Amir Taheri - Revision history

Melissa Jones: /* Views on Islam */

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Views on Islam

Clementine Boucher at 11:41, 26 September 2016

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Clementine Boucher: /* Views on Islam */

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Views on Islam

Clementine Boucher: /* Views on terrorism */

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Views on terrorism

Clementine Boucher at 07:29, 23 September 2016

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Melissa Jones at 03:36, 23 September 2016

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 After praising the United States for acting in a benevolent and appeasing way towards 'Muslim nations' (in the form of financial aid, of granting refuge on their soil, of 'liberating' Muslims from dictatorial regimes, and so on), from the 18th century to the present, he claimed that 'no other nation has been a victim of vilification, demonization, and violence on the part of the Islamists as has the U.S.'.
 He brushes aside the justifications for hatred that 'leftists' have given, such as oil ("the U.S. was the only major power to have no state-owned oil company and thus never used its military clout to obtain a share of the Middle East's energy resources") or military occupations ("the U.S. was the only major power prepared to pack up and leave as soon as its hosts showed it the door").
+==='Islamophilia'===
 Moreover, he blamed the 'politically correct crowd' (Western intellectuals and leaders) for making it impossible to criticise Islam, and for practicing 'Islamophilia', which to "treat Muslims as children whose feathers should not be ruffled" and to "sacrifice part of their own freedom in atonement of largely imaginary sins against Muslims in the colonial and imperialist era". On the contrary, he believes that Islam and Muslims badly need to be criticised, as their theology is centered around "death". Moreover, he argues that "many Muslims resent that kind of flattery, which takes them for idiots". <ref> Amir Taheri, [https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7092/united-states-islam The United States and Islam: What Is Going On?], ''Gatestone Institute'', December 22, 2015. Accessed 23 September 2016. </ref>

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 '''Amir Taheri''' is an Iranian-American journalist who was educated in Tehran, London and Paris.<ref>[http://www.zimbio.com/Amir+Taheri Amir Taheri], zimbio website, accessed 16 Jan 2010</ref> A 'prominent Iranian journalist under the Shah', Taheri, according to a 2006 article in the ''Financial Times'', 'now advocates regime change' in Iran.<ref>Guy Dinmore, [http://news.ft.com/cms/s/866b2cfe-ea12-11da-a33b-0000779e2340.html US hails the Iranian people but not their 'lunatic' leaders], ''Financial Times'', 23 May 2006, accessed 16 Jan 2010</ref>
-Taheri has been a columnist for ''[[Asharq Al-Awsat]]'', 'a London-based publication linked to the Saudi royal family' <ref> [http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/middle-east/124496-160904-vested-interests-and-inevitable-conclusions-window-on-arabic-media Vested interests and inevitable conclusions: Window on Arabic media], ''ITV News'', 04 September 2016. Accessed 22 September 2016. </ref>, since 1987 <ref> [http://english.aawsat.com/author/amir-taheri Author; Amir Taheri], ''Asharq Al-Awsat'', accessed 22 September 2016 </ref>, a regular contributor to the ''[[New York Post]]'' <ref> [http://nypost.com/author/amir-taheri/ Amir Taheri], ''New York Post'', accessed 22 September 2016 </ref> and a member of the neoconservative PR agency [[Benador Associates]] until it reoriented its work towards financial advisory and real estate promotion in 2007. <ref> [[Benador Associates]], See Powerbase profile. </ref> He was also a contributor to the German weekly [[Focus]] from 1993 to 2007. <ref> Gatestone biog </ref> <ref> [http://www.focus.de/intern/impressum/autoren/archiv/amir-taheri_auid_1207.html Amir Taheri, contributions to Focus], ''Focus'', accessed 23 September 2016. </ref>
+Taheri has been a columnist for ''[[Asharq Al-Awsat]]'', 'a London-based publication linked to the Saudi royal family' <ref> [http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/middle-east/124496-160904-vested-interests-and-inevitable-conclusions-window-on-arabic-media Vested interests and inevitable conclusions: Window on Arabic media], ''ITV News'', 04 September 2016. Accessed 22 September 2016. </ref>, since 1987 <ref> [http://english.aawsat.com/author/amir-taheri Author; Amir Taheri], ''Asharq Al-Awsat'', accessed 22 September 2016 </ref>, a regular contributor to the ''[[New York Post]]'' <ref> [http://nypost.com/author/amir-taheri/ Amir Taheri], ''New York Post'', accessed 22 September 2016 </ref> and a member of the neoconservative PR agency [[Benador Associates]] until it reoriented its work towards financial advisory and real estate promotion in 2007. <ref> [[Benador Associates]], See Powerbase profile. </ref> He was a contributor to the German weekly [[Focus]] from 1993 to 2007. <ref> Gatestone biog </ref> <ref> [http://www.focus.de/intern/impressum/autoren/archiv/amir-taheri_auid_1207.html Amir Taheri, contributions to Focus], ''Focus'', accessed 23 September 2016. </ref>
 Taheri is also chairman of the European board of governors of the controversial [[Gatestone Institute]]. The think tank has been described as one of America's hubs of Islamophobia.

