Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Evidence that Jihad Watch isn't really about jihad at all

The folks at Jihad Watch have commented on the Egyptian decision to eradicate all pigs because of the possibility, at least in their minds, of the swine flu spreading to or in Egypt.

Now, isn't their website dedicated to discussing matters pertaining to jihad?

I guess not, and that is only one blog post amongst many others in the past few years that has shown the steady shift away from monitoring jihadi violence at JW to a general hostility to anything that has to do with Muslims and Islam. It's not just a battle against Muslim extremists that JW seems to be fighting anymore, but a cultural one as well that likes to take shots at Muslims and their respective cultures whenever available.

As stupid as Egypt's decision is, why use that news to pull a cheap shot on Islam? Or Muslims? Of course, Raymond Ibrahim used the opportunity to tie in the Qur'an's calling of (some) Jews apes. But why? What point does it serve except to reemphasize how vitriolic Ibrahim's and JW's outlook on Islam and Muslims is?

These guys might actually be respectable commentators if their hate of Islam and Muslims wasn't so obvious.

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