Comments on: Jamal Miftah: a moderate Muslim’s plight

By: Michelle Malkin » Counterjihad in Tulsa: Jamal Miftah’s lawsuit moves forward

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:01:50 +0000

[...] attempting to shut up its critics and even inviting violence against them. Here’s a Vent by Erick Stakelbeck that lays out the [...]

By: Lexapro.

Lexapro. — Sat, 12 May 2007 09:28:17 +0000

Lexapro….

Effects of lexapro. Lexapro….

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Coming soon to PBuhS and your Local Cable Company: Wahhabi Propaganda

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:42:31 +0000

[...] MB points out links between two of the announced panelists and a Wahhabi-funded trust, and then brings up a name that ought to be familiar to you Vent viewers: There’s a name that ought to be on that list of panelists discussing Islam in Oklahoma — Jamal Miftah. His name belongs on the list for his eloquent condemnation of terror in the name of Islam. But it also belongs there because of the response that he received from the leaders of the Tulsa mosque, who confronted him angrily in the prayer hall and in the corridor of the mosque, saying that because of his column he was anti-Islamic, a label that could be heard by others as a thinly veiled incitement to violence against him. [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Where are all the moderate Muslims?

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Where are all the moderate Muslims? — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:25:34 +0000

[...] A fortnight ago on Vent, Erick Stakelbeck covered the plight of Jamal Miftah, a Muslim accused by other Muslims of being “anti-Islamic” for writing an editorial condemning terrorism. Erick’s full story has now made its way to CBN News, click the image to watch. [...]

By: BatesLine

BatesLine — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:33:10 +0000

Jamal Miftah story on “The 700 Club”…

A few weeks ago, CBN News anti-terrorism analyst Erick Stakelbeck visited Tulsa to talk to Jamal Miftah, the Pakistani Muslim who was kicked out of the mosque of the Islamic Society of Tulsa for his guest opinion condemning those who commit acts of ter…

By: thedecider

thedecider — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 05:35:12 +0000

Parley on February 17, 2007 at 7:41 PM

Hah! Good one Parley.

By: Parley

Parley — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:41:11 +0000

I left Oklahoma drivin’ in a Pontiac
Just about to lose my mind
I was goin’ on to Arizona, maybe on to California
Where all the people live so fine
Liberals said I was crazy, my Imam called me lazy
I was goin’ to show ‘em all this time
‘Cause you know I ain’t no fool an’ I don’t need no more Islam schoolin’
I was born to just walk the line

Livin’ on ~~Tulsa~~ Islam time
Livin’ on ~~Tulsa~~ Islam time
Well you know I’ve been through it
When I set my watch back to it
Livin’ on ~~Tulsa~~ Islam time

Well there I was in the Mosque wishin’ I was doin’ good
Talkin’ on the telephone line
But they don’t need me in the Main Stream Media and nobody sings my songs
Guess I’m just wastin’ time
Well then I got to thinkin’, man Islam’s really sinkin’
And I really had a flash this time
I had my business leavin’ but everybody would be grievin’
If I went on back to Tulsa time

Livin’ on ~~Tulsa~~ Islam time
Livin’ on ~~Tulsa~~ Islam time
Gonna set my watch back to it
Cause you know I’ve been through it
Livin’ on ~~Tulsa~~ Islam time

By: Emmett J.

Emmett J. — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:16:02 +0000

Think about this – Christianity, for all of it’s faults real or imagined, stresses for the most part, the freedom of the individual body and soul. This includes the freedom to even deny God and to refrain from worship. Christians do not need to kill apostates – that is essentially what the concept of eternal damnation is for.

Islam, on the other hand, seeks to control the individual in all aspects, including thought. Submission is the key to being faithful here. While there may be elements of submission in any faith that are necessary for proper worship, with Islam it is in the extreme and deviation is fatal.

Could this be because those who practise the “faith” of Islam do not trust in God/Allah to damn those who have turned their back on Him?

By: Tel-Chai Nation

Tel-Chai Nation — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:07:13 +0000

Moderate Muslim threatened by non-moderates…

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a moderate Muslim was menaced by other non-moderate ones…

By: profitsbeard

profitsbeard — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:11:37 +0000

If I could risk eternal damnation for leaving the Christian sect I was born into, this gentleman can risk losing something less lengthy (his neck) and leave the retrograde cult of the pedophile prophet.

