Molly Norris’ Facebook Page Hacked, Death Threats Issued.
Posted: May 25, 2010 Filed under: Politics | Tags: Draw Mohammad, Draw Muhammad, Facebook, Facebook Pakistan, Hacking, Molly Norris 5 Comments »A Hacker describing himself as a “Pakistani Student” who “Loves Mohammad” has hacked the Facebook Page of Molly Norris.
Molly Hacked
In further discussion on the same status the hacker issued death threats against the cartoonist:
Norris had inadvertently started the viral “Everybody Draw Mohammad Day” when she protested death threats to the creators of South Park. However, Ms. Norris has distanced herself from “Everybody Draw Mohammad Day”, a group which was not started or endorsed by her, on a number of occasions. Her website still has disclaimers condemning the group.Furthermore, Ms. Norris promotes the group “Against Everybody Draw Mohammad Day” from her website and has joined muslim Facebook groups such as “Introduce Mohmmad Day”.
However, cycynism and suspicsions regarding Ms. Norris’ motives never died down. Several Muslims commented on her wall:
The comments above are from before Molly Norris' account was hacked.
When will Muslims start protesting people like this Hacker that bring disgrace to their faith by acting in illegal and immoral ways?
An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg’s Mom
Posted: May 22, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Draw Mohammad, Draw Muhamamd, Facebook, mark zuckerberg, mark zuckerberg's mom 11 Comments »A few days ago Pakistan banned Facebook access to its 2.3 million users over tasteless and offensive images of Muhammad on a particular page.
This is one of those wedge between the Muslim world and the West. Muslims view the action as an attack on their faith, validating everything that Osama Bin Ladin and his kind have been trying to tell the Islamic world. The West hates you and your prophet, they will do anything – from invasion to mockery- to stand against Islam. On the other the Muslim reaction confirms to the west thew worst stereotypes about Muslims. Muslims are intolerent, violent and seek to impose their values on the rest of the world. They have no regard for free speech.
The blogosphere is full of anecdotes that condemn Muslims for their lack of regard for the freedom of speech, and their alleged yearning for special treatment.
But are they really looking for special treatment?
I noticed that the group “Everybody Draw Mohammad Day”, which includes images that call for violence agianst Muslims, is back on Facebook after a short time offline. Incidentally, confirming Muslim stereotypes, the page was hacked by a cyber-Mujahid not taken down by Facebook.
However, the very humorous and only midly offensive group “Everbody Draw Mark Zuckerberg’s Mom”, which never called for violence, has been deleted by facebook. Not only has the group been deleted, a post on my wall discussing the page has also been deleted.
So, Mark Zuckerberg’s mom, please tell your son to play by his own rules. We all think hes a prick for refusing to yield to our privacy concerns anyway. But your spoilt brat has also proved that he is an unprincipled child.
P.S
If the creator of “Everybody Draw Mark Zuckerberg’s Mom” or anyone that has screenshots of the group is reading this, please contact me.
Hotel Workers Occupation in Karachi being Blacked Out by Media Gurus — Is this press freedom? By Riaz Ahmed
Posted: March 4, 2010 Filed under: Socialism | Tags: Occupation, PC workers strike, Riaz Ahmed 1 Comment »It has been 9 days that over 150 workers at Pearl Continental Hotel Karachi are protesting against the sacking of 4 union and over 98 other workers. In protest they have occupied the basement of the 5-star hotel for the last 9 days and despite police raids and bullying and threats by security guards they have not left the site of occupation. This is a historic protest by workers in Karachi, the largest industrial city, where workers movement is generally luke-warm in manners. Occupation by a large number of workers at a prime site means that they have been pushed against the wall.
However the media in Karachi are pretty quiet about the situation. The PC management, chaired by the 5th richest person in Pakistan Mr Hashwani, has managed to keep the media silent, the police raids and arrests of male and female workers and their manhandling all have been hushed-up.
The only media which is reporting about the strike is the stinking right-wing press named Daily Ummat. The entire liberal, pro-democracy, pro-human rights English and otherwise ‘fighting for freedom of media and democracy’ press have managed not to report the protests, arrests and the occupation of PC workers in Karachi.
Today, March 04, 2010, Express TV crew came to cover the protest at the 2nd site of the protest ie the camp in front of PC and interviewed and filmed many agitators. Reportedly their entire story was killed by one Director named Fahd Hussain for no obvious reason. The only reason is ‘its is not allowed’.
PC hotel workers share a very tiny fraction of the billions earned by the Hashwani group. Since 2001 about 250 sacked workers have been protesting but their is no response. Now a new layer of sacked workers and those showing solidarity with them have been targeted by the rich management. It is time media wakes-up and express its neutrality about the protest.
Zaid Hamid admits links to Yousef Ali
Posted: March 2, 2010 Filed under: Media Watch | Tags: Religious Freedom, Secularism, Yousef Ali, Yousef Kazzab, Zaid Hamid 7 Comments »These videos have recently come to light. In them Zaid Hamid admits his links to Yousef Ali (disparagingly called Yousef Kazzab by opponents). Zaid Hamid had always denied any links to ‘Yousef Kazzab’. A sessions court found that Yousef claimed to be a false prophet, a charge that Yousef (and Zaid Hamid) denied.