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 In an article published just after the San Bernardino attack in 2015, Taheri set out to pose the question: 'what is going on' with Islam?
-After praising the United States of acting in a benevolent and appeasing way towards 'Muslims nations' (in the form of financial aid, of granting refuge on their soil, of 'liberating' Muslims from dictatorial regimes, and so on), from the 19th century to the present, he claimed that 'no other nation has been a victim of vilification, demonization, and violence on the part of the Islamists as has the U.S.'.
+After praising the United States for acting in a benevolent and appeasing way towards 'Muslim nations' (in the form of financial aid, of granting refuge on their soil, of 'liberating' Muslims from dictatorial regimes, and so on), from the 18th century to the present, he claimed that 'no other nation has been a victim of vilification, demonization, and violence on the part of the Islamists as has the U.S.'.
 He brushes aside the justifications for hatred that 'leftists' have given, such as oil ("the U.S. was the only major power to have no state-owned oil company and thus never used its military clout to obtain a share of the Middle East's energy resources") or military occupations ("the U.S. was the only major power prepared to pack up and leave as soon as its hosts showed it the door").
-Moreover, he blames the 'politically correct crowd' (Western intellectuals and leaders) for making it impossible to criticise Islam, and for practicing 'Islamophilia', which to "treat Muslims as children whose feathers should not be ruffled" and to "sacrifice part of their own freedom in atonement of largely imaginary sins against Muslims in the colonial and imperialist era". On the contrary, he believes that Islam and Muslims badly need to be criticised, as the represent a theology centered around "death". Moreover, he argues that "many Muslims resent that kind of flattery, which takes them for idiots". <ref> Amir Taheri, [https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7092/united-states-islam The United States and Islam: What Is Going On?], ''Gatestone Institute'', December 22, 2015. Accessed 23 September 2016. </ref>
+Moreover, he blamed the 'politically correct crowd' (Western intellectuals and leaders) for making it impossible to criticise Islam, and for practicing 'Islamophilia', which to "treat Muslims as children whose feathers should not be ruffled" and to "sacrifice part of their own freedom in atonement of largely imaginary sins against Muslims in the colonial and imperialist era". On the contrary, he believes that Islam and Muslims badly need to be criticised, as their theology is centered around "death". Moreover, he argues that "many Muslims resent that kind of flattery, which takes them for idiots". <ref> Amir Taheri, [https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7092/united-states-islam The United States and Islam: What Is Going On?], ''Gatestone Institute'', December 22, 2015. Accessed 23 September 2016. </ref>
 ==Praise for Trump==

