The Bill Maher-Ben Affleck Islamophobia debate is still making news, now with Mia Farrow’s contribution:
It's not just Bill Maher: Islamophobia on cable news is out of control http://t.co/WoyHuzA5d9
— Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) October 10, 2014
Farrow’s readers respond:
@MiaFarrow Mia how is is Islamophobe to just bring attention to what their faith actually teaches in Koran? @billmaher If U are pro-rights
— DK Seattle (@DesireeSeattle) October 10, 2014
@MiaFarrow surprised to see you tweeting bullshit like this. Criticizing Islam doesn't make you Islamaphobic ffs.
— Barry (@mankinholes) October 10, 2014
But a few hours later, Farrow tweeted out congratulations to Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who, remember, was shot by Islamic extremists in Pakistan because she was going to school:
Today the astounding Malala Yousafzai became the youngest ever Nobel Prize recipient Wonderful!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/1rP3n8bC00
— Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) October 10, 2014
And, boom:
https://twitter.com/johnnysilva79/status/520546165612244993
Exactly. THIS was Maher’s point. For example, millions of Muslims around the world actually have a favorable opinion of al-Qaeda. That’s not Islamophobia, that’s a fact. Here’s the data from Pew Research:
Malala was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize for standing up to the Islamic cavemen. Or is the Nobel committee a bunch of Islamophobes, too?
And it’s not just Ms. Farrow who isn’t making sense. Vox, like Farrow, doesn’t see the two as a contradiction. Shot:
It's not just Bill Maher: Islamophobia on cable news is out of control http://t.co/jBvlswC7Uw
— Vox (@voxdotcom) October 8, 2014
Chaser:
Why Malala Yousafzai, a 17-year-old Pakistani girl, deserved to win the Nobel Peace Prize http://t.co/gYPHxszsEg pic.twitter.com/jKidTRuPOt
— Vox (@voxdotcom) October 10, 2014
And this Vox reader points out that Max Fisher, who wrote the Maher-Islamophobia piece for Vox, was pretty happy Malala didn’t win the Nobel last year:
https://twitter.com/OmarWaraich/status/520555855079825408
https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/520557392107700225
We eagerly await an explanation.
Join the conversation as a VIP Member