If they really want to “present the true image of Islam,” which they presumably mean is peaceful and benign, they should offer a comprehensive refutation of the jihadist interpretation of the Qur’an and Sunnah. They should institute transparent, honest programs in every mosque, explaining to people why the jihadist understanding of Islam is wrong. But they will do neither of those things. Instead, their efforts against “Islamophobia” are all devoted to censorship and to imposing Sharia blasphemy restrictions upon nations that presently uphold (at least in theory) the freedom of speech. And there are increasing numbers of people in the West who are happy to go along with this initiative.
“OIC to hold conference combating disinformation and Islamophobia in Istanbul,” Arab News, October 18, 2022:
RIYADH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation will hold a conference to discuss combating disinformation and Islamophobia in Istanbul from October 21-22.
OIC information ministers taking part in the event will discuss ways to confront Islamophobia and present the true image of Islam, strengthen the role of the media in confronting terrorism, and develop media training and expertise in the Muslim world.
The importance of intensifying media action on the Palestinian issue will also be discussed….
somehistory says
the oic are the creeps who coined the term of a “phobia” against their evil belief system. They want more of their creepy fellow mozlums in “media” so they can get their lies spread far and wide…even more than they already are.
No truth or good will come of this.
mg says
Meanwhile, in the real world, hundreds of non muslims have been murdered, mutilated, raped, or abused, in just the last month, in places in africa, India, indonesia, europe and the silencing goes on. At colleges there are coordinated attempts… such as the one at Berkeley law school, to demand ‘“[Zionist] ideologies are dangerous, colonial, discriminatory, and violent, and should not have a place on our campus.
The problem seems to be that the rest of us defer to and speak of equal treatment under the law when the real colonizers, bigots, haters … the Left and the Jihadists, demand erasure of rights under the guise of equity attainment. I think, we must marshall all our efforts to showing what the Leftists and Jihadists are actually proclaiming. and show the numbers as they really are, everywhere.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
The last time some members wanted to have such a conference in 2018, it bombed, b’cos the Saudis weren’t the least bit interested. But thanks to Biden, they’re now happy to lift their objections to any such anti-Western exercise, and have let Turkey run this. The US refused to take action against Qatar in 2018 (actually Trump wanted to but the Pentagon and State Department refused) and now has been taking Iran’s side, pissing off the Saudis
Imran Khan must be wishing that he were prime minister at this moment. And then there is Malaysia as well
Gary Fouse says
I assume they will recommend a worldwide death penalty.
Keith O says
Hmm, Islamic cooperation, now there’s an oxymoron.
Scotsman48 says
muslims around the entire World have deemed my opinion of their religion as being so important to them that they wish to kill me because I call it a Fascist Religious Cult but as they cant kill me they will just suggest I am afraid of them as I have a phobia..
Give me a break with this childish nonsense and let them tell me, truthfully, about just how peaceful islamic teachings really are and not the islam means peace garbage when we all know islam means submission and that muslims cant take a bloody joke.
If you dont have a sense of humour then it just aint funny.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
George Orwell saw this coming. Control the narrative, control the people.