Driving Miss Daisy
Bill McGurn ·
Mar 14, 2011 at 12:01pm
Remember Daisy Khan, wife of the imam who wants to put the Park 51 Islamic Center near Ground Zero? Recently, she spoke at Arizona State University, where she declared that "the biggest threat in the world to the Muslim community everywhere is violent extremism."
She then went on to denounce Rep. Peter King (R, NY), who is in fact holding hearings right now on violent Muslim extremism in the US. It strikes me as hard to reconcile: If Miss Khan is right about the "biggest threat," then Mr. King would seem to be on her side. If Miss Khan is right that Mr. King is wrong to have such hearings, it would suggest that she regards Mr. King as a bigger threat.
Can anyone straighten me out here?
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May '10
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The only thing needing to be straightened out is the fun house mirror with which Ms. Khan views the world.
Jun '10
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I would suggest reading Alice in Wonderland after taking 2-3 Lortab (properly prescribed, of course) or the beverage of your choice. It will all straighten itself out (at least for a while).
Aug '10
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I think she means "violent extremism by non-Muslims".
Aug '10
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Two things to ponder: first, how much did the lady get paid for the frothy talk ?
Second, tell tabula rasa to mix the pain pills with the wine and Alice makes infinitely more sense.
Jun '10
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I think she means "violent extremism by people who might or might not, completely by coincidence, be Muslims." From the article:
"The hearings risk portraying all Muslims as the enemy, when the common enemy of peaceful people is extremists, she said."
The leftist critique of the King hearings, so far as I can make sense of it, seems to be that just as the TSA does its PC dance by acting as if your grandmother is just as likely to be a security risk as a young Saudi male, the King hearings should investigate all forms of "extremists" and pretend they are equally likely to be Quaker or Buddhist.
Jan '11
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Re-read your Macbeth: "Fair is foul, and foul is fair." Or, in more modern lingo: What you see ain't necessarily what you get. Apparently, when it comes to Islam, nothing is straightforward.
It's been going on since - well, forever in human history. But, it seems to me never with such guile as practiced by those treacherous members of the Muslim community who wish and do us ill.
Need I say here that this doesn't mean that ALL Muslims fit that description?
Oct '10
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More of the the Race and Victim card by Daisy... When any question is raised about Islam, the response is...Nothing to see here, Move along...
Self righteous indignation to the extreme.. The more indefensible the position she is found to occupy, the louder and nonsensical the response..
Edited on Mar 14, 2011 at 2:12pmOct '10
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This is also the same Daisy Khan who once asked "why can’t the most positive aspects of the Shar’iah be applied to our contemporary contexts, starting here in the West?" but didn't actual clarify as to which aspects (child marriage, stoning, etc.) she considered "most postive."
Jul '10
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I blame the voracious, never-satisfied 24/7 news cycle which gives play to cranks and fools ignored before because of time and space limits.
Aug '10
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Sure. And why can't we try the most positive aspects of Communism or Naziism, while we're at it?
Aug '10
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Joseph Stanko
I think she means "violent extremism by people who might or might not, completely by coincidence, be Muslims."
This explains why I'm a little suspicious of most Muslims. If this is indicative of the way moderate Muslims think, then their inability to grasp that it is specifically their own religion that is motivating violent extremism all over the world, and that it is their job to clean it up, then they're at best neutral in the battle between us and the extremists.
Jun '10
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flownover: Two things to ponder: first, how much did the lady get paid for the frothy talk ?
Second, tell tabula rasa to mix the pain pills with the wine and Alice makes infinitely more sense. · Mar 14 at 1:31pm
Why don't universities every pay any of us to give speeches? Seems like the criteria is based on some sort of empty-headed idea of multiculturalism (and none of us fit the profile).
Two, so that's how you get the full benefit of Alice. Thanks.