A Professor of the Binghamton University, New York, has been stabbed to death by a student to death. But none of America’s mainstream news organizations would pick the story. Why?
![]() Professor Richard T. Antoun |
The victim in this case is a Jew. And before I shed light on attacker's background, let us consider couple of possibilities:
1. Suppose a Jewish or black professor gets stabbed to death by a white Christian student.
No doubt the story would get into the frontpage of many newspapers; some even might suggest Christian/white extremism or racism behind the horrid act.
2. How about a case, in which a Muslim professor gets stabbed by a white Christian or Jewish student at the same university?
The story would undoubtedly make the frontpage news for almost every newspaper, combined, probably, with vociferous condemnation of American/Christian/Jewish extremism, racism, and Islamophobia, not only in America, but also all over the world.
In the present case, the attacker is a Muslim. While it is hard to get any information about the case, because of its lack of coverage by the media, some bloggers are reporting that the attacker, named Abdulsalam Al-Zahrani, 46, a graduate student of Cultural Anthropology at the university, is either from Egypt or Saudi Arabia.
![]() Abdulsalam Al-Zahrani, attacker of Prof. Richard T. Antoun |
While it can well be a freak criminal incident, but information coming out suggests that, for two reasons, it might well turn out to be a case of Jihad assassination as well.
First, the victim, Professor Emeritus Richard T. Antoun, 77, was a Professor of Anthropolgy, specialized in Middle Eastern and Fundamentalist studies.
Importantly, Antoun is a published author of several books on Islam, including “Understanding Fundamentalism: Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Movements”. It is possible that the attacker al-Zahrani did not like the Islamic part of his research.
Secondly, unconfirmed report claims that Professor Antoun was likely a convert to Judaism, from none other than the ‘religion of peace’, Islam. His grandfather was a Muslim.
Apostasy from Islam, we all know, is publishable by death, which the Saudis observe with strict enforcement.
These factors, individually or combined, can motivate a true Muslim, especially one from Saudi Arabia, to commit the crime for her/his religious conviction. But, for now, we have wait and see for information on the attacker's motive to come out, if at all.
Any how, stabbing of a university professor by his/her student in America is a once is lifetime incident of shocking proportion and deserve to get wide coverage in the media. Media's complete blacking out the news is a disgrace to journalistic ethics, and certainly because, the offender is a Muslim.

written by Mulhid , December 06, 2009
written by duh_swami , December 06, 2009
Maybe, but you will have to practice a lot...Your presentations are a little lame...
You should watch cable (if they have electricity where you live). Take notes on how the talking heads present stories about Muslims, Islam and terrorism. Especially tune in MSNBC and study the presentations of Kieth Olberman...You can get as good as he is in spewing Islamophobia in a few sessions...Once you have mastered the fine art of verbal procrastination, and lip reading, they may give you a job....It won't pay much at first, but the better you get at procrastination the pay will increase...That's how Olberman achieved fame and fortune, and you can do it to...
If you would notice, the MSM, especially in America does the best it can to hide any Muslim wrong doings...If you can't manage to land a job, you really should donate some money to them...Aside from Rasulullahhaha Obama, the MSM is your best friend. Their failing to provide coverage, as in the article, proves my point...Send MSNBC a check today...Olbermans kids need new shoes...
written by Clement , December 06, 2009
written by duh_swami , December 06, 2009
written by ciccio , December 06, 2009
written by saladin , December 06, 2009
It has long been advocated by racists and fascists to send the "blacks" home,to no avail.
Muslims and other immigrant groups are 4-5 generations settled in the major "western" countries.even if they decided to deport,it would be impossible to carry out,as there has been so much race mixing in the last 60-70 years,I think it`s called MULTICULTURALISM,too bad eh?
written by duh_swami , December 06, 2009
White converts would not be 'deported, they would be 'encouraged' to immigrate to the Islamic country of their choice. If no Islamic country would welcome these 'brothers' we can always re-open Devils Island...Demographic jihad is only effective if the invaded people are asleep...While Europe was sleeping you guys sneaked in.
