Newsweek 'Muslim Rage' Cover Enrages the Web

Magazine defends image that some call 'sickening'

Newsweek has set a minor fire in the mediasphere with its latest cover featuring an up close and angry group of Muslims. Some say the image is unflattering to the point of being "Islamophobic."

It's generated offense across the web, but also satire. The image attached to the story entitled "Muslim Rage" has been parodied by some, while others are battling the cover's influence with more positive images of the Islamic world. The folks at Gawker sarcastically serve up "13 Powerful Images of Muslim Rage," including Muslim children playing and laughing.

While Newsweek is standing by its choice to run with the cover, even conservative outlets like the UK's Daily Telegraph are referring to it as "sickening." Mostly overlooked by this media circus is the cover story itself, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born refugee and former Muslim who now works for the conservative American Enterprise Institute, and whose writings and statements in recent years have rankled some with their blunt criticism of Islam.

Via The Huffington Post, Think Progress, Gawker, and The Daily Beast.

Did Newsweek's cover go over the line?

[tomincali]

how about some American rage over the murder of our citizens by folks who look for any excuse to murder.

[Gilbert]

Yes like the smallest percentage of extremists being swept into a general ideology.

[Gilbert]

...radically "swept."

[Gilbert]

...by right.

[wesmess3588]

I think its funny that the higher ups messed up and let a detainee of guantanamo bay die even after he had been cleared for release years ago, then all of a sudden we hav attacks on us, that fuel our patriotic rage justifying what our government does and keeps them out of hot water

[1adam2]

well i think they were right, calling america the sleeping giant during wwii. i think we must of, went back to sleep.

[Lorth]

Islamaphobic? Idiot phobic is more like it. Doesn't appear to me they're 'portraying' anything - unless they staged it and that would be silly - you can find these gatherings all over.

[AlexanderKM]

If they did a close up of angry Nazis would it be unflattering and Leukoanthrophobic? These people just want to act bad and not be called out on their s***

[CanisCanemEdit]

It's better than the "teat-sucker" cover.

But more to the point...Are we all now scared to voice real opinion because of one small group of RADICAL muslims?

Why not deal with it the way our government dealt with the home grown radicals at Waco?

[VCP]

That would increase as well as advance Global Warming at far to great a rate!! What are you trying to do bring back Gore? Let him rest please.

[CanisCanemEdit]

@VCP - I don't know about all that...lol...

But I was rather hawkish on how I thought we should have dealt with this Middle East situation.

I keep looking back to the parallels in the Carter/Reagan election and the hositilities with the Iran-Iraq war.

Then we were dealing from a position of power. We had billions in their gold assets frozen in our banks. We weren't afraid of them. They didn't have nuclear capability.

Times have changed. After so many years in the military, I have never felt this uneasy about our troops, our military strength and the weapons our enemies are set to deploy.

[VCP]

@CanisCanemEdit not to wory we, at this time have a large military presence in the area on land and right now on the water. They can talk all that they want but they don't really want hellfire raining down on their turbans. A lot of active military in my family right now. They all tell me the same thing I'm telling you now. My youngest son if they mess up. Then we kill'em all and let Allah sort it out. I don't feel that way but it did amuse me when he said it.

[MongoAPillager]

@VCP our folks in the military are more than capable of handling that swarm of stick throwers if need be,what worries me is the rules of engagement that our troops follow but no one else does.thats where i afraid for our troops

[VCP]

@MongoAPillager not to worry. We can win any game they want to play. We can fight fire with fire or with water. Or we can just roast some marshmallows when it 's all said and done.

[mimi57]

No, the Muslims have gone over the line...AGAIN !

[1adam2]

mimi57 what do you mean again? when were they, not ever over it?

[mimi57]

@1adam2 Very True!

[AceLuby]

2.2 Billion people crossed the line? That would be shocking if it were true.

[Lasvegas711]

They are PEACE, LOVING,

[1adam2]

you, spelled piece wrong.

[marine1]

How about you tell it like it is? They want to kill all who do not think and believe like they do. If you are not muslim you are nothing. how about we tell them to kiss off and leave them to fend for themself in the sand?

[marine1]

islamophobic, give me a break. it is just the truth of a situation without the passive spin.

[Xenocracy]

Why Should We Be Phobic About The Religion Of Peace…Just Keep Scrolling Down,,You’ll See It… http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/index.html#...

[bsking]

Lol.Too funny and just weeks after the cover exclaiming its time for obama to go.I think someone took the newsweek staff hostage ,its the only explanation.

[Vermonter]

The "Take a Hike" issue was the largest selling issue in Newsweek history.

