[Koran-Digital] Ismail Salami: Islamophobia - Washington's "New Colonialism"

Islamophobia: Washington's "New Colonialism"

By Dr. Ismail Salami

Global Research, May 20, 2012

URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=30952

In an organized act of brutality, a number of US soldiers went on a
house-to-house shooting spree in Zangabad village, Kandahar in March and
massacred 16 people including nine children while they were sleeping and
all Washington had to say were a few words of condolence and apology
nonchalantly strung together in order to appease the overwhelming public
rage in Afghanistan. Western media however reduced the number of the
killers to one.

The bodies were reportedly wrapped in blankets and were set on fire.

US President Barack Obama said he was deeply saddened, "I offer my
condolences to the families and loved ones of those who lost their
lives, and to the people of Afghanistan, who have endured too much
violence and suffering. This incident ... does not represent the
exceptional character of our military and the respect that the United
States has for the people of Afghanistan."

As contradictory as these words seem, the very 'exceptional character'
of the US military had earlier urged them to burn copies of the Holy
Quran, an incident which saddened the hearts of Muslims all across the
world.

These and earlier incidents are not coincidental and well attest to a
prevailing mindset in the US military and a dominant policy in
Washington. It is clear that the US government has commenced a
large-scale campaign against Islam with the express intention of
debilitating the Muslim community.

In fact, the war on Islam started in 2001 when the then US president
George Bush made a crass reference to his so-called war on terror as
'crusade'. He warned Americans that "this crusade, this war on
terrorism, is going to take awhile." Bush's politically untoward remark
rang alarm bells in Europe and the Muslim world although it went barely
noticed in the American community who took the word for its sound rather
than for its meaning.

Gradually, Washington instilled a sensation of anti-Islamism in America
and Europe by attributing the nine-eleven tragedy and ensuing terrorist
operations to the Muslims. Soheib Bensheikh, Grand Mufti of the mosque
in Marseille, France said Bush's use of the word 'crusade' was most
unfortunate and that "It recalled the barbarous and unjust military
operations against the Muslim world" by Christian knights.

A delusional man who was overwhelmed with the idea of a messianic
mission, George Bush wittingly or unwittingly dragged the world to the
margins where a clash of civilizations was imminent.

The legacy of hatred which was started by George Bush was later
continued in the form of classes and organized trainings.

In line with this Islamophobic policy funded by Washington and the
powerful Zionist groups in the country, the US military has long been
involved in fomenting anger and hatred against the Muslims by teaching
its future leaders that a "total war" against the Muslims would be
necessary to protect America.

According to hundreds of pages of course material and reference
documents obtained by Danger Room (wired.com), the US military held a
course at the Defense Department's Joint Forces Staff College and taught
the students that they had to use a Hiroshima-style in Muslim counties
and target the "civilian population wherever necessary."

The officer in charge of the hate lessons was Army Lt. Col. Matthew A.
Dooley who still maintains his position at the Norfolk, Virginia
College. Sadly, those who sat in his classes are now in the top
positions in the US military.

The course 'Perspectives on Islam and Islamic Radicalism' was offered
five times a year for groups of 20 at a time, the course may have been
taught to as many as 800 mid-level and senior US military officers.

In a July presentation, Dooly said, "We have now come to understand that
there is no such thing as 'moderate Islam. It is therefore time for the
United States to make our true intentions clear. This barbaric ideology
will no longer be tolerated. Islam must change or we will facilitate
its self-destruction."

In his ugly lessons, he taught that "International laws protecting
civilians in wartime are no longer relevant," and that mainstream
Muslims are dangerous, because they're violent by nature. He also called
for a Hiroshima-style destruction of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.

Those who sat in his classes and patiently listened to his mad remarks
are the ones who are now serving in Afghanistan and teaching the same
hate lessons to their subordinates and even encouraging them to wipe out
the Muslim community.

The atrocities perpetrated by the US military in the Muslim countries
over the past 11 years or so are closely associated with and inspired by
these appalling teachings.

Washington and the Zionist groups have long been making relentless
efforts to depict Islam and the Muslims in dark shadows. An in-depth
investigation into Islamophobia 'Dubbed as Fear, Inc. The Roots of the
Islamophobia Network in America' was carried out by the Center for
American Progress in the United States. The report sheds light on the
collective efforts of the Zionist groups funded by the United States in
pedaling a hatred for and a fear of Islam in the form of books, reports,
websites, blogs, and carefully crafted talking points. According to the
report, these wealthy donors and foundations also provide direct funding
to anti-Islam grassroots groups.

The project of Islamophobia which has cost more than $40 million over
the past ten years has been funded by seven foundations in the United
States: 1. Richard Mellon Scaife Foundation; 2. Lynde and Harry Bradley
Foundation; 3. Newton and Rochelle Becker; 4. Foundation and Newton and
Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust; 5. Russell Berrie Foundation,
Anchorage Charitable Fund and William Rosenwald; 6. Family Fund; 7.
Fairbrook Foundation.

After all, Islamophobia is nothing new. Despite its rising upsurge in
recent years, there have been efforts in the past to promote this
pernicious trend.

Years ago, prominent Orientalist Edward Said warned of these calculated
efforts in the West, arguing that the essentializing nature of the
Orientalist enterprise has resulted today in misguided, inaccurate
depictions of Islamic cultures: "Most of the pictures represent mass
rage and misery, or irrational (hence hopelessly eccentric) gestures.
Lurking behind all of these images is the menace of jihad. Consequence:
a fear that the Muslims will take over the world."

Islamophobia is a form of political colonialism; an ideological war
against Islam and the Muslims. It is a pernicious practice used by
Washington and its allies to justify their lust for Muslim blood, give
validity to their military expeditions in Muslim countries and seize
hold of their numerous resources.




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