That's Europe's problem and now they have to deal with it...But here in America, people are waking up...Islam has been 'found out', and has a low approval rating with Americans...Stealth jihad is working some, but that is also 'found out' and will be less effective as time goes on...You won't be able to hide behind 'religion' much longer...Soon you will leave of your own accord...No welfare, no jobs, no food...Yemen will start looking good...
written by Guy Macher , December 06, 2009
written by Guy Macher , December 06, 2009
written by duh_swami , December 06, 2009
Personally I never argue with Mahoundians nor do I debate them, for the basic reasons you state...But I do instruct them in the areas of 'family values'.
When I write, saladin takes notes...Soon I will have him convinced of the glories of apostasy. In the end, he will either apostate or quit beating his wife...maybe both...
written by Kohi , December 06, 2009
LOL yeah he can go forth with his boyfriend david eh?
written by henri4 , December 07, 2009
written by HARKAT UL JIHAD EI KAFIROON , December 07, 2009
death to pigdogpisslam
there is no dogpig but allah and muhamad is his pisspoopoo
written by Feras , December 07, 2009
So what if he's a muslim? if he killed the professor he'll be convicted although by the way you ppl act he'll be convicted even if he didn't
Plus how many hate crimes happen in the states daily?????? or was this the only one?
p.s don't relate this to islam if you don't know about islam, its a little bit ignorant to talk about something you heard other people talk about, don't you think?
written by BustedDivinity. , December 07, 2009
written by machmoed elchalid , December 07, 2009
It's not aboput this one fool who commited this horrible crime/act. It's islam and it's license to kill infidels. Even if someone thinks to kill someone due to whatever, they still might not doing it, but when they are encouraged by Allah, they stop thinking reasonable and do these crimes. In other words...islam/Allah is giving them a stick to beat the infidels.
written by Feras , December 07, 2009
Machmoed, Man trust me if he did this in an islamic country that would rule in an islamic manner he would be prosecuted and such crimes in islam are dealt with harshly by the death sentence. Now with this fact your telling me islam is supporting this????!!!!!!
I hope that this discussion goes into a constructive manner narrowing it to this specific case because going through other issues will make it an endless discussion
written by duh_swami , December 07, 2009
Just what is the 'Islamic ' penalty for killing an apostate or filthy kufr, Q-98:6, 9:5, or the perpetrators of an 'honor' killing? When was the last time a Muslim ' filthy kufr or apostate killer' was given the death penalty in any Sharia country?
written by Guy Macher , December 07, 2009
written by BustedDivinity. , December 07, 2009
I'm an ex-Muslim,saying I lack Islamic knowledge is a tangent away from arrogating my right, calling me ignorant is nowhere near a gentlemanly conversation, think before you act,respect is earned, no one is drifting, the crux of the issue is exposing Islam, a Muslim killed a man who wrote about Islam and an Arab student killed him, what other prime motive could we have other than a hate crime? Major Hassan killed his comrades, the media went hush and inverted on it, seen any pattern yet?
written by Feras , December 07, 2009
Perpetrators of an honor? can you be more specific so i can correctly answer this
Last question, the terrorists who were caught in Saudi were sent to the death penalty, those terrorists killed Muslims, Christians.... and sometimes they even killed Muslims only so do you think those people are actually following real Islam? Moreover, whether any Sharia country follows this or not is not a problem with islam its a problem with the country.
Please check this link
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090617075700AAzcIUw
written by Feras , December 07, 2009
For the perpetrators of an honor, would you be more specific so i can answer you correctly
In Saudi all the terrorists who were caught were sentenced to death for their acts of violence against Muslims and Non-Muslims. Moreover, if a country does not follow Sharia its a problem with the country not a problem with Sharia.
Please visit
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090617075700AAzcIUw
and excuse me but i will not reply any more since some people over here are filled with hatred and claim they are fighting hatred in the world.
Thank you
written by Feras , December 07, 2009
No offense buddy but if you were an ex-Muslim then you really did not know Islam.
Islam is being ruined by stupid acts of people who do not understand it. All what i aim for from this is not to defend this guy or any thing i'm just trying to show people that this is not related to Islam just like crimes carried out on Muslims are not related to Christianity or Judaism or.........
Nice talking to you all and BustedDivinity do accept my apology
written by duh_swami , December 07, 2009
F...First of all the penalty is the death sentence. "who ever comes in peace will be dealt with in peace and who ever comes in harm will be dealt with in harm" this is Islam.
It's never Islams fault...It's always some variety of kufr...
