Thanks for highlighting that post. His examples are all Arab, but the same point might be made of South Asian Muslims, who are resisting the Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
I guess I would add that resistance to the Israeli occupation/settlement enterprise is, as far as I’m concerned, resistance to terrorism. That’s how I would characterize everyday occurrences like this one:
Though you wouldn’t learn it from our mainstream press, a huge amount of it is entirely non-violent. For a concrete example (so to speak), watch the movie “Budrus,” which depicts just one corner of the resistance.
Thanks for highlighting that post. His examples are all Arab, but the same point might be made of South Asian Muslims, who are resisting the Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
I guess I would add that resistance to the Israeli occupation/settlement enterprise is, as far as I’m concerned, resistance to terrorism. That’s how I would characterize everyday occurrences like this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC5_W_zUzHc
Though you wouldn’t learn it from our mainstream press, a huge amount of it is entirely non-violent. For a concrete example (so to speak), watch the movie “Budrus,” which depicts just one corner of the resistance.
http://www.justvision.org/budrus