I was watching the Daily Show (as I often enjoy doing) and thought I'd point the part out to you guys where he's defending muslims and how Fox and right wing americans are unfairly singling them out. Its pretty funny too. Check it out. Skip to 3:30. http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/#clip322161
And as for the onewho fears standing in front of His Lord and restrainsthe soul from impure evil desires and lusts, verily, Paradise will be his abode [79:40-41]
They merely:
Veiled themselves and didn't flaunt it
Sought forgiveness and didn't persist
Took ownership of it and don't justify it
And acted with excellence after they had erred - Ibn al-Qayyim
ha I like Jon Stewart, he say it like how it is sometimes.
I particularly like him, when he mocked Nancy Grace, over her revolting behaviour when four innocent young men were accused of rape. Unfortunately I don’t watch his show as I don’t live in America and I can’t watch the video either like the above members.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or he is an oppressed one.." [Bukhaari].
LOL that made me laugh, especially when he goes "WHAT!? One of the tenants of Islam is to "Spread Islam?" That would be like if Christians went places...and built churches." hahahaha!
The is Canadian. I did not know it was restricted in some places. I would assume those in the US can view it, but then again I have run across US sites that don't let me (in Canada) watch their vids. Silly really to restrict what can be viewed based on where people live.
In this particular clip I think Stewart is right on the money. Christians who criticize Islam for "spreading the religion" are the height of hypocracy. And the ones who speak paranoia about sharia law taking over the USA are double hypocritical if they are also calling for creation instead of evolution in the class rooms and the ten commandments in court houses (which they usually are). I just love the way Stewart presented this though He's always good for a good laugh and I find myself agreeing with him more often than not.
We have to bear in mind though, that this kind of satirical news show is just as likely to ridicule and be critical of Islam. I wonder how long it would take to find a programme in which Jon Stewart presents Islam in a more negative light ...?
Peace glo
Here I stand.
I can do no other.
May God help me.
Amen.
Come, let us worship and bow down •
and kneel before the Lord our Maker
[Psalm 95]
well, for those of you who actually watched the vid, Stewart is NOT, repeat NOT "standing up for Muslims!" he is bashing 1)Conservatives 2) Chritstians AND Muslims! [and any combination of those]
Stewart is a comedian AND a Jew and not any kind of supporter of Islam. when the panelist tries to explain that Islam DOES make allowances for other religions, Stewart makes a quip about "having a beer at Adam & Steve's wedding" guess who he's making fun of there!
i didn't say it wasn't funny, but it IS funny how you let your brain tell you want you want to hear instead of what was actually said.
Had the non-believer known of all the Mercy which is in the Hands of Allah, he would not lose hope of entering Paradise, and had the believer known of all the punishment which is present with Allah, he would not consider himself safe from the Hell-Fire http://www.muftimenk.co.za/Downloads.html
well, for those of you who actually watched the vid, Stewart is NOT, repeat NOT "standing up for Muslims!" he is bashing 1)Conservatives 2) Chritstians AND Muslims! [and any combination of those]
Stewart is a comedian AND a Jew and not any kind of supporter of Islam. when the panelist tries to explain that Islam DOES make allowances for other religions, Stewart makes a quip about "having a beer at Adam & Steve's wedding" guess who he's making fun of there!
i didn't say it wasn't funny, but it IS funny how you let your brain tell you want you want to hear instead of what was actually said.
It's his job to make jokes about people, but I really don't think he's seriously bashing Muslims... Even if he did, I honestly don't think he's particularly against Islam in any way... I also don't know what his being a Jew has to do with anything... All he was doing in that clip was pointing out an example of unfairness, as the OP said...
Actually the crack about Adam and Steve's wedding is not directed at muslims, and the panelist does not say Islam allows for other religions as you state. Go view it again. The panelist says that Islam is trying to push its views to force all us non-members to adhere to its tenets and the panelist then makes the silly claim that only Islam does that. Stewart points out the obvious untruth of that by pointing at how Christians have done the exact same thing - forbidding nonchristians from drinking and gay marriage etc. It is a crack at hypocracy, which is what Stewart does best. He is standing up for muslims in that he is pointing out that people are singling it out in an entirely hypocritical way.
That said, yes he has make fun of Islam, as he should, he's a comedian. But he's not done it in a distasteful or nasty way. The only time I've ever really seen him make fun of Islam is when he refuses to speak ill of it (ironically) with the undertone that muslims are hypersensitive and prone to attack when feeling slighted.
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He's always good for a good laugh and I find myself agreeing with him more often than not.
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