الولايات المتحدة: عرض فيلم مسيء للإسلام بإدارة شرطة نيويورك

في ظل ارتفاع وتيرة الإسلاموفوبيا بـ"الولايات المتحدة" أعرب مجلس العلاقات الإسلامية الأمريكية "كير" عن استنكاره لاستمرار قسم التدريب بإدارة شرطة "نيويورك" في عرض فيلم مسيء للإسلام يتكلم عن الجهاد أثناء تدريبات الضباط على مكافحة الإرهاب.

وقد تولى صندوق تمويل "كارولين" الإنفاق على الفيلم الذي تبلغ مدته 72 دقيقة، تحتوي على مواد عنف كثيرة ضد المسلمين ومسيئة للجهاد الإسلامي، في الوقت الذي تولّت فيه الشركة عام 2008 توزيع فيلم آخر مناهض للإسلام على ملايين الأسر الأمريكية من خلال مساعدة الصحف المختلفة.

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Growing Islamophobia in America

The New York Police Department is in the hot seat after an anti-Muslim propaganda film came to be used in mandatory counterterrorism training. (The Council on American-Islamic Relations)

The film, titled The Third Jihad, is "a spectacularly offensive smear of American Muslims. It is 72 minutes of gruesome footage of bombing carnage, frenzied crowds, burning American flags, flaming churches, and seething mullahs." (Village Voice)

Police officials now say the "wacky movie" should never have been shown to officers. (New York Police Department)

HIGHLIGHTS

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) says it received a complaint from a police cadet about the film last summer, suggesting it may have been shown much more frequently, and for a longer period, than the NYPD claims.

The film was produced by the Clarion Fund, which during the 2008 election was responsible for distributing another anti-Muslim film to millions of homes through local newspapers. (The Voice)

FACTS & FIGURES

Islamaphobia is on the rise in America. (Guardian Weekly) Protests against the mosque and Islamic center planned to be built about two blocks from ground zero in Manhattan is seen as an example of Islamophobia.

In another instance, American Muslim leaders in Bridgeport, Connecticut had to ask police and elected officials for security so they could worship in peace after an angry mob protested outside a mosque. (Council on American-Islamic Relations)

In a lengthy investigation of the U.S.'s intelligence apparatus it was reported that "in their desire to learn more about terrorism, many [police] departments are hiring their own trainers. Some are self-described experts whose extremist views are considered inaccurate and harmful by the FBI and others in the intelligence community." (Washington Post)

The news is further evidence that U.S. law enforcement agencies are turning to extremist anti-Islamic "consultants" to provide training for terrorism investigations. (The Raw Story)