In the words of “American scholar” Craig Considine, “America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem.”
Considine neglects to mention the slavery of blacks that persists in the Islamic societies of Mauritania, Algeria, Sudan and Libya, and the overall “vulgar racism against Afro/black Arabs” that even Al Jazeera featured. He also forgot to mention the great divide between believers and non-believers in Islam, making it the most intolerant religion in the world.
Author Bruce Bawer writes a telling piece about Considine in FrontPage Magazine, aptly titled: “The Twisted World of Craig Considine“:
Craig Considine, a lecturer in sociology at Rice University in Houston, is full of love – or so he would have us believe. Love, that is, for Islam, its prophet, and its holy book. It’s a love that Considine – a self-declared Christian – can’t stop affirming ….Some apologists for Islam labor to “reinterpret” problematic passages of its holy books. Considine takes an easier route: he simply wills those passages out of existence.
The picture of the “twisted” Considine would be humorous were it not for the fact that he is feeding young minds at Rice University a diet of steady propaganda.
Robert Spencer and others have also discussed Considine’s deceptions several times here at Jihad Watch.
“American Scholar Underscores Islam’s Innate Anti-Racism Amid US Unrest,” by Safaa Kasraoui, Morocco World News, June 1, 2020:
Rabat – The teachings of Islam have throughout the years inspired American scholar Craig Considine, who shared with his social media followers how the religion and its ethics condemn racism and racial discrimination.
On May 31, the scholar took an extract from Malcolm Little, better known as Malcolm X, an American civil rights activist and minister who invited his countrymen to better understand Islam.
Considine shared a saying from Malcolm X’s writings during his visit to Mecca in 1964, reading: “America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem.”
Considine said the black Muslim activist was encouraging Americans to consider the “farewell sermon of Prophet Muhammad” on racial equality.
“All mankind is from Adam & Eve an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over a black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action,” the passage reads.
In a tweet on May 29, Considine said: “Rooted in both ignorance & arrogance, racism has plagued civilization since the advent of man. Prophet Muhammad addressed this disease of the heart & [mind] from its root cause.”…..