Why ordinary Americans fear Muslims
News organizations like Fox go out of their way to pick extremists nuts like this guy and give him a forum. He has not credentials and no following but he is crazy and fits the stereotype.
Fox's favorite Muslim radical
How the media is enabling a buffoonish -- and notoriously press-hungry -- extremist
On Thursday, the radical Muslim and veteran provocateur Anjem Choudary plans to hold a demonstration in front of the White House calling for an extreme form of sharia to reign in America.
Whether the protest actually goes forward -- there's a real chance it won't, if Choudary's past stunts are any guide -- doesn't really matter. Choudary, who is known for applauding terrorism and calling for stonings of gay people and the overthrow of democratic governments, has already logged several appearances on Fox and CNN, generated a bunch of articles in the right-wing press, and even prompted a member of Congress to demand that he be banned from the country. All that in the last month.
Choudary is a London-based preacher who has over the past decade become the face of radical Islam in the British press -- especially in the tabloids, and even more especially the right-wing papers owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. -- despite having no religious credentials and virtually no public support. In fact, according to those who have tracked his career in Britain, Choudary is wholly a press creation.
Now, Choudary, 43, is using the same formula -- making deliberately offensive statements and trumpeting plans for provocative demonstrations -- in the United States, where the media has proved all too willing to accommodate him. He can be understood as the Muslim analogue of Terry Jones, the obscure Florida preacher who created an international controversy last year with plans for a "Burn the Quran Day." He is a radical with minuscule public support, but one who can, given enough free airtime, do real-world damage.
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/03/02/anjem_choudary_am...
hope exiled saint read this!
missing u exiled saint!
They already have the death penalty in many states, WK. So, they are almost there!
USA should enforce Sharia.. Period.
If he can "do real-world damage", then the world deserves him. A sound world would not at all be endangered by such persons.
how come?
one is brown, another is white
one is immigrant, the other one is native (at least he claims to be)
one is labelled as radical muslim, the other one simply called nut
and blah blah blah
Maybe he is the estranged cousin of Terry Jones?
if Americans can be fooled by biased news channel like FOX...
Agree with brit and fenchieman..its all about TRP and sensationlism....
off the topic
"What is the difference b/w Anjem Chowdhary and Fox/sky"?
News is a competitive business and people like Anjem Chowdhry raise the raitings.
He has minimal following in the UK, but is regularly on Sky News.
The media love to sensationlise and he gives them what they want. The sad outcome is that many listeners/viewers actually take his utterings seriously.
Fox is a business and this what makes people stay tuned through the commercials. Friendly, ordinary Arab families sitting on a couch and discussing the latest football scores or the weather just doesn't sell.
The media has made a fortune from terrorism, uprisings, etc. and so it milks these stories for all they are worth. When they run dry they make them up, or exaggerate.
Everyone's entitled to their freedom of speech.