In her weekly Q&A session for the New York Times Sunday Magazine, reporter Deborah Solomon conducted a strongly hostile interview with Brigitte Gabriel, Lebanese-American journalist and opponent of radical Islam, while the headline blurb referred to Gabriel as a "radical Islamophobe."
The blurb:
The best-selling author and radical Islamophobe talks about why moderate Muslims are irrelevant, the lessons we should have learned from Lebanon and dressing like a French woman.
Is the Times calling Gabriel radical because she has an irrational fear ("phobia" or "-phobe") of Islam in general, or is "radical Islamophobe" a too-cute way of saying Gabriel has an irrational fear of radical Islam? Either way, the incredibly suspicious, hostile tone of Solomon's questioning is clear.
Here are some of the questions Solomon poses to Gabriel:
As a Lebanese-Christian immigrant who spent her girlhood amid the bloody devastation of the Lebanese civil war, you have lately emerged as one of the most vehement critics of radical Islam in this country. Are you concerned that your new book, "They Must Be Stopped," will feed animosity toward Muslims?
What about all the moderate Muslims who represent our hope for the future? Why don't you write about them?
Are you an agent of the U.S. government?
Are you underwritten by the C.I.A.?
When Gabriel said no, Solomon followed up:
But I see that R. James Woolsey, a former director of the C.I.A., serves on the board of American Congress for Truth, your educational foundation.
The pro-Israel media watchdog CAMERA has more, and argued:
Apparently in Deborah Solomon's world, one must be on the U.S. government payroll to want to sound the alarm about militant Muslim supremacists.
—Clay Waters is the director of Times Watch, an MRC project tracking the New York Times.
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Yes and opponents of the
August 19, 2008 - 15:09 ET by zhombreYes and opponents of the Nazis were radical Germanophobes.
let's create a chart of all
August 19, 2008 - 15:15 ET by athoughtor2let's create a chart of all radical islamophobes...those who fear radical Islam.....I'll be # 2 behind Gabriel...anyone else fearful of radical Islam...
damn, i heard no one
August 19, 2008 - 15:17 ET by TruthMongerdamn, i heard no one EVER speaks out against radical islam
shrubby's not going to like this:)
Journalism is the opium of the liberals
careful...if we speak up
August 19, 2008 - 15:20 ET by athoughtor2careful...if we speak up against them they might fly some planes into buildings and kill innocent people...oh sorry they already did that.
terrorist scum do not live
August 19, 2008 - 15:27 ET by TruthMongerterrorist scum do not live by Muslim, Christian, Jewish or any other said hijacked religion's principles
as Dan the Man likes to say, nuke em til they glow in the dark
and as Jesus says, forgive them, for they know no what they do
Journalism is the opium of the liberals
Jesus says, forgive them,
August 19, 2008 - 16:17 ET by SemperrightJesus says, forgive them, for they know no what they do
A rabid dog also knows not what it does but you still have an obligation to put it down.
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference.
The MARINES don't have that problem."
President Ronald Reagan - 1985
and forgiveness of the dog
August 19, 2008 - 16:27 ET by TruthMongerand forgiveness of the dog does not prevent this, and rightly so
Jesus says we can render unto Ceasar
and so we have the death penalty
Journalism is the opium of the liberals
Will they protect her?
August 19, 2008 - 18:52 ET by general companyIf they murder her, will they say it was justified? Will they feel responsible?
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
time out who is her? who
August 19, 2008 - 21:14 ET by TruthMongertime out
who is her? who is they?
Journalism is the opium of the liberals
Jesus who is God also nuked
August 19, 2008 - 16:24 ET by Dan The Man 2Jesus who is God also nuked Soddom and Gomorah for being beyond redemption and totally corrupted. Jesus also went into a righteous rage in the Temple when he saw it was being used in worldly ways. So God basically nuked Soddom and Gomorah, yep.
As far as forgive them, for they know no what they do, He also condemed teh actions of the Paracees and called them Vipers. Now in those days in Jewish circles when you called someone a snake it was to connect you with the serpent in the garden. It was an ultimate insult and said the other was a tool of Satan; demon spawn.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
I really do appreciate the
August 19, 2008 - 16:29 ET by TruthMongerI really do appreciate the occasional Bible 101 refreshers, Dan - thanks a bunch:)!
It's like being in Sunday school all over again
happy times
Journalism is the opium of the liberals
Disgusting attack
August 19, 2008 - 15:19 ET by VinceP1974People like Brigette Gabriel are examples of bravery and courage in our time... but like with everything else, the NYT craps on anything with honor.
