{"id":18615,"date":"2014-10-27T15:53:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T19:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=18615"},"modified":"2014-10-27T16:02:39","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T20:02:39","slug":"war-on-terror-war-on-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2014\/10\/27\/war-on-terror-war-on-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"War on Terror, War on Muslims?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Al Jazeera<\/em> has the <em>Empire<\/em> episode <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/programmes\/empire\/2014\/10\/war-terror-war-islam-20141022122932493495.html\" title=\"Empire episode on Al Jazeera\" target=\"_blank\">War on Terror, War on Muslims?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Andre Nasr for posting this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/andre.nasr\/posts\/10152766488790435?comment_id=10152766700910435\" title=\"Andre Nasr's post\" target=\"_blank\">on his Facebook page<\/a>.  I am still not sure how to take his reaction to this video.  You may agree with him or this video or you may disagree (for all I know, they could be the same thing or different things), but at least it is a worthwhile attempt to hear what other people think, if you can hear.<\/p>\n<p>Please keep in mind that criticizing the bad acts of some people in your own country has nothing to do with condoning the bad acts of other people in other countries.  I&#8217;d like to dispense with the argument, &#8220;But look at what they do.  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Thanks to Andre Nasr for posting this on his Facebook page. I am still not sure how to take his reaction to this video. 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