{"id":55,"date":"2009-07-03T17:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T12:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mriyas.com\/wp\/?p=55"},"modified":"2011-01-27T14:41:55","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T09:11:55","slug":"muslims-need-to-calm-down-about-boycotts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mriyas.com\/wp\/?p=55","title":{"rendered":"Muslims Need To Calm Down About Boycotts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saqibsaab.com\/2009\/02\/03\/muslims-need-to-calm-down-about-boycotts\/#more-333\">SaqibSaab<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/muslimmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/boycott_starbucks_mcdonalds_cocacola.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"boycott_starbucks_mcdonalds_cocacola.jpg\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/muslimmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/boycott_starbucks_mcdonalds_cocacola-120x120-custom.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>A sister who works at an Islamic school once received a Starbucks gift card from one of her co-workers. Unaware of the issue of boycotting Starbucks, she unknowingly walked into the teachers lounge one morning with a small Mocha in hand. She was then met with an uproar from her fellow Muslim staff. Without kindly explaining anything to her, they yelled at her, told her she wasn\u2019t allowed in the room, that her drink was killing Palestinian babies, and that she didn\u2019t care about Muslims in Palestine.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The sister apologized repeatedly, trying to explain that she didn\u2019t know about the boycott and that she purchased her drink using a gift card. When the angry Muslim staff refused to listen and one of them began to cry, she then threw her nearly full drink away.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">We Muslims need to calm down a bit when it comes to this boycott issue. For years we\u2019ve been blindly sending out Emails and messages with collections of links and information on possible connections between certain corporations and the Israeli government and military. However, in the middle of this attempt to support our Palestinian brothers and sisters, we\u2019ve lost our heads over some key important issues.<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suhaibwebb.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>A Lack of Corporate Understanding<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">It also seems as if we need a better understanding of the nature of public entities. In the midst of the heightened Israeli oppression in Gaza, corporations under the spotlight of have received increased pressure from boycotters. Here are some responses as recent as a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.starbucks.com\/aboutus\/pressdesc.asp?id=976\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"starbucks_50.jpg\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saqibsaab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/starbucks_50.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.starbucks.com\/aboutus\/pressdesc.asp?id=976\"><strong>Facts about Starbucks in the Middle East<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">January 16, 2009<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><u><strong>Myths<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Is it true that Starbucks provides financial support to Israel?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">No. This is absolutely untrue. Rumors that Starbucks Coffee Company provides financial support to the Israeli government and\/or the Israeli Army are unequivocally false. Starbucks is a publicly held company and as such, is required to disclose any corporate giving each year through a proxy statement. In addition, articles in the London Telegraph (U.K.), New Straits Times (Malaysia), and Spiked (online) provide an outside perspective on these false rumors.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Has Starbucks ever sent any of its profits to the Israeli government and\/or Israeli army?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">No. This is absolutely untrue.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Is it true that Starbucks is teaming with other American corporations to send their last several weeks of profits to the Israeli government and\/or the Israeli Army?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">No. This is absolutely untrue.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcdonalds.com\/corp\/news\/corppr\/2009\/01_15_09_-_mcdonald.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mcdonalds_48.gif\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saqibsaab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/mcdonalds_48.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcdonalds.com\/corp\/news\/corppr\/2009\/01_15_09_-_mcdonald.html\"><strong>McDonald\u2019s Dispels War Effort Internet Rumors<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">There are new rumors circulating on the internet regarding \u201cMcDonald\u2019s donating profits to the war in Israel.\u201d These rumors are absolutely false. McDonald\u2019s never has and never will support war efforts in any area of the world through sales and profits in our restaurants.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecoca-colacompany.com\/contactus\/myths_rumors\/middle_east.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"coca-cola_50.jpg\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saqibsaab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/coca-cola_50.