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	After the 14 July 2016 attacks in Nice, France, he wrote again, stating that '[the French] nation, perhaps the whole democratic portion of the globe, is at war, a war over two mutually exclusive visions of the future', the second being an 'Islamic' world-view, that he implied is lead by Iran. <ref>Amir Taheri, [http://nypost.com/2016/07/15/a-cry-from-france-after-nice-can-we-finally-face-the-truth-about-this-war/ A cry from France: After Nice, can we finally face the truth about this war?], ''The New York Post'', July 15, 2016, Accessed 22 September 2016. </ref>		After the 14 July 2016 attacks in Nice, France, he wrote again, stating that '[the French] nation, perhaps the whole democratic portion of the globe, is at war, a war over two mutually exclusive visions of the future', the second being an 'Islamic' world-view, that he implied is lead by Iran. <ref>Amir Taheri, [http://nypost.com/2016/07/15/a-cry-from-france-after-nice-can-we-finally-face-the-truth-about-this-war/ A cry from France: After Nice, can we finally face the truth about this war?], ''The New York Post'', July 15, 2016, Accessed 22 September 2016. </ref>
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		+	==Views on Islam==
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		+	In an article published just after the San Bernardino attack in 2015, Taheri set out to pose the question: 'what is going on' with Islam?
		+	After praising the United States of acting in a benevolent and appeasing way towards 'Muslims nations' (in the form of financial aid, of granting refuge on their soil, of 'liberating' Muslims from dictatorial regimes, and so on), from the 19th century to the present, he claimed that 'no other nation has been a victim of vilification, demonization, and violence on the part of the Islamists as has the U.S.'.
		+	He brushes aside the justifications for hatred that 'leftists' have given, such as oil ("the U.S. was the only major power to have no state-owned oil company and thus never used its military clout to obtain a share of the Middle East's energy resources") or military occupations ("the U.S. was the only major power prepared to pack up and leave as soon as its hosts showed it the door").
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		+	Moreover, he blames the 'politically correct crowd' (Western intellectuals and leaders) for making it impossible to criticise Islam, and for practicing 'Islamophilia', which to "treat Muslims as children whose feathers should not be ruffled" and to "sacrifice part of their own freedom in atonement of largely imaginary sins against Muslims in the colonial and imperialist era". On the contrary, he believes that Islam and Muslims badly need to be criticised, as the represent a theology centered around "death". Moreover, he argues that "many Muslims resent that kind of flattery, which takes them for idiots". <ref> Amir Taheri, [https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7092/united-states-islam The United States and Islam: What Is Going On?], ''Gatestone Institute'', December 22, 2015. Accessed 23 September 2016. </ref>

