Star Wars: An Islamic Perspective
More from the "President Bush is Darth Vader" departement. Why Darth Vader, anyway? If Bush resembles anybody in the Star Wars universe it must be Master Yoda, with his funny syntax:Star Wars: An Islamic Perspective
I believe Lucas was trying to make a point about the continuous spewing of hate and evil against the Arab and Muslim people, specifically after September 11 th. Even though the countries of Iraq and Afghanistan were bombed and destroyed relentlessly (it hasn't stopped yet), as punishment for the attacks of September 11 th (without any proof or legitimate legalities of course), many Americans still have a lot of hatred against anyone that even looks like an Arab or Middle Eastern. Many innocent people, specifically women and children, have been harassed, attacked and sometimes even killed, because of this hate. One couldn't help but notice the very overt examples in the last and final installment of the "Star Wars" series. Of course the most obvious example was when Anakin tells Obi-Wan before their final duel, "Either you're with me, or against me", which is basically straight out of Bush's mouth when he said "Either you're with us [i.e. America], or you're with the terrorists" immediately after the attacks of September 11 th. In other words, the Emperor, Darth Vader and the Empire are equivalent to Bush and Company and Luke Skywalker, the Jedis and the Rebel Alliance are referred to as "terrorists" (or "separatists", "insurgents", etc.).
posted by Unknown @ 12:02 AM
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What unadulterated crap!
"As a Muslim, I always thought of the "Jedi" as what a true follower of Islam should be like. ..., but they way they are taught to respect a greater power, fight for the defense of the innocent and honor a code of morals and ethics in order to bring about peace and justice to their society, is basically what Islam teaches all Muslims to strive for."
I guess all of those examples of striving Muslims beheading and blowing up people is a "fight for the defense of the innocent" and is an "honor code of morals" to bring about "peace and justice!"
"I believe Lucas was trying to make a point about the continuous spewing of hate and evil against the Arab and Muslim people, specifically after September 11 th. Even though the countries of Iraq and Afghanistan were bombed and destroyed relentlessly (it hasn't stopped yet), as punishment for the attacks of September 11 th (without any proof or legitimate legalities of course), many Americans still have a lot of hatred against anyone that even looks like an Arab or Middle Eastern. Many innocent people, specifically women and children, have been harassed, attacked and sometimes even killed, because of this hate."
Ah, the hate and bigotry known as Islamophobia! An intolerance enumerated by Muslims and the western left that is so widespread and ubiquitous that actual examples of it aren’t even needed as proof that it exists.
And if Rydhan wants proof of who did the attacks of September 11th he should review the tapes from Al Jazeera in which bin Laden took credit for it.
Well, George Lucas wrote those lines thirty years ago, but why bother about simple facts..
There are alternative interpretations of the "Star Wars" saga, like in this article
(WARNING, SPOILER!!)
The Sith pretend to be friends of the Jedi order, until Anakin utters "Carry out order 66" with startling effect.
Suddenly the Sith turn on the Jedi without hesitation, a massacre follows.
The Jedi are caught off guard, they had no idea the how far the poison of the Sith had spread.
The comparison between Islam and the sect of the Sith springs to mind, even though George Lucas probably wasn't thinking about it thirty years ago.
Former muslims are yelling their heads of warning about the dangers of Islam, not many in the weast are listening though.
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