Al Qaeda's History of Racism Posted by Ilan Goldenberg

Evan Kholmann provides more context into Zawahri's racist comments about Obama by reviewing some of Al Qaeda's past racist actions:

Clearly, Al-Qaida is seeking to undermine the surge of popularity and enthusiasm for the Obama victory that has spread throughout the developing world, and particularly in Africa -- where Al-Qaida has strong vested interests in at least two ongoing military conflicts. There certainly are ways to accomplish this -- as was demonstrated by Al-Qaida's skillful use of imagery of Barack Obama at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. However, by indulging in divisive labels such as "House Slave" or "House Negro", Dr. al-Zawahiri has strayed from being merely disrespectful into being entirely disreputable and dishonorable. By playing the race card so quickly and so brazenly, al-Zawahiri may end up causing backlash against Al-Qaida in the very constituencies he is seeking to woo. It also invites the question, how is this a legitimate criticism coming from the senior leadership of Al-Qaida, which is dominated almost solely by Arab Egyptians and Saudis? Moreover, what would Malcolm X have thought of an organization, Al-Qaida, that at one time offered a higher salary to its Arab membership than its Black African adherents? One might imagine that the financial guru responsible for overseeing this inequitable arrangement -- Egyptian national Mustafa Abu al-Yazid -- would have been punished for his bigoted actions. In fact, al-Yazid has since been promoted to the number 3 position in Al-Qaida, right behind Dr. al-Zawahiri. This is hardly the type of image that Al-Qaida would like to see proliferate in critical regions adjacent to jihadi conflict zones in Somalia, Algeria, Morocco, and Mauritania.

Something that hasn't been mentioned much in the last day, is the fact that there is plenty of racism in the Arab World.  On the one hand, Al Qaeda propaganda likes to try and draw commonalities between its own fight against the "evil American empire" and the African American experience of racism and oppression in the United States.  But on the other hand, when it comes to treating its members equally, Al Qaeda has it has its own racism problems. 

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[Greg]

Hold on...Al Qaeda doesn't like certain types of people? How can this be true?

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