Hmmmm…might wanna forward that to the Mods, just in case. (Although it’s possible some of the last answers weren’t her, but I doubt it.)
I’ll grant you nobody did.
Yes. The ill famed ** Wild Bill ** did so. And so did ** Paul Filtzroy ** some months ago in the pit. And though both have been banned since, they didn’t even get a warning for these utterances. I repeat, in case it would be unclear : they called for a genocide and it went unoticed.
Attacks against muslims and arabs are commonplace on this board. Nobody batted an eye when the same ** Paul Filtzroy ** stated that french people were rightfully pissed of at muslims because they build so many mosques. Imagine the pile on if, in the same statement, “muslim” and “mosques” had been replaced by “jews” and “synagogues”. there’s a constant flow on this board of prejudiced, racist and inflammatory comments made about arab and muslim people. Some posters do protest. Not much. Most of the time, they fall under the collective radar of the dopers, and seem to be considered as valid points for debate, and even gather support, while once again, the same comments made about blacks, for instance, would result in a massive pile-on.
I currently don’t visit the board often enough to do so, but I should indeed have kept a record of such posts and comments.
This double standard has been noticed by other dopers. In the thread that followed Aldebaran’s banning that I recently read, several expressed the same concern. I remember that ** zombiesatemybrains ** made the same point, for instance.
I didn’t read the last posts made in the thread currently pitted. When I read it,there was no mention of murdering anyone. Only a violent condemnation of homosexuals, and I’ve seen this done by many a christian fundamentalist on this board.
Amen to that. ** Polycarp ** interpretation of the scriptures isn’t a better one. It’s only a nicer one.
All the stuff needed to suport any barbaric action is contained in these “holy” books. Slavery is justified. Mass murder warranted (and several straightdope christian litteralists justified it in various past threads). Stoning ordered (and when a couple nice Jewish traditionnalists are called on it, they oppose it only on the basis of technicalities, like “no sanhedrim”, but never on moral grounds).
How do we know they did not get a warning? With no offense to you, the fact that they were banned makes me tend to view with suspicion the theory that there were no repercussion to their statements.
I don’t know. I guess this is just a matter of opinion; I haven’t seen nearly the level of attacks on muslims on this board as I have on “fundie christians” and whatever other groups are the convenient strawmen of liberals. But again, that type of “what pops to the eye” analysis is in the eye of the beholder I guess.
I’m not saying there were in that post, I’m saying I’m not sure why we desperately need more fundamentalist muslim viewpoints around here. Fundamentalist muslims, based on my understanding of the Koran, believe that I and everyone who does not agree with them, are apostates who should either convert or be killed. Perhaps there is some room for the dhimi to not be slaughtered but merely subjugated or beaten, I don’t know. In the end, however, I’ll stand by not necessarily feeling left out because I’m not getting more of the viewpoint of that group, any more than I would feel left out not getting the viewpoint of some other nihilistic cult.
Sure, and I doubt you’ve seen the same level of attacks on Orthodox Jews, or on Hare Krishnas, or on Dianic Wiccans. Similarly, I bet you’ve not seen the same level of attacks from Orthodox Jews, or Hare Krishnas, or Dianic Wiccans. Maybe there’s a relationship here?
Daniel
Amen to that. I’ve noticed it myself, and once I even started an “Ask the Arab Guy” thread to try to fight the ignorance in approved SDMB fashion. I agree that there are far too many comments thrown around here that are largely ignored because they are made about Arabs and/or Muslims.
I’m quite convinced that she’s lying.
There’s a woman named Sarah Wagner living in Peoria, Illinois who, in an article dated in August 2004, reportedly converted from Lutheranism to Islam in 2002. Sounds a great deal like what our very own Sarah_W claimed about herself in the now-disappeared thread.
As far as I’m concerned, the whole story about the “public computer” is a load of horseshit; I think Trunk has it exactly right: she got in over her head and used that convenient lie to try to avoid the consequences.
Hey, I never denied my Muslimhood. And why the heck would a rape survivor call rape the fault of the women and say they oughta to be stoned? But yeah, okay, whatever. KellyM and everyone else, you can think what you want.
I’m leaving this board. This isn’t what I signed up for.
Hey! I’m not that bad! 
I have to agree with what Bibliovore’s said, the views expressed in that thread are very extreme, and made me wince to read them. I’m in the process of starting (am writing an OP at the moment) an “Ask the Shi`a Nizari Ismaili Woman” thread in GD, and I will try and answer questions in there.
Actually, it’s exactly what you signed up for. A controversial thread gets created in your name, and you deny it claiming it was started by someone else. However, the circumstances under which you claim it was started aren’t very convincing for your story.
You signed up for a board dedicated to fighting ignorance. People here will question everything and demand cites and reason for such things. If you don’t like it, then don’t stay, but don’t claim you never signed up for this. Perhaps if you could provide a coherent explanation for what happened w/ the original thread, people would not be so harsh, but you can’t even do that.
Okay, all right.
I wasn’t ever a prostitute or drug-dealer. Sure, I did stuff I shouldn’t have, but I never crossed the line like that. My dad was never neglectful. He’s the best dad in the world.
I knew people could be hateful, but I’ve never experienced anything like this. It brings tears to my eyes, reading your opinions of me. I want to change your minds about me, but I know that’ll never happen now. And it’s all because of one stupid mistake.
At least I got something out of it, sort of.
I forgive you, and I’m sure others will too. We’ve all made stupid mistakes.
Cool! I wanted to finish a couple of conversations, but never got the chance 
Sarah W, there are unfortunately some credibility issues here, but the thread did lead to some interesting topics and managed to bring a lot of Muslims, former Muslims and bored MENA experts (incl. ones who no longer frequent SDMB) out of the woodwork. That counts for something.
I ran across these boards, and I thought, “Hey, this is neat! These people have neat ideas! I wanna be part of this!”
What was going on with the computer, to the best of my knowledge, is this: I don’t have a computer at home. I come to the library to use the public computers. Lots of homeless men also use the computers. Some of these guys aren’t all there. I definitely shouldn’t have left the computer unattended. I’m sorry for that, and I don’t know what else to say here.
I really would like it if people here gave me the chance to tell what I’m like as a human being. I want to say what I think about stuff and to know what other people think about the same stuff. THAT’s what I signed up for. Will the Dopers please give me that chance?
Sarah, there are a number of people here who got started on the wrong foot, so to speak. This doesn’t mean that you can’t have an enjoyable time here. And, even in the thread that didn’t go very well, there were people who were interested in what you had to say. They didn’t neccesarily agree with it, but they were interested. It’s up to you of course, but I think if you stay, you’ll find that this isn’t such a terrible place and that you’re not hated.
Just one?
Sure, go ahead, ask me anything. I can’t tell you stuff about MENA (that stands for Middle East/North Africa, right?) but I CAN tell you what it’s to be a ‘white Muslim’ in America.
Oh yeah, another thing, Iridium. I’m not the best girl to explain things, and I’m sure not the best talker.
I’m not expecting a sharia scholar (okay, maybe I was hoping for one with a Salafist bent, but they’re rare and likely too paranoid to hang around US boards), if you’re genuine it would still be interesting to hear your impressions.
Well, here you go. 