Article/Blog #5 Muslim Alternative to YouTube and MySpace kicks off with hate vids

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I’m starting to see this argument (maybe its a stereotype) a lot:  ”hate-based actions are considered to be only those about or against Islame” in the eyes of Muslims.  If this is the opinion, then they can post hate-based material against anyone else except for themselves.  So, that being said, this is what the author of CreepingSharia.com is pointing out in this post about MuslimChannels.tv.

MuslimChannels.tv is streaming Al Jazeera English, Huda TV (religious programs from Saudi Arabia), Press TV, Link TV, and Democracy Now!. In addition, they’ll have user-generated content from Islamic leaders and congregants.  Looks like they’re focusing on mostly American muslims, and hoping to get content from scholars and imams as well.  Interesting to note, the person interviewed from MC.tv is Stephanie Khan, a female.  I just note this, not because I haven’t noticed strong Muslim Female presence (see Rima Barakat-Sinclair artilce), but because the Muslim world we know outside of the western world does not promote female authority, rather women are treated as second class citizens.  I always wonder how Muslim women in the western world could denounce their host countries and promote the Muslim world when there are no lives for them there.

I decided to take my own look at MuslimChannels.tv to see what they have up there.  This is pretty interesting, the first video I watch is “American Muslim Women” posted by MuslimBridges.org.  It’s fascinating how they rationalize (almost persuasively) that dressing modestly saves them from the psychological disorders of women in the West suffer from (like eating disorders, self-consciousness, etc).  I can relate to that…

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