Amazing...
August 19, 2008 - 15:20 ET by unkeeafWhere in the world do these people come from and how do they land these jobs?
MSM = PR firm for the Democrat Party
Then I guess this makes me an Ultra-Radical Islamophobe...
August 19, 2008 - 15:22 ET by R D Helm...as I see the 7th-century barbarian horde only slightly less of a threat to the future of this country than the hideous teacher's unions.
-Dave.
Who controls the language
August 19, 2008 - 15:54 ET by motherbeltWho controls the language controls the argument.
There is nothing wrong with radical Islam...it's the people who are intolerant of it who have the problem.
Hey Solomon, are you
August 19, 2008 - 16:10 ET by Eileen RightHey Solomon, are you underwritten by the C.A.I.R.?
What about all the moderate
August 19, 2008 - 16:11 ET by CrimsonfistedWhat about all the moderate Muslims who represent our hope for the future? Why don't you write about them?
Why don't YOU, Deborah Solomon? Go find some and write about them.
And since when were Muslims OUR future? I find that question disgusting and very telling about the liberal mindset.
WhatAMaroon
You see, it's not the
August 19, 2008 - 16:23 ET by mattmYou see, it's not the Jihadists (who have sworn to kill any and all who stand in the way of Islamic world domination) who are evil or bad or wrong in any way, it's YOU Islamophobes (who believe murderers and terrorists who use violence to push for Islamic world domination should be opposed) who have a problem. Don't you get it?
The NYTs taking the side of
August 19, 2008 - 16:32 ET by bigtimerThe NYTs taking the side of the radical enemy again....but then again it is coming from one of our biggest enemies within now isn't it?
Brigette is a heroine for many women in the Muslim world who dare not speak out...she has had to be in hiding herself at times...she is a brave woman...
Unlike the b!tch Solomon who has never had it tough in her life compared to Gabriel.... I have to wonder if Solomon has ties to CAIR...would of been great if Gabriel could of asked her that...of course it never would of made the paper either.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
the MSM/DNC still sounds
August 19, 2008 - 16:35 ET by TruthMongerthe MSM/DNC still sounds just like Al Queda
indistinguishable
Journalism is the opium of the liberals
Here's Another Example
August 19, 2008 - 16:46 ET by Caringwhiteguyhttp://www.foxnews.c...
Yet another chickens**t publisher acts in fear of Radical Islam. Did anyone think about pulling The DaVinci Code?
NYT happy about 9/11 victims?
August 19, 2008 - 17:25 ET by wdhorningGee, you morons at the NYT, is that not like calling someone who hates child rapists a pedophile-ophobe?
Brigitte would say "Rape me. Its OK"?
August 19, 2008 - 17:35 ET by wdhorningAnd if someone were obsessed with raping and killing Brigitte Gabriel, and she was opposed to that (of course), then that person could just say to Brigitte, "What's wrong with you Brigitte? Are you a 'radical anti-rapist-murderer-ophobe' ?"
And the NYT writes this crap? It prove be any doubt the NYT has lowered is self to below s..t on a stick.
DISCLAIMER: This is NOT a threat to any person, but rather an illustration of the obsurd position Brigitte Gabriel has taken and how obsurd it would be for her to say raping and killing her would be OK, because being a radical terrorist is OK in her eyes, so then she implictly sounds as if she would not mind if she were raped and murdered. Again, this is NOT a personal threat of any kind, just an illustration to make the point. In fact, such an act is detestable.
NYSlimes
August 19, 2008 - 21:11 ET by ScrapironThey have been leading the slander and slime to get the president of Pakistan out of office. They have met their goal but with it comes, 'hundreds of thousands on the run from heavyly armed 'peaceful' Islamist. Blood is flowing and all of it will be on the hands of the radical Islam loving democrats. I'll give it no more than 60 days and AQ will be in possession of dozens of nuclear weapons. Then you will be able to sweep up the NYSlimes building and everyone (and NYC) in it up in a dust pan, that is in about 50 years after it cools off. You have to love it when the left wing democrat media plans backfire and take them down.
Old, Retired and glad of it.
the NYT has become
August 20, 2008 - 14:56 ET by Paul P.more an absolute joke than I could ever have imagined. The gall of this rag is inrcedible. If it's wrong to have a fear of RADICAL Islam then I must be pyscho. The threat is real and should not be taken lightly - and people should not be painted as "phobics" merely because they don't take the view of the MSM. I just watched "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West;" a great film that profiles this threat in great detail. Not that anyone at the NYT would watch it, but it's worth a look.