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(146,218 posts) Thu May 7, 2015, 11:59 AM May 2015

Why I, a Christian mother of a Muslim daughter, fear our nation’s Islamophobia [View all]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/05/06/why-i-a-christian-mother-of-a-muslim-daughter-fear-our-nations-islamophobia/

By Patricia Raybon May 6 at 2:39 PM

(Image courtesy of Patricia and Alana Raybon)

People stare as we tell our daughter Alana goodbye at the John Wayne Airport in California. Alana is a Muslim, and her head scarf turns heads every time.

Alana laughs to lighten the moment. “Oh, I hate airports,” she whispers to me. “As soon as I get on a plane, I know what people are saying, “Oh, God. A Muslim!”

The day before in the Nashville Airport, she got a full patdown by a TSA agent who asked to check her makeup bag, then said it tested positive for explosives.

“Explosives?” she asked.

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Why I, a Christian mother of a Muslim daughter, fear our nation’s Islamophobia [View all] cbayer May 2015 OP

So what. I've tested positive for explosives at the airport. AtheistCrusader May 2015 #1

The current Islamaphobia is scary Gothmog May 2015 #2

I agree and it's getting worse, particularly in some parts of the country. cbayer May 2015 #3

What particularly alarms me okasha May 2015 #4

It is not only acceptable but appears to be somewhat fashionable cbayer May 2015 #5

Frankly, I'm appalled okasha May 2015 #6

"supposed leftists defending the founder and director of an outright hate group" trotsky May 2015 #7

I'm not sure what you mean by the Geller/Garland school district connection. cbayer May 2015 #8

Thank you. That explains it. okasha May 2015 #12

I don't know much about Dallas, but I remembered this story cbayer May 2015 #14

Dallas has gotten bigger since 1963, okasha May 2015 #18

An outright hate group Cartoonist May 2015 #9

Playing fast and loose with terms does not make a very good point. cbayer May 2015 #11

And why aren't they a hate group? MellowDem May 2015 #25

No, because they don't meet the criteria. Lots of hate groups are religiously cbayer May 2015 #26

I think the term in the same way I think of... MellowDem May 2015 #30

Fascism phobia? Never heard of it. cbayer May 2015 #33

Exactly, because it's a bullshit term... MellowDem May 2015 #35

I must of misunderstood, because I thought you said you feared the belief system, cbayer May 2015 #36

The RCC, for example... MellowDem May 2015 #41

I don't disagree that the RCC pursues some policies that are bigoted and I'm cbayer May 2015 #43

I'm just pointing out it does meet the criteria... MellowDem May 2015 #44

Because there's no difference between Gert Wilders and the Berrigan brothers. okasha May 2015 #13

Or Pamela Geller and Sister Simone Campbell. cbayer May 2015 #15

Operant conditioning. okasha May 2015 #19

What are the rewards? cbayer May 2015 #21

Attention, peer affirmation and ego gratification. okasha May 2015 #22

Yes. And the avoided punishments are being ignored, being shunned by the group cbayer May 2015 #23

As if the Berrigan brothers, or Sister Simone Campbell, have, or had, any power in the RC church muriel_volestrangler May 2015 #78

Would you compare it to Pamela Geller's organization? cbayer May 2015 #79

It's far more powerful, certainly muriel_volestrangler May 2015 #81

Definitely more powerful, and you may disagree with my take on this, cbayer May 2015 #82

Yes, I agree they are a hate group. muriel_volestrangler May 2015 #83

Then your definition of hate group is not consistent with the general cbayer May 2015 #84

Definition: muriel_volestrangler May 2015 #85

That's not a definition, of course, that is a statement that all hate groups share these cbayer May 2015 #86

those assholes defending freedom of speech! Warren Stupidity May 2015 #10

Actually, what you're defending is a First Amendment violation. okasha May 2015 #16

Well you do get credit for imaginative bullshit. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #17

So it's okay for a govwrnment entity to violate okasha May 2015 #20

Now you've piled the bullshit wide and deep. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #24

That's just patently false. Goblinmonger May 2015 #29

Two posts? okasha May 2015 #42

Aren't you clever. Are you going to reply to the point made. Goblinmonger May 2015 #46

Yeah, it's just like those assholes that defending the KKK Goblinmonger May 2015 #31

"...don't I dare" okasha May 2015 #37

People here HAVE stated quite clearly that anyone who dares to defend Geller's free speech rights skepticscott May 2015 #39

I made that clear in my post. Goblinmonger May 2015 #45

Oh. How fearsome. okasha May 2015 #48

Islam is worthy of lots of rational fear... MellowDem May 2015 #27

I doubt that you as a white, male atheist experience anything even cbayer May 2015 #28

I don't fear the woman... MellowDem May 2015 #32

I would take issue with your claim that you don't identify with an ideology that preaches hate cbayer May 2015 #34

Muslims have some level of privilege... MellowDem May 2015 #38

In the US? I don't think muslims have any privilege, and even if they cbayer May 2015 #40

I didn't make a single assumption about the women... MellowDem May 2015 #47

but do you fear this woman? Is there a good reason to fear her? AlbertCat May 2015 #49

Sure! People in Glass Houses Shouldn't Throw Stones. cbayer May 2015 #53

Actually, it's not an "irony", mr blur May 2015 #77

Damn. Mellow, Warren, Goblin & Skeptic have made all the good points. Yorktown May 2015 #50

It's socially acceptable bigotry. Thanks a lot Bill Maher. mwrguy May 2015 #51

Agree. I think he and others have made it even more than acceptable. cbayer May 2015 #52

Yeah.... just like hatred and fear of Atheist! Thanks a lot Bill O'Reilly. AlbertCat May 2015 #54

Agree, I can see the similarities between O'Reilly and Maher. cbayer May 2015 #55

So the RCC emboldens Westboro Baptist. Goblinmonger May 2015 #57

Only if you lack critical reasoning. rug May 2015 #58

Oh, do educate me then, great one. Goblinmonger May 2015 #60

I'm more interested in following the convolutions that led you to that point. rug May 2015 #62

Well, following the logic of your compatriots, Goblinmonger May 2015 #66

Compatriots? Do tell. What country do we inhabit? rug May 2015 #67

Does metaphoric usage of a word confuse you? Goblinmonger May 2015 #70

No. Let me know when you do it. rug May 2015 #71

I know you are but what am I. Goblinmonger May 2015 #72

. rug May 2015 #73

Oh, wait, I forgot the reply I was supposed to make Goblinmonger May 2015 #65

And what group might that be? rug May 2015 #68

And yet the pope's hate speech against lgbt people is perfectly acceptable. beam me up scottie May 2015 #87

And moderate believers embolden the fundamentalists, right cb? n/t trotsky May 2015 #74

And followers of the RCC are emboldened by its institutionalized homophobia and misogyny. beam me up scottie May 2015 #88

Holy Logical Leaps, Batman Goblinmonger May 2015 #56

"Self, read post 61." rug May 2015 #59

Are you wittle fee fees hurt because I said a mean about your church? Goblinmonger May 2015 #61

Is that the best you can do? rug May 2015 #63

I know I'll never get an answer from you Goblinmonger May 2015 #64

Now that you mention Don Quixote, you've reminded me of this quote: rug May 2015 #69

Oh, you're far too hard on yourself... mr blur May 2015 #75

This failure to distinguish subject from object explains your difficulty with rug May 2015 #76

I completely agree. It is socially acceptable bigotry. liberal_at_heart May 2015 #80