The ongoing negative reaction to Rep. Ilhan Omar's reaction to the viral video of a Christian ministry group singing "How great is our God," in the aisle of a plane is pretty predictable. Why does she hate Christians? She should go back to where she came from. Et cetera, et cetera. (Article with video and full story HERE.)
The thing is, she only mused about how passengers would have reacted had, in a similar situation, her family begun an overt display of their religion--Islam. Considering the suspicion and mistrust that have greeted many Muslims on airplanes, I think we can agree there's a double standard at work here.
I can imagine a musical duel between "All hail, King Jesus!" and "Allahu Akbar." It could be kinda fun, like a scene from West Side Story. Fun till someone went for a gun . . .
I don't know the origin of this quote, but it seems appropriate.
Religion is like a penis--it's fine to be proud of it but please don't wave it around. And for goodness sake don't shove it down others' throats.
4 comments:
There is definitely a double standard. I had missed this story. I'm trying not to read so much news. It makes me mad and upset.
What sweet birds. I hadn't run into that story either. Silly people...so intolerant!
They just can’t understand why it is not okay.
Wonderful post! Thank you.
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