'ALL' kufrs come to Islam with harm, that's why they are kufrs...Allah's greatest enemy is kufr (disbelief). They (kufrs) all deserve to be killed...They are warring with Allah...'That's' Islam...Convert, accept dhimmitude or die...'That's' Islam...Allah wrote a book called the Quran...In it he clearly identified his enemies, and clearly instructed his submitters on how he want's them to act toward his enemies...9:5...8:12...8:39...8:60...5:33 and over a hundred more...'That's' Islam'...Is Allah not clear enough?? Does he need to write another book? Does he need to send another Prophet? If you read hadith, you will see that the 'last Prophet', was somewhat lacking...Maybe Mahdi can square you people up, if he ever leaves his well...
The Saudi's execute terrorists who act against 'them'...Most of them, but not all, are sent to Saudi rehabilitation centers, and later released... "that's Islam...
How many Egyptian Muslims have been arrested, convicted and executed for killing or assaulting Christian Copts? 'That's' Islam...
I can give examples of unpunished, or lightly punished 'honor killings, and I know how they connect with Islam...But that is the subject for some other thread...
I never click on a link offered by a Muslim...Those bugs jump...
written by saladin , December 07, 2009
Islam is not alien to Europe,thats why we feel at home here.It feels like the moorish sultans never left.
written by Mulhid , December 07, 2009
"Machmoed, Man trust me if he did this in an islamic country that would rule in an islamic manner he would be prosecuted and such crimes in islam are dealt with harshly by the death sentence. Now with this fact your telling me islam is supporting this????!!!!!!"
The murdered person was Jewish. The filthy prophet Muhammad himself told Muslims to kill Jews.
"The apostle said, 'Kill any Jew that falls into your power.'
The Life of Muhammad (translation of Ibn Ishaq's Sira) page 369. You idiot should read your own canonical books.
I bet that in one of the hellholes of Dar al Islam the murderer would not only be released; there is a big chance that he will receive a reward for obeying the commandment of Muhammad (piss be upon him).
written by duh_swami , December 07, 2009
Islams presence in Europe is something the Europeans have to deal with if they so choose...You have never had a large presence in most of Europe until fairly recently, maybe Spain for a short time...The number of Muslims in the Netherlands in 1960, was 1600, 800,000 in 2004 , now about a million...That's a lot, but they have not been there 1000 years...It's just taken them 1000 years to get there...Islams presence in Europe is proof of Islamic hegemony...if the Europeans want to accept dhimmitude, it's up to them...
You guys can't even capture Rome...You will have a much harder time with America...Allah's plan for world domination will be slowed way down and stopped...Americans will never accept Sharia...You can maybe terrorize some of them, but you can't beat them...If you are relying on the Sunni Obama, he will punk out on you...
written by Yorkshire Miner , December 07, 2009
written by berq to yorkshire miner , December 07, 2009
written by Tom Billesley , December 07, 2009
The muderer Abdulsalam Al-Zahrani was a Saudi national. His room mates described his behaviour which was evidently psychotic and with paranoid delusions. Waving a knife he had asked a room mate if he was afraid of dying, shouted phone conversations with his room door open, and claimed to be persecuted. He didn't mention the professor in his ranting. Other muslim students on campus avoided him. He had asked one fellow muslim student to tell three other muslim students to stop following him, answered one student's greeting of peace with an obscene insult, and disparaged a local mosque as "garbage in Johnson City". It all sounds a bit chaotic for his behaviour to be taqqiya.
He's been charged with second degree muder. I think this murderer was a failed student whose doctoral dissertation was about to be rejected and he could not cope with his failure.
Not every muslim with murderous intent is on a jihadi mission - sometimes it is just murder.
written by Demsci , December 07, 2009
Feras for the umptiest time tries to exonerate Islam from bad deeds done by it's followers. Now Islam does have both violent AND peaceful texts. And the question is: Does it have influence or not? If it does not influence it's followers when they behave bad, why should we believe it influences it's followers when they behave good? That last is what Muslims like to believe. But Islam does not prevent bad deeds in its followers, not significantly more anyway than what any possible other religion or lack thereof prevents it's followers to do. Especially when Muslims are in power. Islam has had ample time and power but it failed.