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 [[Image:Taheri_.jpg||200px|thumb|right|Amir Taheri, Credit: [http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/biography/Amir+Taheri/ Gatestone Institute Biography] ]]
-'''Amir Taheri''' is an Iranian-American journalist who was educated in Tehran, London and Paris.<ref>[http://www.zimbio.com/Amir+Taheri Amir Taheri], zimbio website, accessed 16 Jan 2010</ref> A 'prominent Iranian journalist under the Shah', Taheri, according to a 2006 article in the ''Financial Times'', 'now advocates regime change' in Iran.<ref>Guy Dinmore, [http://news.ft.com/cms/s/866b2cfe-ea12-11da-a33b-0000779e2340.html US hails the Iranian people but not their 'lunatic' leaders], Financial Times, 23 May 2006, accessed 16 Jan 2010</ref>
+'''Amir Taheri''' is an Iranian-American journalist who was educated in Tehran, London and Paris.<ref>[http://www.zimbio.com/Amir+Taheri Amir Taheri], zimbio website, accessed 16 Jan 2010</ref> A 'prominent Iranian journalist under the Shah', Taheri, according to a 2006 article in the ''Financial Times'', 'now advocates regime change' in Iran.<ref>Guy Dinmore, [http://news.ft.com/cms/s/866b2cfe-ea12-11da-a33b-0000779e2340.html US hails the Iranian people but not their 'lunatic' leaders], ''Financial Times'', 23 May 2006, accessed 16 Jan 2010</ref>
-Taheri has been a columnist for ''[[Asharq Al-Awsat]]'', 'a London-based publication linked to the Saudi royal family' <ref> [http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/middle-east/124496-160904-vested-interests-and-inevitable-conclusions-window-on-arabic-media Vested interests and inevitable conclusions: Window on Arabic media], ''ITV News'', 04 September 2016. Accessed 22 September 2016. </ref>, since 1987 <ref> [http://english.aawsat.com/author/amir-taheri Amir Taheri] ***Please add usual ref info! </ref>, a regular contributor to the ''[[New York Post]]'' <ref> [http://nypost.com/author/amir-taheri/ Amir Taheri], ***please add usual ref info </ref> and a member of the neoconservative PR agency [[Benador Associates]] until it reoriented its work towards financial advisory and real estate promotion in 2007. <ref> [[Benador Associates]], See Powerbase profile. </ref>
+Taheri has been a columnist for ''[[Asharq Al-Awsat]]'', 'a London-based publication linked to the Saudi royal family' <ref> [http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/middle-east/124496-160904-vested-interests-and-inevitable-conclusions-window-on-arabic-media Vested interests and inevitable conclusions: Window on Arabic media], ''ITV News'', 04 September 2016. Accessed 22 September 2016. </ref>, since 1987 <ref> [http://english.aawsat.com/author/amir-taheri Author; Amir Taheri], ''Asharq Al-Awsat'', accessed 22 September 2016 </ref>, a regular contributor to the ''[[New York Post]]'' <ref> [http://nypost.com/author/amir-taheri/ Amir Taheri], ''New York Post'', accessed 22 September 2016 </ref> and a member of the neoconservative PR agency [[Benador Associates]] until it reoriented its work towards financial advisory and real estate promotion in 2007. <ref> [[Benador Associates]], See Powerbase profile. </ref> He was also a contributor to the German weekly [[Focus]] from 1993 to 2007. <ref> Gatestone biog </ref> <ref> [http://www.focus.de/intern/impressum/autoren/archiv/amir-taheri_auid_1207.html Amir Taheri, contributions to Focus], ''Focus'', accessed 23 September 2016. </ref>
-Currently he is a contributor to the German weekly [[Focus]]. <ref> Gatestone biog </ref>
+He was also a contributor to the German weekly [[Focus]] from 1993 to 2007. <ref>testone biog </ref> <ref> [http://www.focus.de/intern/impressum/autoren/archiv/amir-taheri_auid_1207.html Amir Taheri], ''Focus'', accessed 23 September 2016. </ref>
 Taheri is also chairman of the European board of governors of the controversial [[Gatestone Institute]]. The think tank has been described as one of America's hubs of Islamophobia.

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 *[[Henry Jackson Society]], Advisory Council: Policy Council member <ref> [http://henryjacksonsociety.org/people/council-members/ Advisory Council:Policy Council members], HJS website, undated, accessed 5 November 2014 </ref>
 *[[Benador Associates]] until 2007
 ===Notes===
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 [[Category: Middle East Watch|Taheri, Amir]][[Category: Israel Lobby|Taheri, Amir]]][[Category:Neocons|Taheri, Amir]]][[Category: Counterjihad|Taheri, Amir]]

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 Currently he is a contributor to the German weekly [[Focus]]. <ref> Gatestone biog </ref>
-Taheri is chairman of the European board of governors of the controversial [[Gatestone Institute]]. The think tank has been described as one of American's hubs of Islamophobia.
+Taheri is also chairman of the European board of governors of the controversial [[Gatestone Institute]]. The think tank has been described as one of America's hubs of Islamophobia.
 ==Background==

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	Currently he is a contributor to the German weekly [[Focus]]. <ref> Gatestone biog </ref>		Currently he is a contributor to the German weekly [[Focus]]. <ref> Gatestone biog </ref>
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		+	Taheri is chairman of the European board of governors of the US [[Gatestone Institute]]. Gatestone is run by [[Nina Rosenwald]], who has been dubbed the 'sugar mama of Islamophobia'.

	==Background==		==Background==