A Quick Quiz on Arabs, Islam, 9/11, Racism, and Ignorance
Here’s a fun little item from Counterpunch’s Gary Leupp: The matrix of ignorance. It features the following pop quiz:
Which of the following best indicates the relationship between Arabs and Muslims?
- All Muslims are Arabs.
- All Arabs are Muslims.
- Most Muslims aren’t Arabs.
- Most Muslims are Arabs.
In which Muslim countries do Christian churches and Jewish synagogues operate legally, as well as mosques?
- Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq.
- Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Somalia.
- Pakistan, Sudan, United Arab Emirates.
- Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Afghanistan.
According to the U.S. government (which may or may not be accurate in its report), the nineteen 9-11 hijackers were of what nationalities?
- 15 Saudis, 4 Iraqis.
- 14 Iraqis, 3 Saudis, 2 Yemenis.
- 15 Saudis, 1 Egyptian, 1 Lebanese, 2 from union of Arab Emirates.
- 14 Iranians, 2 Afghans, 2 Lebanese, 1 Iraqi.
Scroll down, or follow the link below, or just see the whole Counterpunch article at the link above, for the answers. (Note me smirking smarmily at my 3-for-3. See? That Poli Sci degree and the obsessive news-junkie behavior was good for something.)
Answers: 3, 1, 3.
September 15th, 2003 at 11:36 pm
http://www.sixdifferentways.com/remainder/004951.php
(Hopefully) Really easy quiz…
September 15th, 2003 at 11:37 pm
http://www.sixdifferentways.com/remainder/004951.php
(Hopefully) Really easy quiz…
September 18th, 2003 at 1:58 pm
Well, I scored 100, but why do you claim that the report of the hijackers’ nationalities is not accurate?
September 18th, 2003 at 2:26 pm
I didn’t write it, but I don’t think he’s claiming that the report isn’t accurate. He’s just mentioning that as a possibility. But as to why he’d do that, I haven’t the foggiest. Maybe he’s decided that the current leadership in this country isn’t trustworthy on issues like this. They (by which I mean, the Bush administration) certainly have been working very hard to muzzle investigation into exactly what happened on 9/11, and whose fault it was. I suppose you could draw your own conclusions from that.
Anyway, the questions above were written by someone named Gary Leupp, whose bio at the linked-to item describes him as “an associate professor in the Department of History at Tufts University and coordinator of the Asian Studies Program. He can be reached at: gleupp@tufts.edu“. So you could email him and ask him about it, I guess, if you’re curious.
September 20th, 2003 at 1:20 am
I scored 100%, but then again I visited a synagogue in Cairo and St. Katherine’s in the Sinai, had some incredible meals with muslims in Malaysia and actually read international newspapers like the Guardian Unlimited. The Truth is Out There!
PS – OS Card rocks. His Alvin the Maker series ranks with Ender’s Saga. Just turned my 60ish English prof into a fan. He put away his Tom Clancy for Ender’s Game, at least for the moment.
December 6th, 2004 at 8:43 am
Wakeup world, millions of Evil Serial Killers , Mass Murders, Rapist, and LIARS are lose on
the world, they call themselves islamic muslims and pray to a ( moon god ) called allah,
they scream (allah akbar) as they cut off heads of people who will not pray to their MOON
GOD , they live by an evil book called the (qur’an), it teaches hate, and lies about God
and Gods Laws. Muslims have and, are killing thousands of Innocent Children, Women, and Men
around the world, beware, they are hateful, murders, rapist,and liars, God Have Mercy, As a
group of people they are some, if not, the most Evil the world as ever seen. Learn of them,
fear them, OR pray to their Moon God , this is horrible and true. You can recognize Muslims
by the rags on their heads and the hate in their eyes. They teach their young that only
Allah fearing muslims are worthy of life and after life. their aim is to destroy us, they
respect nothing; not even the lives of children. Every day there are bombings, every day
innocent people are targeted and murdered. Unthinkable atrocities take place on daily
basis. Terrorism is not an ideology, it is a tool; but the terrorists kill for an ideology.
They call that ideology Islam. The entire world, both Muslims and non-Muslims claim that
the terrorists have hijacked the religion of peace and Islam does not condone violence. Who
is right? Do the terrorists understand Islam better, or do those who decry them? The answer
to this question is the key to our victory, and failure to find that key will result in our
loss and death will be upon us. The key is in the Quran and the history of Islam. Those of
us, who know Islam, know that the understanding of the terrorists of Islam is correct. They
are doing nothing that their prophet did not do and did not encourage his followers to do.
Murder, rape, assassination, beheading, massacre and sacrilege of the dead to delight the
hearts of the believers were all practiced by Muhammad, were taught by him and were
observed by Muslims throughout their history. If truth has ever mattered, it matters most
now! This is the time that we have to call a spade a spade. This is the time that we have
to find the root of the problem and eradicate it. The root of Islamic terrorism is Islam.
The proof of that is the Quran. No matter how painful the truth may be, only truth can set
us free. Why this much denial? Why so much obstinacy? How many more innocent lives should
be lost before YOU open your eyes? A nuclear disaster is upon us. This will happen. It is
not a question of if but when. Oblivious of that, the world is digging its head deeper in
the sand. We urge the Muslims to leave Islam. Stop with excuses, justifications and
rationalizations. Stop dividing mankind into us vs. them and Muslims vs. Kafirs. We are One
people, One mankind! Muhammad was not a messenger of God. It is time that we end this
insanity and face the truth. The terrorists take their moral support and the validation for
their actions from you. Your very adherence to their cult of death is a nod of approval for
their crimes against humanity. We also urge the non-Muslims to stop being politically
correct lest they hurt the sensitivities of the Muslims. To Hell with their sensitivities!
Let us save their lives, and the lives of millions of innocent people. Millions, if not
billions of lives will be lost if we do nothing. Time is running out! All it takes for evil
to triumph is for good people to do nothing. Do something! Send this message to everyone in
your address book and ask them to do the same. Defeat Islam and stop terrorism one billion
dead evil muslims is not to many if it saves the world .faithfreedom.org/ Together lets say
to HELL go Muslims.Qu’ran, evil tale, made-up lies of pedofile, pervert, murderer Muhammad
(as he burns in HELL) ,Allah, evil God of the Qur’an, Qur’an evil doctrine of nasty, brain
dead, weak minded, not quit humans, that call themselves muslims, all 9/11 terroist where
muslims all suicide bombers are muslims, all ragheads are Muslims, do not let muslims come
to your towns, they will destroy your way of life and cause you much evil as they change
your laws to comply to the lislamic laws of the Qu’ran.