If it does not influence both bad and good behavior, or does not prevent bad behavior in a significant way, then it is not relevant and it is followed for no good reason, in our opinion. Or do Muslims think, that regardless of it's apparent lack of (beneficial) influence, that because it's Allahs word and the truth, that is enough? Because Allah knows best? But the idea that the Quran is the true word of Allah is also heavily discredited by now.
written by Machmoed elchalid , December 08, 2009
I'm not telling islam does but i'm telling you that koran, hadieth, prophet (sirat) do tell so. The islam you're talking about (islam of today) wasn't even there in the time of Muhammad. the fact was and is that the prophet as it is written did propagate hatred against infidels and ordered to kill some individuals especially when they do not believe him and then i ask myself: if it was from God/Allah he never will condamn someone because he has God besides him and then he would know that Allah is going to deal with them...but this never happened...always the sword...so for me Allah was/is his alter-ego . The biggest bullshit about Allah is ofcourse about the injustice done to slaves and Allah didnot change it because we have no abrogated verses about slaves...so to Allah slaves will be always inferior....how can someone believe so.
written by Mulhid , December 08, 2009
Respectfully yours,
Mulhid.
written by duh_swami , December 08, 2009
All Muslims are on jihad missions...It's obligatory...
It depends on who is killed...If he kills another Muslim, that is one thing, when he kills a filthy kufr, automatically at war with Allah, that is quite another.
If he kills a Muslim, that is not an apostate, or an adulterer, he may be executed by a Islamic court...If he kills an apostate or filthy kufr, or a Christian who mishandled a Quran (maybe), or an 'honor killing'.. he will most likely get a slap on the wrist.
If he crashes a plane and kills lots of kufrs (Lockerbie), he is given a hero's welcome (Libya)...Allah may not 'cause' all 'murder' in Islam, but he does not prevent them either...Allah's book and the examples of Mohammad encourage such behavior...Mohammad himself contracted murder for his adversaries, which did not involve 'fighting in Allah's cause(s)'...Those incidents were 'personal'...
Just plain murder...But because these actions were perpetrated by the 'Perfect man and role model', his behavior is mimicked by modern Muslims...
written by Mulhid , December 08, 2009
written by Tom Billesley , December 08, 2009
I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read,
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed,
And on the pedestal these words appear:
'My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Percy Bishe Shelley
written by NSC London , December 09, 2009
Yeah, have you met our friend Switzerland? Europe already hates Islam.
written by machmoed elchalid , December 09, 2009
written by saladin , December 09, 2009
If that is the only victory of Islamophobia in Europe,I`ll gladly settle for that.I`ts not like mosques have been banned,just minerets.The money saved can be spent on spreading the truth of Islam and gaining more converts.
Face it people,your shitty hate propaganda aint working.Too bad eh?
written by JT Marks , December 09, 2009
Hahahahhah sez a boy who speads hate from his safe life in a FREE conutry. Go back home sand fly!
written by Yorkshire Miner , December 09, 2009
It is impossible too have truth in religion because you cannot scientifically prove that god exists or is needed for the creation of the universe all you can say is that religion is a valid hypothesis. By the act of faith or believe, a bit like a magician waving a magic wand you change a valid hypothesis into a truth. it is obviously not true when you look at religions that are well past there sell by date such as the religion of the Vikings or the Greeks. People do not believe them any more so they are looked on as somewhat silly. What you should do is take the creations myths of the of the various religions for that is what there theology is based on, and compare them with the scientific version of creation which is true. There have been several versions over the years the steady state theory forcefully defended by a compatriot of my country Fred Hoyle basically said that the Universe has existed for ever and the Big Bang theory which states that the universe began about 13.5 billion years ago from a point of of infinite density temperature and timelessness. The discovery of the back ground radiation several decades ago was the final clincher that won the debate. The Big Bang Hypothesis is true. From the endeavour of thousands, mainly Western Scientist over the years from many different different disciplines each bringing a piece of the jigsaw puzzle we now have a very good scientific, true conception of creation. It doesn't even take God out of the equation if you don't want too it just pushes him back to before the big bang. It doesn't even dethrone him it just limits his radius of action. If you believe in this God which I don't by the way then you have too logically believe that he is all knowing and all powerful to have set the cosmological constants and pushed the button to get the big bang started. Now it seems to me that if he is all powerful it was rather remiss of him to tell Mohamed a lie that when the sun goes down it disappears into a puddle. why didn't he tell him that what Mohamed was seeing was the result of the earth spinning on its axis as it circles the sun. Now being the logical Kuffer I am, I say too myself that if Big G lied too Big Mo once then surely he lied too him about the the rest, and that the Koran is a load of crap that Mohamed who showed signs of mental instability made up too suit his own nefarious ends. Now I suggest you take your hand off your dick stop banging you head on the floor while farting in your Neighbours and do something useful like reading a book eat a bacon sandwich digging in the Garden or better still draw cartoons which I do being a professional animator. you will find it much more satisfying
deep regards
written by NSC London , December 10, 2009
written by Machmoed elchalid , December 10, 2009
written by Machmoed elchalid , December 10, 2009
It is impossible too have truth in religion because you cannot scientifically prove that god exists or is needed for the creation of the universe all you can say is that religion is a valid hypothesis.