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecoca-colacompany.com\/contactus\/myths_rumors\/middle_east.html\"><strong>Rumor: Coca-Cola contributes profits to Israel<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In an effort to rally Arab boycotts against The Coca-Cola Company and other American companies, many variations of a rumor exist claiming that our company provides financial support to Israel. One widely circulated rumor claims NBC reported that Coca-Cola had announced it would donate four days\u2019 profits to Israel.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Our Response<\/strong>: This information is not true, but has been circulated by ill-informed or ill-intentioned third parties. The Coca-Cola Company is not political, and does not support individual countries, governments or political or religious causes.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The Coca-Cola Company and its bottling partners operate worldwide in more than 200 countries. While The Coca-Cola Company is a global company, the Coca-Cola business in each country is a local business. Coca-Cola beverages are produced, sold and distributed by authorized local bottling partners, who own and operate bottling plants and sales\/distribution centers, employing many local citizens.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">While websites like Innovative Minds do the most extensive job of documenting a case for boycotting those companies, I feel they stretch the corporate responsibility a bit too much. Any business operation by a corporation in Israel is deemed as \u201cpromoting Israel.\u201d The site also links the private activities like those of Starbucks CEO Howard Schulz way too closely with the corporation as a public entity.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">A simple study of the nature of financial reporting, and how the SEC has extremely strict regulations in the name of corporate transparency, would raise one\u2019s brow quite high as to this claim. This could be one reason why we believe exaggerated Emails and text messages.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>I\u2019ll Take a Tall Mocha, Light Whip, No Manners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In an age where there is a wide array of information with little means of verification, this boycott issue has become complicated. Maybe the person didn\u2019t know about the issue and was truly unaware, or they are just unsure about the facts.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">If you see someone buying products and you feel they shouldn\u2019t be, instead of chastising them, inform them politely and with respect. Losing your cool and having bad <em>akhl\u0101q<\/em> (manners) will not get you anywhere in your position. The lack of <em>akhl\u0101q<\/em> in the response of the Muslim teaching staff to the sister showed how we\u2019ve allowed <em>Shayt\u0101n<\/em> to use this issue to his advantage.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>The Self-Victimization Tendency of Muslims<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Aside from bad manners, we Muslims also have a tendency to practice self-victimization. We\u2019re way too quick to show that we\u2019re being attacked and blame others for our problems, resulting in our tendency to overshoot things at times.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">For example, many Muslims sent out and believed Email and text messages claiming that Starbucks and McDonald\u2019s would be donating a week\u2019s worth of revenue to the Israeli government. Not only is that far from impossible, it was embarrassing to know that Muslims believed such a ludicrous notion. Multi-million dollar corporations don\u2019t give up days\u2019 worth of sales revenue towards religious or political causes. They\u2019d get owned by the SEC in a split second, let alone their stockholders. Are we Muslims so insecure about ourselves that we\u2019ll believe anything we hear, or are we just that uneducated?<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Refocus Our Emotion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Based on how we\u2019ve reacted to these boycotts and other secondary efforts to support our oppressed Palestinian brethren, it\u2019s clear that we need to calm down and have more of a straight head about the issue altogether. I am not against the boycotts in any way, and am in fact for boycotting those companies and organizations that directly support the likes of Israel or Denmark. What I am saying, however, is we can do a better job of channeling our energy in supporting the Palestinian cause.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Gaza has been destroyed by the Israeli military machine. There are now hundreds of new needs to rebuild the strip, from building libraries, to purchasing and sending hospital and medical equipment, to all kinds of different needs for the area. We should channel our emotion over something as small as boycotting coffee, coke, and french fries to assembling a massive effort in working to rebuild Gaza for the future.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" alt=\"gaza_shuhada_students_jan_2009.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saqibsaab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/gaza_shuhada_students_jan_2009.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Until we do, we need to calm down when it comes to the boycotts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: SaqibSaab A sister who works at an Islamic school once received a Starbucks gift card from one of her co-workers. Unaware of the issue of boycotting Starbucks, she unknowingly walked into the teachers lounge one morning with a small Mocha in hand. 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