These videos are reproduced without extensive comment. I will be commenting, but just don’t have time right now.
I must add that I support religious freedoms for all, including Zaid Hamid. I am simply pointing out that Zaid Hamid does not support secularism himself. Perhaps people with such heterodox views should reconsider their support for a theocracy.
Unfair and Hideous!
Posted: February 22, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: African American, African Americans, Fair and Lovely, Obama, Pakistan, Pakistani, Racism 3 Comments »I’ve written a little about Pakistani attitude towards black people on this blog. Pakistani attitudes towards black people are dictated by longstanding domestic prejudice towards darker skin. There are a number of ethnic groups in Pakistan, and while some are lighter skinned than others, skin tone is not the essence of ethnicity in Pakistan. Dark skin, in general, signifies a lower position in the social order. An acquaintance, a light skinned Sindhi from an aristocratic family, once put it this way: “In Pakistan wealthy men marry fair women. My father is a wealthy man.”
In fact, fairness has become an industry across the Indian sub-continent. Multi-natioal corporations such as Unilever sell “fairness creams” such as “Fair and Lovely” across the sub-continent.
Unfair Fair and Lovely Ad
So maybe I shouldn’t have been suprised when someone emailed me this image:
The joke seems to be pretty clear; since Obama is a powerful person he should have fair skin. It implies that there is something wrong with dark skin, that it signifies a lower social standing.
This is all within the context of the fuss raised by “Pakistan Ka Khuda Haifz”, a group linked to Zaid Hamid, that has recently published photographs of Pakistani news anchors socializing with African Americans. The comments on the Pakistan Ka Khuda Hafiz Facebook group were explictly sexual, revealing anxiety that the female anchors would prefer black men over Pakistanis.
Look closely at the caption on the bottom, it actually reads “Niggz Ready to Screw Pakistani Anchorz”.
Again, play close attention to the caption, it reads “Pakistani Tv Anchors with an American janitor?”
These comments are consistent with the South Asian reading of sking tone as an indication of social caste. In Pakistan the janitors are predominantly dark skinned (and often Christians).
The sad thing is that this issue has become more visible because of the racism directed towards African Americans. Dark skinned Pakistanis, which are predominately from the underclasses, are all but invisible.
Sexy Islamism
Posted: February 16, 2010 Filed under: Culture, Media Watch, Politics | Tags: Ali Azmat, Islamism, Maria B., Pakistan, Sexy Islamism, Zaid Hamid, Zaid Hamidism 9 Comments »Sexy Islamism |ˈseksē ˈisləˌmizəm; ˈiz-| |ˈseksē ˈɪsləˈmɪzəm| |ˈseksē ˈɪzləˈmɪzəm| noun
- Like conventional Islamism, Sexy Islamism is a political ideology that holds that Islam is not only a religion but also a political and economic system. In addition to this, Sexy Islamism is also a genre of rock music and a fashion aesthetic.
- Sexy Islamism is noted for its use of fashion and pop icons (such as Ali Azmat and Maria B.) to propagate its Islamist message. A prephiery of minor fashionistas and MTV VJs are increasingly becoming Sexy Islamists.
- According to leading Sexy Islamism theorist Anas Abbas, Syed Zaid Zaman Hamid is a leading pioneer of Sexy Islamism.
Maria B.'s new "Ghaza-e-Hind" collection
This Sexy Islamist is the new bassist for Ali Azmat
Quotes on Sexy Islamism:
- “I am with Zaid Hamid because he does not stop me from anything.” Maria B. on Sexy Islamism
- “The revolution will be right back after these messages from our sponsors.” Ali Azmat on his show ‘Iqbal ka Pakistan’
- “Political Parties are not allowed in Islam” MTV Pakistan VJ Faizan-ul-Haq, ‘Wake Up Pakistan’ Karachi edition
- “I’ve never met an Islamist I didn’t find sexy! Or a goat, for that matter.” Osama Bin Ladin
See Also:
Not-So-Sexy-Islamists
These Not-So-Sexy-Islamists tend to turn off Urban Petit-Bourgeois Yuppies.
Maria B Vs. Zaid Hamid
Posted: February 16, 2010 Filed under: Media Watch | Tags: Brasstracks, Hate mongers, Islamism, Islamist, Maria B., Media Watch, PTI, Sexy Islamism, Wake Up Pakistan, Zaid Hamid, Zaid Hamidism 2 Comments »“Wake Up Pakistan” is sending different messages for diffenet auidences.
Here fashionista Maria B. says that we should be proud of our collective South Asian heritage and respect non-Muslims. She even goes so far as to say that “Even a hindu can be a better human being than Muslim”. However, she still clings to her Islamist position.
Check from the 5:28 mark.
I cannot embedd the link for some reason, check it out HERE
On the other hand, Zaid Hamid says, “You are a Muslim first and a Pakistani later. If you are a non-Muslim, then you are a Pakistani first and a Pakistani later.”
This naturally completely negates any notion that non-Muslims are equal citizens of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
So, what is it Team ‘Wake Up Pakistan’ and Team Brasstracks
Wake Up Pakistan?
Posted: February 16, 2010 Filed under: Media Watch | Tags: LUMS, Zaid Hami, Zaid Hamidism Leave a comment »The following is a report from the LUMS Daily Student by Mohammad Taimur Mustafa.