Actually it's already been proven by Stephan Hawking that God is not necessary for the universe to be as we know it. The laws within our universe are enough to the universe to become what it is. We don't know who created these laws, it might be god. After the big bang/big bounce the universe was already set. After this no God is needed...that's the conclusion of sir Hawking.
written by saladin , December 10, 2009
You weren`t a scab by any chance?
written by Yorkshire Miner , December 10, 2009
I couldn't agree with you more, I cannot remember when I have not been an atheist, I seem to have been born with a Teflon brain, all the religious cant and crap just seems to slide off. Sir Stephan Hawking is excellent, but may I suggest a Book called CREATION REVISITED. by Peter Atkins a professor of chemistry from Oxford. He is one of the more vocal atheists in Britain along with Richard Dawkins. In my estimation he writes much better. I am certain you will enjoy it.
Deep Regards
written by Yorkshire Miner , December 10, 2009
By the way I wasn't a scab In fact I had been a Branch President for many years, knew Arthur Scargill quiet well when he was a delegate from Wolley pit. There are still quiet a few miners in Yorkshire by the way there are still a few pits open. Decent people working hard to put food on the table and pay all those extra taxes to keep all those immigrants in the way to which they have been unaccustomed to, in there own, countries. May I take the time now too thank you for being true too form by calling me a Islamophobe I would have been disappointed if you had not used this form of abuse, first. A phobia by the way is an irrational fear, having studied Islam I can assure you my fears are quiet rational. There are few more the unthinking can use when they don't get the better of the argument. Try Xenophobe next time, a hatred of foreigners. I don't think that fits the bill, travelled round India for two years on a motor cycle, loved it, loved the people. You could of cause use the good old fashioned stand by Racist. mind you if I told you why I am not a racist you wouldn't believe me so lets just leave at that. Now why don't you just stop calling people names and rationally explain too the people here why Islam is a religion of peace and we can rationally answer and tell you why you are talking a lot of F**king Crap. Sorry about that just the blunt Yorkshire man in me.
Deep Regards.
written by Tom Billesley , December 10, 2009
Previous posting that Professor Antoun was a member of Unitarian Universalist Church in Binghamton New York was not correct. With a bit more research from the preface of one of his books reproduced at
http://openanthropology.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/antounpreface.pdf the new information is:
His parents were married in a Methodist Church in the US having previously been married in a civil cermony in Brazil. He went to a Methodist Sunday School as a child, but only for secular activities such as basketball and received no religious teaching. When he bagan teaching at University he became interested in religions He attended Society of Friends (Quaker) meetings, Lutheran church services and Unitarian church services, particularly the latter after his parents had become members of the local Unitarian Church and his brother became a minister in another Unitarian Church. He does not however state that he became a member of a Unitarian Church. He said in the preface that "more recently I have been introduced to Judaism, particularly the Reformed tradition, through my wife". However he does not say that he had formally converted to Judaism nor that he had adopted any or all of the beliefs and practices of Judaism.
written by Mohammad.A.Khan , December 11, 2009












On Dec 6th in a quiet suburban street,Mark Smith 14 years old,was knocked off his bike while delivering papers.
"I heard this speeding car,then I was hit",said the startled youth.
"As I got up I was able to see the face of the driver,he had a large beard and was brown looking,I think he had a turban too".
The local sheriff`s dept is very concerned and has called in the FBI,Homeland security,DEA,CIA,AT&F.
Sherrif Plonker said,"We believe this to be a new form of Islamic jihadist terrorist attack,I have called the federal authorities and will be speaking to the president soon".
What about it chumps,do you think I could get a job writing Islamophobic crap eh?