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  • COMMENT: Of Safety Nets and Networks

    Peace Be Unto Those Who Follow Right Guidance.

    In a recent episode of the C.O.W.S. (Context of White Supremacy) blogradio show which aired on 13/11/2009, seminal counter-Racist analyst Neely Fuller Jr. stated the following:

    Even if you [i.e. a white person] dropped out of school, you don't drop very far because you've got a safety net. Most white people have a safety net. They got a network. Black people don't have it.

    On this basis, a network can be defined as:

    a NET [=collective of people] that WORKS [=functions] to ensure the SAFETY [=maintenance] of those within it. The only currently FUNCTIONAL network in the known universe is the globally operating system of Racism (White Supremacy).

    Peace

  • COMMENT: Obama The Muslim (Sic)

    Peace Be Unto Those Who Follow Right Guidance.

    I don't usually bother commenting on the likes of this type of material, but check out the following video on YouTube which purports to show that Barack Hussein Obama (sic) is a "closet Muslim":

    The charge is ridiculous. From a counter-Racist perspective, however, it shows evidence of an attempt to DECEIVE, one of the principle tools of the Racist (White Supremacist).

    Barack Obama is a non-white victim of Racism (White Supremacy) who happens to have been placed in an apparent (i.e. not real) position of power by/for Racists (White Supremacists) in order to further con-fuse the already con-fused non-white victims of the globally operating system of Racism (White Supremacy). As Muslim counter-Racist analyst, Isa Ibrahiim, pointed out to me on a previous occasion, "Obama is like the person at the counter in a post office. He works for the company; he does not own it, and he does not make its rules." Rapper KRS-1 made a similar point at the start of The Obama Deception using the analogy of a person at the counter in a fast-food restaurant contrasted with the owner of the corporation. (A critique of Alex Jones' The Obama Deception is available here.)

    From an Islamic counter-Racist perspective, it is clear that Obama's overtures to the so-called "Muslim world" [=a non-functional region of the world inhabited predominantly by non-white victims of Racism (White Supremacy) who self-classify as "Muslim"] are nothing other than attempts at deception for the purposes of diffusing opposition to Racism (White Supremacy). In short, such overtures are nothing other than scripted attempts to maintain, expand and refine the globally operating system of Racism (White Supremacy).

    Obama is an actor; he is not a scriptwriter.

    Peace

  • URL: Daisy Cutters and Poppy Wearers

    Peace Be Unto Those Who Follow Right Guidance.

    Check out the following article by Ridhwan Saleem on the website Dissident Voice (Dated 11 November 2009):

    Daisy Cutters and Poppy Wearers: Obama’s War Against Afghanistan and the History of Opium

    According to the entry in Wikipedia,

    In many Commonwealth countries, artificial, paper or plastic versions of this poppy are worn to commemorate the sacrifice of veterans and civilians in World War I and other wars, during the weeks preceding Remembrance Day on November 11. In the United States, it is common practice to wear "Buddy Poppies" (artificial, paper or plastic versions sold by the Veterans of Foreign War) during the weeks preceding Memorial Day, the last Monday in May to commemorate the sacrifice of veterans in the various wars; whereas Veterans Day on November 11 is used to honor "living" veterans. It has been adopted as a symbol by The Royal British Legion in their Poppy Appeal.

    In Canada, poppies are distributed by the Royal Canadian Legion and the Anavets organization each fall prior to Remembrance Day. The design of the Canadian poppy consists of petals made of red plastic with a felt lining and black centre held on by a pin. In 1980, the Royal Canadian Legion formed a committee to decide the future of the poppy and it was decided that the centre should be changed to green to represent the green fields of France. This proved unpopular with the Legion membership and the design was changed back in 1986. Unfortunately a large quantity of green felt had already been purchased and it was decided to keep producing the green centres until the supply of felt was exhausted. It took until 2002 for the green felt to run out and the traditional black centres reappeared. Those who were unaware or had forgotten that black centres had been used in the design of the poppy from its introduction in 1921 until 1980 found the change somewhat controversial.

    In New Zealand and Australia, plastic poppies are widely distributed by the Returned Services Association leading up to ANZAC day (April 25).

    Britain and "Her Commonwealth" [=non-white victims], the US, France, Canada, New Zealand and Australia - a veritable roll-call of some of the leading "national" players within the ONLY functional NATION - Racism (White Supremacy).

    The poppy flower was adopted by the globally operating system of Racism (White Supremacy) as a symbol of WAR remembrance - that is, for the purpose of remembering white people - and, allegedly, co-opted non-white people - who fought and died in Racist (White Supremacist) wars, such as (White) World War I and (White) World War II. However, as the aforementioned Wikipedia entry goes on to state,

    poppies have long been used as a symbol of both sleep and death: sleep because of the opium extracted from them, and death because of their (commonly) blood-red color.

