You know, a meme is now circulating that's called the Ostrich Brigade. And it's used to describe all … - Dalia Mogahed

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

I'm a child of the 70's; influenced mostly by albums that had a wide variety of style.

Dalia Mogahed

You know, a meme is now circulating that's called the Ostrich Brigade. And it's used to describe all those people who are burying their heads in the sand. I call it the three D strategy. It's denial, deflection, and a demonization of those of us who want to speak honestly about these issues of extremism.

Issues, Know, Ostriches, People, Sand

Same Author Quotes

We don't want to bury our heads in the sand about serious issues.

Bury, Issues, Serious, Want

I had actually, after the Paris attacks in this country, we all patted ourselves on the back and said, "Well, we have a much more assimilated Muslim population here than they do in Europe. "

Assimilated, Attacks, Country, Europe, Paris

There are many other [then ISIS] terrorist organizations. And their primary victims are Muslims. I think that's very important.

Isis, Muslims, Organization, Organizations, Terrorist, Thinking

Muslims have a right to every other people, like everybody, to come to the United States.

Everybody, Like, People, States, United, United States

When we talked about a wall, right, to try to keep out this threat. The problem is that these are ideas. And they are filtering throughout the world. And it was naïve, and I think ultimately, the reason why we, as Muslims, stood on Friday and went to the mosque and took the risks on our own lives, is because we've had enough. I think the world has had enough.

Filtering, Friday, Ideas, Problem, Thinking, Wall