American columnists demand Muslims collectively condemn crimes they had no part in
Evidence
This assumption of collective Muslim guilt is a common staple of the American mass media. A particular paragon of twisted reasoning is the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, who wondered why Muslims around the globe (not just Pakistanis) did not “take to the streets to protest the mass murders of real people … in Mumbai?” Why would they do so when their Prophet is caricatured in Danish newspapers, he asked, but stay home when real human beings had been murdered? This was not irony or satire; the man was serious. — Hamid Dabashi, Brown Skin, White Masks, 44
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to The Reluctant Fundamentalist and the general theme of being asked to account for other members of one’s identity group. — connects to: Anglo-American press frames Muslim criminals by religion rather than nationality — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear:…, 14