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You Know Who Else Demonizes Refugees? ISIS.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/11/16/isis_demonizes_refugees_just_like_republicans_do.htmlBy Joshua Keating
Nov. 16 2015
It’s hard to imagine a more heartbreakingly ironic fate than fleeing violence in your home country only to be vilified for violence perpetrated by some of the same people you were fleeing. That’s what’s currently facing the millions who have fled Syria as last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris have given ammunition to the populist backlash against accepting refugees.
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Given the current demonization of refugees for ISIS’s attack, it’s worth keeping in mind that no one has expressed more disdain and hostility toward the people fleeing Syria than ISIS itself. As the refugee population has grown, ISIS, which believes it’s the duty of Muslims to emigrate to the newly established caliphate, has put out a flurry of messages condemning those headed in the opposite direction.
An article in the September issue of ISIS’s English-language magazine Dabiq, accompanied by the famous photo of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi lying dead on a beach in Turkey, laments that “some Syrians and Libyans are willing to risk the lives and souls of [their children], sacrificing many of them during the dangerous trip to the lands of the warwaging crusaders ruled by laws of atheism and indecency.”
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The politicians leading the backlash against accepting refugees or arguing that only Christians should be helped may say they’re protecting the west from ISIS, but they’re feeding right into the group’s propaganda.
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Given the current demonization of refugees for ISIS’s attack, it’s worth keeping in mind that no one has expressed more disdain and hostility toward the people fleeing Syria than ISIS itself. As the refugee population has grown, ISIS, which believes it’s the duty of Muslims to emigrate to the newly established caliphate, has put out a flurry of messages condemning those headed in the opposite direction.
An article in the September issue of ISIS’s English-language magazine Dabiq, accompanied by the famous photo of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi lying dead on a beach in Turkey, laments that “some Syrians and Libyans are willing to risk the lives and souls of [their children], sacrificing many of them during the dangerous trip to the lands of the warwaging crusaders ruled by laws of atheism and indecency.”
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The politicians leading the backlash against accepting refugees or arguing that only Christians should be helped may say they’re protecting the west from ISIS, but they’re feeding right into the group’s propaganda.
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