Dispatches: "Undercover Mosque (The Return)"

Last year, hidden cameras proved that violence, intolerance, and bigotry are being preached in UK mosques--even in mosques that claim to be moderate and peaceful (click here to watch the original program). Many of the leaders who were exposed promised to clean up their mosques. "Undercover Mosque" returned recently to see whether these leaders have kept their promise. The footage shows that violence, intolerance, and bigotry are still being preached. But I'm sure Muslim leaders will promise (again) to clean up their mosques.

Knowledgeable viewers will notice how the producers of the show are doing everything in their power to convince us that these violent teachings have nothing to do with Islam. They say of some teaching, "But this is nowhere in the Qur'an," as if we don't know that it's in the Hadith (the second source of Sharia). There's a great deal of irony here. "Undercover Mosque" sets out to expose the deception of mosques that claim to be peaceful while secretly preaching violence. But the writers of the show go to liberal Muslims to learn about Islam, and these liberal Muslims completely misrepresent Islam to make it sound peaceful. So if we go to the mosques, they lie and tell us they're preaching peace. If we go to liberal Muslims, they lie and claim that the Qur'an and Hadith promote peace and tolerance. Wherever we go, Muslims are trying to deceive us. Do you know who isn't trying to deceive us? Osama bin Laden. You can say what you want about him, but at least we know where he stands.


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Sami Zaatari Posts a Preemptive Strike against "Undercover Mosque: The Return"

"Undercover Mosque: The Return" airs today. (The original program can be viewed here.) Sami Zaatari has posted a video response to an article describing the program.

MUSLIM RESPONSE VIDEO:


I find this response interesting, since I can't figure out what the video is complaining about. Consider, for instance, the following passage from the article:

Worshippers are repeatedly told they must lead separate lives from non-believers and not tolerate other religions. Christian teachings are described as "vile and disgusting, an abomination."

The point of this passage, clearly, is that the mosque claims to promote moderation and dialogue with other faiths, and yet, behind closed doors, the message can hardly be called "moderate." Is the writer doing anything wrong by pointing out the fact that the message the mosque claims to promote is quite different from the one it actually promotes?

The video also complains about the following passage:

Unbelievers ('kuffaars') are described in one DVD as: "Evil, wicked, mischievous people - you can see the evil in their face". Whilst Jews, "have abominated, filthy, disgusting gross belief - their time will come like every other evil person's time will come."

The Muslim response video complains that "kuffaars" is written in parentheses and quotation marks. But the writing is entirely correct. Parentheses are supposed to go around a word if a translation is added, and quotation marks go around the word if it's being quoted. Hence, the writer uses both parentheses and quotation marks. How dare he be grammatically correct! Again, our Muslim friend complains about nothing.

The Muslim response video also claims that the West is inconsistent, since this particular article points out the fact that Muslims are saying offensive things about Christians. Apparently, our Muslim friend thinks that the media will never point a finger at anyone who says anything about Islam. Is this true? Were Muslims on vacation when Jerry Vines called Muhammad a "demon-possessed pedophile"? Did they miss the media attention given to Falwell or Franklin Graham when they dared criticize Islam?

"Undercover Mosque" is doing the world a great service by proving, conclusively, that many Muslims who pretend to be moderate and peaceful are simply pretending. This is indisputable. Muslims feel the need to respond to the facts. But with nothing to say, they can only complain about nothing. "Undercover Mosque" complains that Muslims are deceiving us, and that they are preaching violence. The Muslim response video complains about parentheses. Talk about inconsistency!

I think that everyone should read the article carefully, then watch the video response and see how pointless the Muslim response is.

Bilal Philips Responds to "Dispatches: Undercover Mosque"

I like Bilal Philips (I would love to debate him!), so I was expecting a better response. This was pretty weak. Do any of my Muslim friends know of a good response to the program? I'll put it up for discussion.

Dispatches: Undercover Mosque

This episode of "Dispatches" won't surprise anyone who actually studies Islam, but it should be quite shocking to Westerners who still think that Islam isn't a threat.