Dear Rupert Murdoch,
Well, it seems that you have been at it again with your unabashed (and bizarre) anti-Muslim racism in regards to Malaysian Airlines Flight 370.
As the world was transfixed on the fate of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 and its unknown whereabouts, you have spent the last two weeks spewing conspiracy theories via Twitter’s 140-characters blaming Muslims for the airplane’s disappearance (even though the Malaysian Prime Minister has now officially announced that the ill-fated flight has crashed into the southern Indian Ocean not even close to any land area):
777. Still think this a reminder that US and China should be working more closely on Muslim extremist threat.
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) March 15, 2014
777crash confirms jihadists turning to make trouble for China. Chance for US to make common cause, befriend China while Russia bullies.
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) March 9, 2014
Strangely enough, you also had the audacity to claim (again without any shred of evidence) that maybe Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 was instead being “hidden” somewhere in Pakistan (like it was the Osama bin Laden of airplanes)
World seems transfixed by 777 disappearance. Maybe no crash but stolen, effectively hidden, perhaps in Northern Pakistan, like Bin Laden.
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) March 15, 2014
Now if this was the first time that you had expressed your anti-Muslim bona fides, I would be willing to chalk up your knucklehead statements to that of a cranky uncle at our annual (and fictitious) Muslim Mafia banquet dinner held every year at the Davos convention center.
But sadly, this was not the first time (nor will it be the last time) that you have blamed the world’s ills on my fellow Muslim sisters and brothers.
For example, you may remember that you took another potshot at Muslims writ large in August 2013 by saying that we Muslims find it “hardest” to integrate into Western societies:
Good for UK Chief Rabbi Sacks! "Let's put multiculturalism behind us". Societies have to integrate. Muslims find it hardest.
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) August 19, 2013
A few months earlier in May 2013, you also took to the Twitter-verse to offer your genius interpretation of the well-known verse from the Quran which condemns the killing of innocent people offering your own brilliant theological exegesis (I didn’t know that you had a PhD in Islamic theology):
Get real. Koran says(1) "whoever killed a human being…it shall be regarded as having killed all mankind…
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) May 26, 2013
Koran(2) "except as punishment for murder or other villainy" then defined as "those who wage war against Allah" punishable by beheading.
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) May 26, 2013
Of course, this is all even more ironic coming from a man who owns something called “News Corp” whose own code of ethics quite clearly states that all senior officers of your company (including yourself) shall “promote honest and ethical conduct” in all of your dealings and reporting.
But apparently, you have not read your own company’s code of ethics….Whatever…
So since you like to blame everything in the world on Muslims, I just wanted to say that the next time there is an earthquake, tsunami, mudslide, famine, tornado, stock market crash or traffic jam anywhere around the world, we Muslims are very sorry in advance.
Sincerely,
Arsalan Iftikhar (aka TheMuslimGuy.com)
