Attack on Islam on 'Good Morning America'

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Attack on Islam on 'Good Morning America'
amal
09/28/01 at 08:56:13
Assalamu alaykum,

Did anyone see today's 'Good Morning America'???

Man did they crossed the line this time!!

They did an interview with a guy named Len Sherman who 'supposedly' did an interview with some members of the taliban in Afghanistan a year ago...They showed a small part of the interview which goes like this:

L.SH : Why do you want to kill the americans?

Taliban Guy: because they are infidels and our holy book says so.

L.SH: So would you kill children in a school bus?

T.G: hmmm..if our religions scholars order us to we will do it.


And then we get back to the studio where the guy from good morning america is asking the len sherman guy:

Q: That's chilly isn't it?

A: yeah..but then again they're totally different from us , the whole culture , religion, they're against everything we stand for.

Q: In all of the memorials held in the US there were Muslim leaders condemning this and saying that islam doesn't condone this but as we've seen on the footage these people say it is in their holy book.

A: Well i'm not a theologian... and it's one thing to say that islam is a religion of peace to be politically correct but to say that this is not related to religion is absurd!

Q: So you don't believe that those are perversions of islam?

A:  Well there are MILLIONS of people who believe in what they believe and there are MILLIONS more support who them financially.

Q: (i don't remember what he said at this point)

A: You know americans like to understand things and it's good to understand something to a certain point but we will never be able to understand these people and the fact is they are our ENEMIES and they will always be! and it's also generational... Look at the palestinian national TV , they show small children whom they call martyrs and they honor them on TV and encourage other children to do the same.



I stopped watching at this point cause i had to run for work. This is clearly an anti-islam propaganda...People we need to do something fast!!! I mean it was one thing when they misinterpreted jihad out of ignorance but now this????  Saying that Islam condones blowing up school buses full of children??


Re: Attack on Islam on 'Good Morning America'
morning_mist
09/28/01 at 09:51:43
Assalaamu alaikum,

This should be reported to CAIR.
Does anyone have the email for the American CAIR office?
You should report the date and time of the show...

Re: Attack on Islam on 'Good Morning America'
Saleema
09/28/01 at 09:45:51
[slm]

www.cair-net.org

Re: Attack on Islam on 'Good Morning America'
amal
09/28/01 at 10:04:06
slm,

You can find the footage here:

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/video_index/Video_index.html

It's under the latest news section and titled "Taliban fighter explains hatred of US"
Re: Attack on Islam on 'Good Morning America'
amal
09/28/01 at 10:06:05
One thing to note is that the guy being interviewed is in PRISON in afghanistan according to the footage
Re: Attack on Islam on 'Good Morning America'
morning_mist
09/28/01 at 19:18:42
Do you know where the transcript for the following part, interview with Len Sherman, can be found?


[quote]And then we get back to the studio where the guy from good morning america is asking the len sherman guy:

Q: That's chilly isn't it?

A: yeah..but then again they're totally different from us , the whole culture , religion, they're against everything we stand for.

Q: In all of the memorials held in the US there were Muslim leaders condemning this and saying that islam doesn't condone this but as we've seen on the footage these people say it is in their holy book.

A: Well i'm not a theologian... and it's one thing to say that islam is a religion of peace to be politically correct but to say that this is not related to religion is absurd!

Q: So you don't believe that those are perversions of islam?

A:  Well there are MILLIONS of people who believe in what they believe and there are MILLIONS more support who them financially.

Q: (i don't remember what he said at this point)

A: You know americans like to understand things and it's good to understand something to a certain point but we will never be able to understand these people and the fact is they are our ENEMIES and they will always be! and it's also generational... Look at the palestinian national TV , they show small children whom they call martyrs and they honor them on TV and encourage other children to do the same.[/quote]
Re: Attack on Islam on 'Good Morning America'
solehah
09/29/01 at 01:32:37
Salaam

Yes I would like access to the transcript too because I would like to write in and protest.

Thank you in advance for the assistance.

Wassalam.
Re: Attack on Islam on 'Good Morning America'
amal
09/29/01 at 17:30:04
i've been searching in the abcnews site for the transcript...i didn't find it.

What is the course of action in this case?
Re: Attack on Islam on 'Good Morning America'
Denise
09/30/01 at 20:58:37
The media's ignorant mis interpretations/ translations and reportings to me are all intentional...  I believe there are forces/ people out there who are overly happy to take this as an opportunity to make Islam look bad, and even probably think in their small thinking will defeat Islam...   They tell on themselves by saying Islam is bigger than some other Christian schools of teaching, it's the fasted growing religion in the USA,  then, they say something false about Islam...    


Islam will not and cannot be defeated, it's from Allah... Allah's plan is stronger, better and greater than mans..

There are a lot of people who are ignrant to Islam, well now, they are getting some education... No, I don't like when the media reports false information about Islam, but the true Islam slips in here and there...  There will be a few people recieving information about the True Islam...

For those who took/ take the opportunity/ies to intentionally keep others in the dark about Islam, they will have to answer for that...


But yes,  I will try to do my part as a Muslim by  easing myself into a conversation about Islam by those who are ill informed or just want to know..  I have done it...


In the end Allah will be victorious.


Allah is the greatest...


Denise...


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