare ehondo yeNyika Yechipiri isati yatanga kuridza ngoma yaHitler zvakare.
Sezvineiwo, maMuslim ndivo vanotendeuka kwete vekuAmerica vakazvarwa vechiMuslim vanoomesera paBush. “Anoda hondo isingaperi,” mumwe murume wechidiki ane ndebvu dzebrown asi maziso ebhuruu akajeka zvikuru - hongu, aibva kuVermont - akandizevezera. "Anotaura shit uye isu tinofanirwa kuteerera kune izvi uye nekuvimbisa kusaita zvechisimba kana mumwe munhu achatinongedzera nemunwe." Vese vanobvuma kuti chinhu chakanyanya kuipa kune yazvino Bush rant chipo chake kuIsrael chekuisa Ehud Olmert muchikamu che "hondo yake yehugandanga", kunyanya kubatanidza kuuraya kweIsrael kwevagari vemuLebanon muna Chikunguru naNyamavhuvhu kune yake pachake chirongwa chehupenzi. vachitaura kuti varwi vanobva kuIraq neLebanon "vanoumba maratidziro eboka rimwe chete, network yepasi rose yevanyarikani vanoshandisa kutya kuuraya avo vanomira munzira yemafungiro avo ehudzvinyiriri".
Ndinotsvaga kutsamwa pakati pezviuru zvevaMuslim izvi, vanamuzvinabhizinesi vekuSeattle nevadzidzi vekuHarvard nemadzimai epamba kubva kuMiami. Iripo, ndinoziva, asi seshamwari yangu yeArmenian inotaura masikati, vanoita sevanofara. Uye ichokwadi. Kune kunyemwerera kwakawanda kupfuura kutaura kwekuzvidza, vacheche vakawanda mumabhegi nemapram kupfuura mapepa ekurwadziwa. Muchokwadi hapana maposter zvachose. Asi ndinofungidzira kuti ndinoziva chokwadi. Vari voga, sevashoma vashoma mumataundi nemaguta eUnited States, maMuslim eAmerica - pamwe mamiriyoni matanhatu avo - vanogona kunzwa vakakombwa, kusavimbwa uye kunyange kuvengwa.
Panzvimbo yegungano, zvisinei, vari muruzhinji vanozvivimba, maSunni kazhinji - maShia ekuAmerica, vangangove vari vazhinji pamusoro pevose, havana mano ekuronga akafanana pari zvino - vanofuratira vatungamiriri. yeIllinois state mapurisa neChicago cops 'bhomba squad. Ndinovatarisa, pfuti dzichirira muhudyu dzavo, dzichibva pastand kuenda kune imwe, dzimwe nguva ndichiongorora mabhokisi emabhuku akatungirwa kumadziro. Ndiani, ndinoshamisika, ivo vanofunga kuti vachabhomba maMuslim muChicago?
Salam al-Marati - ndiye mumwe wevashoma vaMuslim vandinosangana navo vakazvarirwa munyika yeArab, munharaunda yeBaghdad yeQadamiyeh - mutungamiriri weMuslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), boka revatsigiri reLos Angeles rinoramba richikurudzira. MaMuslim eAmerica kushanda nevakuru kurwisa mhirizhonga asi anoona dzimwe njodzi uye zvimwe zvinonangwa nekutsamwa kwezvematongerwo enyika echiMuslim: vatsigiri veIsrael vanoomerera kuti ruzhinji rwevaMuslim vekuAmerica vane runyararo uye vanoteerera mutemo asi kuti "network yeIslam." kutya” kuripo munyika yose.
Daniel Pipes is a bête noire, sezvakaita Steven Emerson, mutori wenhau akazvimiririra anogaya chinyorwa mushure mezvinyorwa nezve "American jihad" yemapepa ekutanga seThe Wall Street Journal, iyo, nenzira, yakawanda uye yakawanda inoverenga seThe Jerusalem. Post. Emerson nebasa rake rakapatsanurwa naal-Marati nevamwe vake mukabhuku kanofambiswa zvakanyanya kanonzi Counterproductive Terrorism: How Anti-Islamic Rhetoric is Impeding America's Homeland Security.
"Avo vanomiririra mapoka e-Israel vanoramba vachityisidzira uye kusarura avo vanoshora mitemo yeIsrael vachiti izvi ndezvehugandanga," al-Marati anodaro nemusanganiswa wehasha uye kuneta. "Izvi zvinokanganisa America, zvichikanganisa kurwisa hugandanga."
Maher Hathout, anobva kuCairo suburb yeQasr el-Aini uye chipangamazano weMPAC, kana paine, akatonyanya kutsamwa. "Isu tiri boka riya revanhu vekuAmerica vasingatyi," anodaro. “Unoenda kumakambasi, uye vadzidzi vechiMuslim ndivo vanonyanya kutaura. Vari kubvunza - isu tiri kubvunza - kuti tingaite sei kuti avhareji yeAmerica anoziva chokwadi nezve Middle East ave nehushingi hwekuzvitaura. Basa redu nderekuti: 'Nyarai kwamuri. Unoshoropodza President wako. Asi paunotaura nezveIsraeri, unozevezera.' Chii chakaitika kumba kwevakashinga?"
MPAC - iyo iri kushanda muChicago ichitungamirwa nesangano reSaudi Islamic Society of North America - yakagadzira bhuku rekushandisa rinonzi Grassroots Campaign to Fight Terrorism, iro rinotora mashoko kubva muKoran ("Ani nani akauraya munhu ... sokunge akanga auraya vanhu vose”) uye anopa vatsigiri varo zano rokuti “ibasa redu semaMuslim eAmerica kuchengetedza nyika yedu uye kuita kuti ivandudzwe”.
"Asi chii chinonzi American-Muslim chiziviso?" al-Marati anobvunza. “Tsika dzedu dzechitendero nehunhu hwedu hwekuAmerica hazvienderane. Hapana kusawirirana pakati pemisimboti yekutanga yeAmerica nehunhu hweMuslim. Kunze kwekunge tiine chitupa ichi, tichabatwa nemusungo. Tichazopedzisira tagadzira maghetto echiMuslim muAmerica. "
Dzimwe nguva, zvakadaro, varume nevakadzi ava vanondiyeuchidza nezve hapana chinhu chakanyanya senhengo dzakashinga dzeIsrael - kana Armenian - lobby: kutsetsenura, zvishoma zvishoma-kutaura-kutaura, kuda - uye ndinoshamisika kana rimwe zuva vangawana kusununguka zvishoma nezvechokwadi.
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