Watched it on my phone.
Yeah... about defines "NSFW"... and also "disgusting".
Is it propaganda as mazHur claims?
Propaganda is defined as "Information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group,movement, institution, nation, etc."
Is the purpose of this video to harm the Islamic movement, particularity it's approach to women's rights? You're damn right it is.
However, note that the definition states "information" as a possible aspect of propaganda. So, it is possible for propaganda to be truthful.
When one throws around the word "propaganda" it automatically conjures images of Goebells and the "Cathedral of Light" in Nurnberg- thousands of fanatic yet misled people collectively swallowing "the big lie".
However, by definition all news agencies are in the propaganda business. Fox for the right, CNN for the left and so on. The question that we have to ask ourselves when we view this is "What is the reality and what is the spin?" Where is the nugget of "truth"?
Retro's video does a credible job of supporting it's position. The images and, more disturbing, the videos of these atrocities; the naming of specific victims and the quotes directly attributed to specific people make a solid case for the position stated. The insinuation that this is "business as usual" instead of the exception is where the "spin" comes in.
Do I believe that women are being stoned in downtown Riyadh simply because Saudia Arabia is a Muslim country? No.
Do I believe that EVERY Muslim man routinely beats his wife or kills his sister if she's been raped? No.
Do I believe that the purpose of this video, at least in part, is to further inflame the 9/11 sentiments to damn the Muslim world? Yes.
However... the fact that these crimes are commited in parts of the world and are not even classified AS crimes is something that cannot be ignored.
These acts DO occur. Women that have been subjected to rape ARE further victimized by society and, even worse, their own family. Little girls are mutiliated in an effort to remove the temptation of sex in later life. Women are terrorized with the blessings of the Muslim clergy in the name of Sharia.
Thanks for the video, Retro.