[VCP]

Unfortunately there is no vaccine for ignorance. Quarantine them until the infection wears off.

[marine1]

A vaccine for ignorance, goverment would never allow that o hit the self. I t would be the end of their excuse.

[VCP]

@marine1 LOL!! You made me laugh!!

[Quantummist]

Oh yes there is!... It's comes in a very large delivery syringe, and must be injected into the ground where large outbreaks occur... They have even made videos showing the vaccine being administered ....
http://youtu.be/uMSfD4roMxY

[Quantummist]

@Quantummist ... By the way... Who will be fired for letting our ambassador and staff be murdered? http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/agencies-war...

[VCP]

@Quantummist that's called fortunes of war my friend. Wrong place at the wrong time.

[Thunderchicken]

If you aren't making some people mad, you're not living right.

[marine1]

you got that one right and somtimes its really fun.

[US_Citizen1949]

Yes. Move our people out now. Have our B52 drop the BOMB many times over.

[FollowTheMoney]

That's funny, I was thinking the same thing. ; ] These people are wacked.

[Keyjo]

Newsweek has published plenty of controversial covers. Plenty of covers depicting rage, agony and joy.
I'm assuming this picture wasn't staged and is a photo of actual, angry Muslims rioting. Looks like, waddles like, quacks like..........I guess it is and why not show it? If Muslims are enraged with the photo, then they can dial it back a bit or at least not leave the house without their makeup!

[anok]

I posted further down on here about how I can name a few instances of both "angry atheists" and "angry Christians". But do you remember what the Buddhists did when South Park showed Buddha snorting cocaine? Or when those ancient statues were blown up in Afghanistan? Me neither.

I just wish both religious and nonreligious people could be more like the Buddhists and take things in stride - and eventually develop some sense of humor and humility.

[mimi57]

@anok WHAT??? I didn't hear you...humor? Tell a joke anok, I'll
laugh..promise. LOL

[Keyjo]

@anok
Yeah well, Buddhists are more about spirituality, inner peace, tranquility. Instead of trying to force people to see it their way, they wait for people to inquire. Buddhism would never be very successful here, they care more about the human spirit and less about the money.

[Keyjo]

@mimi57
Did I miss something?

[Capt_Morgan02]

It's not like they doctored the photo and if I heard correctly the people rioting were Muslim and usually riots are started by enraged people. Seems like they just called it as they saw it.

[NormalFlora]

These particular Muslims are the exception, and for that reason they ARE newsworthy. It was THESE fanatical fools who elevated a hilariously bad, amateurish film that NO ONE of any consequence knew about into an international YouTube must-watch. I must admit that I watched it too, just to see what the fuss was about. That's 14 minutes I will never get back. The Muslim world needs to understand that there are consequences to over-reacting.

[mimi57]

The exception?! They rioted over a teddy bear for God's sake!!!

[MongoAPillager]

@mimi57 ,i just watched that movie"teddy",too bad they couldn't of found a way to work some terrorists into the scene,that would have been a hoot

[mimi57]

@MongoAPillager Yeah, someone could have sprinkled some pig blood on it, oh my!

[MongoAPillager]

@mimi57 wow,and to think i was gonna have pork-chops tonite.lol.i just watched innocence of Muslims all the way through,what a riot(Pun intended)its goona be a cult classic(Pun intended)

[mimi57]

@MongoAPillager I don't have that much patience...but it should reach
"cult" status, kinda like "Rocky Horror Picture Show, I've never seen that either...( ;

[bsking]

I wonder when the White House will start telling the truth about what happened over there in Libya?

[CanadianIndy]

Nothing more than an aging source of information that's attempting to garner readers via sensationalization.

[MongoAPillager]

Wow,do we American,s look that psycho when we are burning Islamic flags and storming embassies,what about beheading's,whats the proper attitude and attire?i guess i need to get out more

[DARSB]

Let's compare this Newsweek closeup with those charming pics from Abu Ghraib.

[MongoAPillager]

@DARSB post,em,i,ll look

[mimi57]

@MongoAPillager No, because rational, peaceful countries don't do
that, only evil, sick, demented and sadistic people do what they do, all
in the name of Allah ! Make sense?

[DARSB]

@MongoAPillager Apologies. The torture and murder of innocent Iraqis by US Army MPs happened during the administration of He Who Must Not Be Named. Google "Lynndie England" if you like.

[MongoAPillager]

@DARSB well from what i read of her,she did much less than any of her islamic counterparts,and these incidents are the exception not the norm

[bsking]

are we really afraid that that pictures going to make us think that Muslims are angry people

[mimi57]

LOL