Nick Gray - Revision history

Hilary Aked at 00:23, 8 January 2013

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'Essentialising Muslims'

Hilary Aked at 20:00, 7 January 2013

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 :Perhaps that goes some way towards explaining why there are no bomb shelters in Gaza.<ref>[http://www.thecommentator.com/article/2076/why_there_are_no_bomb_shelters_in_gaza#.UKi66AV6pdI.twitter Why there are no bomb shelters in Gaza], The Commentator, 16 November 2012, accessed 7 January 2013</ref></blockquote>
-The article was published on the right wing website The Commentator and a link was tweeted by the site's executive editor [[Raheem Kassam]]. It received a negative response even from figures who might be considered neoconservative political allies of Kassam's. [[Shiraz Maher]] of the [[International Center for the Study of Radicalisation]] said the article was 'essentialising Muslims' and called it 'ridiculous'. [[Aymenn J Al-Tamimi]] of the [[Middle East Forum]] said 'the fact that you put this piece up illustrates how you flirt with anti-Muslim bigotry'.
+The article was published on the right wing website [[The Commentator]] and a link was tweeted by the site's executive editor [[Raheem Kassam]]. It received a negative response even from figures who might be considered neoconservative political allies of Kassam's. [[Shiraz Maher]] of the [[International Center for the Study of Radicalisation]] said the article was 'essentialising Muslims' and called it 'ridiculous'. [[Aymenn J Al-Tamimi]] of the [[Middle East Forum]] said 'the fact that you put this piece up illustrates how you flirt with anti-Muslim bigotry'.
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 :Perhaps that goes some way towards explaining why there are no bomb shelters in Gaza.<ref>[http://www.thecommentator.com/article/2076/why_there_are_no_bomb_shelters_in_gaza#.UKi66AV6pdI.twitter Why there are no bomb shelters in Gaza], The Commentator, 16 November 2012, accessed 7 January 2013</ref></blockquote>
-The article was published on the right wing website The Commentator and a link was tweeted by the site's executive editor [[Raheem Kassam]]. It received a negative response even from figures who might be considered neoconservative political allies of Kassam's. [[Shiraz Maher]] of [[Policy Exchange]] said the article was 'essentialising Muslims' and called it 'ridiculous'. [[Aymenn J Al-Tamimi]] of the [[Middle East Forum]] said 'the fact that you put this piece up illustrates how you flirt with anti-Muslim bigotry'.
+The article was published on the right wing website The Commentator and a link was tweeted by the site's executive editor [[Raheem Kassam]]. It received a negative response even from figures who might be considered neoconservative political allies of Kassam's. [[Shiraz Maher]] of the [[International Center for the Study of Radicalisation]] said the article was 'essentialising Muslims' and called it 'ridiculous'. [[Aymenn J Al-Tamimi]] of the [[Middle East Forum]] said 'the fact that you put this piece up illustrates how you flirt with anti-Muslim bigotry'.
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−	'''Nick Gray''' is director of the Christian Zionist group [[Christian Middle East Watch]].	+	Rev. '''Nick Gray''' is director of the Christian Zionist group [[Christian Middle East Watch]].

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 [[Image:Twitter_exchange_Kassam_Maher_Ajaltamimi.jpg‎|right|thumb|400px| Twitter exchange about Nick Gray's article on Gaza (click to enlarge)]]
-During Israel's Operation Pillar of Cloud in November 2012, Gray wrote an article entitled 'Why there are no bomb shelters in Gaza'. In it he wrote firstly about the innocent Israelis suffering under rocketfire from Palestinian militants in Gaza. Then, he wrote 'But what of Gaza?' However, instead of proceeding to discuss the political realities of the situation Gaza he went on to discuss comments made about Islam by US Army medic Nidal Malik Hasan two years before he killed 13 people in 2009 at Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan reportedly stated: 'We love death more than you love life!' Gray continued in a manner that ultimately seems to imply that the lack of bomb shelters in Gaza is connected in some way to the religion of Islam and the supposed death-wish of the Palestinians in Gaza because they are Muslims. He wrote:
+During Israel's Operation Pillar of Cloud in November 2012, Gray wrote an article entitled 'Why there are no bomb shelters in Gaza'. In it he wrote firstly about the innocent Israelis suffering under rocketfire from Palestinian militants in Gaza. Then, he wrote 'But what of Gaza?' However, instead of proceeding to discuss the political realities of the situation Gaza he went on to discuss comments made about Islam by US Army medic Nidal Malik Hasan two years before he killed 13 people in 2009 at Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan reportedly stated: 'We love death more than you love life!' Gray continued in a manner that ultimately seems to imply that the lack of bomb shelters in Gaza is connected in some way to the religion of Islam and the supposed death-wish of Palestinians in Gaza because they are Muslims. He wrote:
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 [[Image:Twitter_exchange_Kassam_Maher_Ajaltamimi.jpg‎|right|thumb|400px| Twitter exchange about Nick Gray's article on Gaza (click to enlarge)]]
-During Israel's Operation Pillar of Cloud in November 2012, Gray wrote an article entitled 'Why there are no bomb shelters in Gaza'. In it he wrote firstly about the innocent Israelis suffering under rocketfire from Palestinian militants in Gaza. Then, he wrote 'But what of Gaza?' However, instead of proceeding to discuss the political realities of the situation Gaza he went on to discuss comments made about Islam by US Army medic Nidal Malik Hasan two years before he killed 13 people in 2009 at Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan reportedly stated: 'We love death more than you love life!' Gray continued in a manner that ultimately seems to imply that the lack of bomb shelters in Gaza is connected in some way to the religion of Islam and the supposed death-wish of Palestinians because many are Muslims. He wrote:
+During Israel's Operation Pillar of Cloud in November 2012, Gray wrote an article entitled 'Why there are no bomb shelters in Gaza'. In it he wrote firstly about the innocent Israelis suffering under rocketfire from Palestinian militants in Gaza. Then, he wrote 'But what of Gaza?' However, instead of proceeding to discuss the political realities of the situation Gaza he went on to discuss comments made about Islam by US Army medic Nidal Malik Hasan two years before he killed 13 people in 2009 at Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan reportedly stated: 'We love death more than you love life!' Gray continued in a manner that ultimately seems to imply that the lack of bomb shelters in Gaza is connected in some way to the religion of Islam and the supposed death-wish of the Palestinians in Gaza because they are Muslims. He wrote:
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 During Israel's Operation Pillar of Cloud in November 2012, Gray wrote an article entitled 'Why there are no bomb shelters in Gaza'. In it he wrote firstly about the innocent Israelis suffering under rocketfire from Palestinian militants in Gaza. Then, he wrote 'But what of Gaza?' However, instead of proceeding to discuss the political realities of the situation Gaza he went on to discuss comments made about Islam by US Army medic Nidal Malik Hasan two years before he killed 13 people in 2009 at Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan reportedly stated: 'We love death more than you love life!' Gray continued:
-<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">:This attitude does not resonate with the Western mind-set but with certain extreme elements of the Muslim community, it has echoed down the ages from a seventh century Islamic commander who threatened enemies with "an army of men that love death as you love life."
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 :The Muslim holy book, the Quran, mentions the rewards of martyrs: "And do not consider those who have been killed in the way of God as dead; they are alive with their Lord, well provided-for." There, the “benefits” of martyrdom are glorified.