FD Editor’s Note: As you can see by this excellent article the guilty party is not just Breivik. Those guilty of this crime as well as the crime of Islamophobia and every hate crime that has occurred because of it are these (and more:)
- Robert Spencer
- Pamela Geller
- Frank Gaffney
- All the small sites who try to emulate these two such as mypetjawa etc.
- All of the minions of volunteers who go around the web, facebook and twitter lying about the “evils of Islam.”
Each of these should be punished along with Anders Breivik! IF they were Muslims they would be prosecuted with being an accessory to the crime. It is OUR duty to, when we see one of these, we call it out. We expose it, and we try and teach others the truth about Islam, instead of these lies. –FD Editor
Anders Behring Breivik was motivated by zealots who see Muslim demons in every shadow
By Nathan Lean / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Anders Behring Breivik was motivated by anti-Muslim fearmongering criminals such as |
One victim wrote his telephone number in blood that ran from his head. Another described the sensation of feeling his brain through an empty eye socket.
During the trial of Anders Breivik, the Norwegian behind the July 2011 Oslo bombing and shooting attacks that killed 77, such testimonies were reminders that the city which awards the world’s most prestigious prize for peace is itself not immune to brutal displays of violence.
The 33-year-old Breivik is charged with terrorism and murder. On Aug. 24, judges will announce if he is sane enough for prison. The 10-week proceedings against him resembled a freak show more than a judicial event: Shoe throwing, self-immolation and far-right salutes were among the happenings that animated a normally humdrum process.
What was absent from the scene, though, was blunt discussion of the anti-Islam ideology that influenced Breivik and caused him to be so fearful of Muslims that his only response was to slaughter fellow citizens whose politics he blamed for their presence.
Breivik carried out his bloodbath alone, and his idiosyncrasies give him the appearance of a sociopath. But his delusions are hardly products of his imagination. Instead, they are the workings of a cabal of fear merchants who roam the post-9/11 world scaring people about Islam.
Breivik’s 1,500-page manifesto offers a clear view of the people and ideas that shaped his actions.
“About Islam, I recommend essentially everything written by Robert Spencer,” Breivik gushed in one of 162 shout-outs to the blogger, whose website is a one-stop shop for everything anti-Muslim. Spencer has waged a populist campaign against “stealth jihad,” “creeping Sharia” and even Campbell’s soup (which offers halal-certified cans of its famous products).
Breivik cited Spencer’s partner, blogger Pamela Geller, 12 times. Geller and Spencer co-founded Stop Islamization of America, the American branch of a European hate franchise, Stop Islamization of Europe, a group whose soccer hooligan members have whipped the populations of Britain and Denmark into nationalistic frenzies. SIOE’s motto states: “Racism is the lowest form of human stupidity but Islamophobia is the height of common sense.” Both Geller and Spencer organized the vitriolic protests against the Park51 Islamic Center in 2010.
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