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On Friday, September 26, the end of a week in which thousands of copies of Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West -- the fear-mongering, anti-Muslim documentary being distributed by the millions in swing states via DVDs inserted in major newspapers and through the U.S. mail -- were distributed by mail in Ohio, a "chemical irritant" was sprayed through a window of the Islamic Society of Greater Dayton, where 300 people were gathered for a Ramadan prayer service.
The room that the chemical was sprayed into was the room where babies and children were being kept while their mothers were engaged in prayers.On Friday, September 26, the end of a week in which thousands of copies of Obsession:... more
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A New York nonprofit called the Clarion Fund is distributing an hourlong DVD, "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West," as paid advertising in The Sunday Oregonian.
Muslims and scholars of Islam in Oregon and across the country denounce the DVD as divisive Muslim-bashing propaganda designed to foment fear among Americans, bolster support for Israel and sway the presidential election in candidate John McCain's favor.
Fred Stickel, publisher of The Oregonian, said the newspaper is treating the DVD as it does other paid advertising or product inserts.
"I've always felt we have an obligation to keep our advertising columns as open as possible," said Stickel, who viewed the DVD. "Our acceptance of anything -- our acceptance or rejection -- does not depend on whether or not we agree with the content...There is a principle of freedom of speech involved here. I could find no reason to reject this."
The DVD was produced by the Clarion Fund, which has spent millions to distribute "Obsession" to 28 million U.S. households through about 70 newspapers, including The Miami Herald, The New York Times and The Denver Post. A few newspapers, including The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C., refused to distribute it.
The DVD presents interviews with people identified as scholars, journalists, a former terrorist, the daughter of a martyr and others. It also shows images of radical Islamic groups blowing up buildings and cars, strapping on suicide bombs, shouting "death to America," burning the American flag and declaring war on the Western world. Part of the film compares Muslim radicals to Nazis, arguing that both employ similar propaganda techniques and share anti-Semitic values and ambitions to conquer the Western world.
A New York nonprofit called the Clarion Fund is distributing an hourlong DVD,... more
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