    So, the poppy is both a symbol of white death remembrance as well as being the source of a drug/narcotic. From an Islamic counter-Racist perspective - and there is no precedent for a cult of death remembrance in Islam, shi'ite commemoration of the martyrdom of Hussain, grandson of Muhammad (peace be upon him), notwithstanding - white death remembrance by non-white victims of the globally operating system of Racism (White Supremacy) is a drug/narcotic habit they urgently need to quit.

    Remember: THEY LIVE, WE SLEEP (and die).

    Peace

  • COMMENT: Islam and The Problem of Black Suffering

    Peace Be Unto Those Who Follow Right Guidance.

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    I have just finished reading Sherman (Abdul-Hakim) Jackson's Islam and The Problem of Black Suffering (Oxford: OUP, 2009). Like his earlier work, Islam and the Blackamerican: Looking Toward the Third Resurrection (Oxford: OUP, 2005), it made for an engaging and informative read.

    Islam and The Problem of Black Suffering is Jackson's attempt at mounting an Islamic theological response - more precisely, a Sunni Muslim response - to William R. Jones' Is God a White Racist? (New York: Basic Books, 1973). (I should point out that, although it is within my possession, I have not read the latter work.)

    Having read the book and considered its arguments in detail, I think that Jackson has succeeded in his project, viz. refuting Jones' claims of

    (1) "divine racism" under assumptions of God's omnipotence ("All Power") and omnibenevolence ("All Justice/Mercy/Good"),

    (2) socio-political quietism as entailed by a commitment to a theological worldview which upholds God's omnipotence and omnibenevolence, and

    (3) the desirability of a post-theological secular/humanistic foundation for "anti-racist" activism.

    In short, Al-Islam [=The Self-Surrender to God/Allah] is fully consistent with a theology asserting God/Allah as both Omnipotent and Omnibenevolent and with a commitment to counter-Racist - and, more generally, counter-Supremacist - activism.

    Nonetheless, from an Islamic counter-Racist perspective, I find Jackson's book to be somewhat disappointing because of its exclusively theological focus. According to Jackson, theology is

    ultimately a negotiated product, the medium through which religious communities conceptualise and talk about God in the public space, where the only valid form of knowledge is objective knowledge to which everyone has ostensibly equal access. This discourse serves the community by enabling it to settle on conceptual frameworks and concrete understandings that are broad and resonant enough to draw its disparate members into a common and commonly owned religious identity. (pp.161-162)

    I don't deny the importance of engaging with theology and accept that the book's explicitly stated remit was exclusively theological. Yet, IMHO, Islam and The Problem of Black Suffering, with its theological focus, offers little in the way of what is needed PRACTICALLY in order to RWSWJ (Replace White Supremacy With Justice).

    Classical Islam distinguished foundational theology (usool-ad-deen) from foundational jurisprudence (usool-al-fiqh). While Jackson has, arguably, engaged with the former - at least in a negative/reactive fashion - and outlined the foundational basis of what might be described as a kalaam at-tahreer or "Liberation Theology", there remains an urgent need to develop what might be described as a fiqh at-tahreer, i.e. a "Liberation Jurisprudence." This is going to require ijtihaad, i.e. the exertion of intellectual effort in determining new solutions to new problems.

    To the extent that Jackson's engagement with Jones' Is God a White Racist? has foregrounded kalaam at-tahreer or "Liberation Theology", I wonder whether engagement with Neely Fuller's seminal work, The United Independent Compensatory Code/System/Concept: a textbook/workbook for thought, speech and/or action for victims of racism (white supremacy), might stimulate development of a much needed fiqh at-tahreer or "Liberation Jurisprudence."

    Peace

  • TV: Channel 4 - Race: Science's Last Taboo

    Peace Be Unto Those Who Follow Right Guidance.

    Channel 4 Television in the UK is broadcasting a season of documentaries "exploring the concept of race and the impact this has on our society".

    As a counter-Racist, I am interested to know WHAT the makers of these programmes UNDERSTAND by the term "race" and HOW they will USE - and possibly MIS-USE (in order to CON-FUSE/deceive) - this concept in the series of documentaries. (I am, of course, also interested to know WHO it is that is being referred to by the first-person plural pronoun in the expression "our society.")

    Just for the record, I have just finished watching "Bleach, Nip, Tuck: The White Beauty Myth episode 2", which was most revealing about the internalisation of Racist (White Supremacist) standards of beauty by non-white vicitims of Racism (White Supremacy).

    The season listing is as follows:

    1. Race and Intelligence: Science's Last Taboo
    2. Bleach, Nip, Tuck: The White Beauty Myth episode 1
    3. The Event: How Racist Are You?
    4. The Human Zoo: Science's Dirty Secret
    5. Is It Better to Be Mixed-Race?
    6. Bleach, Nip, Tuck: The White Beauty Myth episode 2

    You can watch all six episodes online here.

    Peace

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