Gothamist: Pro-Muslim Subway Ads Linked to Controversial Imam

Sid

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:37:44 -0500

Islam "overtaking" America? If you think so, then you definitely deserve to sit in the subway and read the add. The main point of the ad is clearly to dispel Islamophobic tendencies in America. The backlash proves that it is about time Muslims explain their religion, whether we want to read about ti or not is our choice....

laker

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:40:05 -0500

What a sad day for America... People sit by while church and state begin merging, and so do business and state... but some Muslim organization posting ads in the Subway is our outrage of the day and front page news. By the way folks, the NY Post is a really non-discriminatory publication that clearly cares about the average citizen. That's why, for example, it was necessary for them to publish a photo of an NYU student falling to her death on their front page... Meanwhile Debbie Almontaser was also a "Jihadist" according the Post, despite the fact that she's seen in the Arab and Muslim communities as a "sellout." Almontaser happily worked for the Board of Ed for years... her son is in the service... and yet the Post had no problem still writing that. The Post should be ashamed of itself, and those of you who read it should be ashamed as well. I bet if you were to go back and read what the crappy elements of the press (like the Post) wrote/said about Irish and Italians as they immigrated to the US, you might have a different take on this xenophobic crap.

sensibile

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:59:39 -0500

Another day, another dose of hate-bait from Gothamist. Good campaign. Lots of misunderstandings, many good people with questions, a question line seems like a good idea.

Azeem

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:03:10 -0500

On July 21st, 2008 When asked about the inclusion of Imam Siraj Wahhaj on the list of 170 unindicted co-conspirators Former US federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy said on CNNs situation room "I think the list is probably an interesting footnote to people. I get asked about it every couple of years when some story or another about Wahhaj comes up. I think the list is a tempest in a teapot." Tempest in a teapot means "a situation where people get very angry or worried about something that is not important" (According to idioms.Thefreedictionary.Com)

Jerky

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:03:10 -0500

Maybe they should start advertising in SkyMall too....

NannyState

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:39:58 -0500

This campaign belongs in Subway sandwich shops. A natural combination for any Muslim, no?

bjornsaucey

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:22:11 -0500

I blame this on the Halal chicken and rice fad.

interlard

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:14:38 -0500

Where are the Jews for Mohammad? How about Scientologists for Buzz Lightyear?

indy

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:57:48 -0500

The people handing out the Jews for Jesus flyers are definitely For Jesus, but the ones I've met are not Jewish, not by birth or any other way. Its just a catchy name for a group handing out new testament excerpts...

famdoc

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:05:14 -0500

Can't we get rid of those Jews for Jesus, while we're at it? I am sick and tired of free speech.

other_islander

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:17:40 -0500

MFer, your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

indy

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:16:45 -0500

hijab = cover your western women so theyre not seen nor heard. this is a bad idea. are we in for an avalanche of religious themed ads now from every whackjob brainwashing group?

MFer

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:02:36 -0500

Why Islam? Because an illiterate had delusions of grandeur and ripped off not a few lines from the stinking religions called Christianity and Judaism. And same goes for the Mormons.