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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1432721" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/10/isil-vs-mexican-drugcartelsunitedstatesislamophobia.html" target="_blank"><strong>Mexican drug cartels are worse than ISIL - Aljazeera</strong></a></p><p></p><p><em>Western obsession with the Islamic State is fueled more by bigotry than any genuine assessment of risk or atrocities</em></p><p></p><p>The horrific rampage of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has captured the world’s attention. Many <a href="http://mondoweiss.net/2014/10/aslans-primitive-proves" target="_blank">Western commentators</a> have characterized ISIL’s crimes as unique, no longer practiced anywhere else in the civilized world. They argue that the group’s barbarism is <a href="http://allenbwest.com/2014/09/pm-cameron-stop-hogwash-isis-islamic/" target="_blank">intrinsically Islamic</a>, a product of the <a href="http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-11/30/anti-muslim-influence-on-us-media" target="_blank">aggressive and archaic</a> worldview that dominates the Muslim world. The ignorance of these claims is stunning.</p><p></p><p>While there other organized groups whose depravity and threat to the United States far surpasses that of ISIL, none have engendered the same kind of collective indignation and hysteria. This raises a question: Are Americans primarily concerned with ISIL’s atrocities or with the fact that Muslims are committing these crimes?</p><p></p><p>For example, even as the U.S. media and policymakers radically inflate ISIL’s threat to the <a href="http://fiatsophia.org/2014/09/23/critical-context-on-the-u-s-airstrikes-in-syria/2/" target="_blank">Middle East</a> and <a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/9/islamic-state-unitedstatessyriairaqmilitaryintervention.html" target="_blank">United States</a>, most Americans appear to be unaware of the scale of the atrocities committed by Mexican drug cartels and the threat they pose to the United States.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1432721, member: 1"] [URL='http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/10/isil-vs-mexican-drugcartelsunitedstatesislamophobia.html'][B]Mexican drug cartels are worse than ISIL - Aljazeera[/B][/URL] [I]Western obsession with the Islamic State is fueled more by bigotry than any genuine assessment of risk or atrocities[/I] The horrific rampage of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has captured the world’s attention. Many [URL='http://mondoweiss.net/2014/10/aslans-primitive-proves']Western commentators[/URL] have characterized ISIL’s crimes as unique, no longer practiced anywhere else in the civilized world. They argue that the group’s barbarism is [URL='http://allenbwest.com/2014/09/pm-cameron-stop-hogwash-isis-islamic/']intrinsically Islamic[/URL], a product of the [URL='http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-11/30/anti-muslim-influence-on-us-media']aggressive and archaic[/URL] worldview that dominates the Muslim world. The ignorance of these claims is stunning. While there other organized groups whose depravity and threat to the United States far surpasses that of ISIL, none have engendered the same kind of collective indignation and hysteria. This raises a question: Are Americans primarily concerned with ISIL’s atrocities or with the fact that Muslims are committing these crimes? For example, even as the U.S. media and policymakers radically inflate ISIL’s threat to the [URL='http://fiatsophia.org/2014/09/23/critical-context-on-the-u-s-airstrikes-in-syria/2/']Middle East[/URL] and [URL='http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/9/islamic-state-unitedstatessyriairaqmilitaryintervention.html']United States[/URL], most Americans appear to be unaware of the scale of the atrocities committed by Mexican drug cartels and the threat they pose to the United States. [/QUOTE]
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