[Dean's World] Dave Price: Beyond Cowardice

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Posted by Dave Price:
Beyond Cowardice
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1176239350.shtml


   I've said before I respect the bravery of moderate Muslims who dare to
   speak out against violent extremists; theirs is the heaviest burden in
   the struggle to spread Enlightenment values.
   PBS was [1]apparently making a documentary called "Islam vs.
   Islamists" depicting just how hard this can be for moderate Muslims --
   only to have the rug pulled out from under them by politically correct
   management, who sabotaged and finally cancelled the project.

     Subtitled Voices From the Muslim Center, Burke says his film
     "attempts to answer the question: 'Where are the moderate Muslims?'
     The answer is, 'Wherever they are, they are reviled and sometimes
     attacked' " by extremists.
     ...
     I was ordered to fire my two partners (who brought me into this
     project) on political grounds," Burke said in a complaint letter to
     PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supplied
     funds for the films.
     Burke wrote that his documentary depicts the plight of moderate
     Muslims who are silenced by Islamic extremists, adding, "Now it
     appears to be PBS and CPB who are silencing them."

   If what Burke is alleging is true, this is truly feckless. Muslims are
   risking their lives to oppose extremists, and we're afraid to even
   show a movie about them? For shame.

References

   1. http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0410crossroads0410.html