Or is there something about its imperialistic and intolerant teachings (Suras 9:5 & 9:29-30, et al) that he likes?

Muslims that make you go “Hmmmm?”

By: Don Singleton

Don Singleton — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:36:02 +0000

Hot Air rembers the plight of Tulsan Jamal Miftah…

Hot Air for February 16 is about the plight of Tulsan Jamal Miftah, a moderate Muslim whose letter to the Tulsa World condeming Osama bin Laden and other terrorists that are twisting Islam….

By: Connie

Connie — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 07:06:12 +0000

We discussed this over at Free Republic when it happened. Perhaps Miftah should get a clue and leave Islam.

By: Een echte gematigde moslim onder bedreiging van de islam… the story continues… « NederOpinie

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:41:46 +0000

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By: billy

billy — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:36:21 +0000

thedecider on February 16, 2007 at 10:54 PM

There are a lot of Iranians who stayed from the late 70′s after the revolution. Also a lot go to TU for petroleum engineering.
I don’t know how large it is in real terms, just that it is a lot bigger than anyone would think given Tulsa’s image.

By: thedecider

thedecider — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 03:54:47 +0000

As far as “If it could happen in Tulsa…” Tulsa has a large Muslim population, mostly because of the petroleum industry.
billy on February 16, 2007 at 4:45 PM

Actually the Muslim community here is quite small. The petroleum industry mostly moved to Houston during the 80′s and 90′s.

By: sonnyspats1

sonnyspats1 — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:45:16 +0000

Their here and they ain’t queer!

By: IrishEyes

IrishEyes — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:16:12 +0000

This is what should be on the MSM but we know it will not be. Great job! I seem to recall a certain President saying something to the effect of "If you are not with us, then you are against us". It should apply to Muslims, not just countries, and here is one Muslim who is "with us", or at the very least, truthful, courageous and decent. And clearly his "Islamic Center" patrons are not. This is what we are asking decent Muslims to do - stand up and speak out against the violence in the name of their religion, unless they are willing to admit that such violence is an integral part. If they refuse, they should be suspect.

By: thedecider

thedecider — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:10:38 +0000

I live in Tulsa and I can tell you this has not been a big story here. In fact, I first heard of this watching the episode of H&C where he first appeared, and the second time I heard this story was right here. The only religious issues that get covered by the local media are all derived from Christian religions. The Muslim community in Tulsa is actually very small. From what I understand, it is also rather close-knit. It’s unlikely another Muslim would step up to defend this man because they would fear retribution and have nowhere else to turn. By contrast, if this happened in a Christian church, well, there’s another Christian church just down the street.

By: WastelandMan

WastelandMan — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:23:04 +0000

…Or is “peaceful Muslim” an oxymoron?

By: WastelandMan

WastelandMan — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:22:29 +0000

Hmmm,
Is a moderate Muslim one who hasn’t decided whether they want to blow me up yet? I never have trusted that word “moderate”.
Why cant we ask the “peaceful Muslims” to stand up? I’d rather that than Moderate.

Where am I wrong here?

-Wasteland Man

By: Dodo David

Dodo David — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:47:30 +0000

Having grown up in Tulsa (and currently working there), I can tell you that Tulsans are accustomed to religious controversies taking place in their city. Usually, a religious controversy in Tulsa pertains to an individual Christian or to a Christian group. This current one just happens to pertain to Muslims.

By: Muzzling the Moderates « Buttle’s World

Muzzling the Moderates « Buttle’s World — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:16:57 +0000

[...] Three guesses on what kind of reception he got at the Mosque. [...]

By: opusrex

opusrex — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:13:58 +0000

Time to reopen Manzenar.

By: Tantor

Tantor — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:21:26 +0000

I’m shocked, shocked to discover radicals are running the mosques in America. I’m also shocked, truly shocked that the mainstream media doesn’t cover it. Islam in America is ripe for an old-style 60 Minutes ambush interview, if it weren’t politically incorrect to do so. So somebody else must.

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:11:15 +0000

Until the leaders of Islam condemn violence they condone it. If you are Muslim and criticize the death and violence caused by Jihad or Fatwas, you are an apostate. The radicals are running the religion and the “moderates” are infidels.

infidel on February 16, 2007 at 9:55 AM

Exactly!

If being a moderate Muslim makes one and infidel then, by definition, there really can be no such thing as a moderate Muslim.

You’re either Muslim or you are not. Period.