Posted on 09/14/2004 9:35:14 AM PDT by eagles
Press Corner We are so Sorry for 9-11 September 11, 2004 By Kamal Nawash
This September 11 marks the third unforgettable anniversary of the worst mass murder in American history.
After September 11, many in the Muslim world chose denial and hallucination rather than face up to the sad fact that Muslims perpetrated the 9-11 terrorist acts and that we have an enormous problem with extremism and support for terrorism. Many Muslims, including religious leaders, and “intellectuals” blamed 9-11 on a Jewish conspiracy and went as far as fabricating a tale that 4000 Jews did not show up for work in the World Trade Center on 9-11. Yet others blamed 9-11 on an American right wing conspiracy or the U.S. Government which allegedly wanted an excuse to invade Iraq and “steal” Iraqi oil.
After numerous admissions of guilt by Bin Laden and numerous corroborating admissions by captured top level Al-Qaida operatives, we wonder, does the Muslim leadership have the dignity and courage to apologize for 9-11? If not 9-11, will we apologize for the murder of school children in Russia? If not Russia, will we apologize for the train bombings in Madrid, Spain? If not Spain, will we apologize for suicide bombings in buses, restaurants and other public places? If not suicide bombings, will we apologize for the barbaric beheadings of human beings? If not beheadings, will we apologize for the rape and murder of thousands of innocent people in Darfour? If not Darfour, will we apologize for the blowing up of two Russian planes by Muslim women?
What will we apologize for? What will it take for Muslims to realize that those who commit mass murder in the name of Islam are not just a few fringe elements? What will it take for Muslims to realize that we are facing a crisis that is more deadly than the Aids epidemic? What will it take for Muslims to realize that there is a large evil movement that is turning what was a peaceful religion into a cult?
Will Muslims wake up before it is too late? Or will we continue blaming the Jews and an imaginary Jewish conspiracy? The blaming of all Muslim problems on Jews is a cancer that is destroying Muslim society from within and it must stop.
Muslims must look inward and put a stop to many of our religious leaders who spend most of their sermons teaching hatred, intolerance and violent jihad. We should not be afraid to admit that as Muslims we have a problem with violent extremism. We should not be afraid to admit that so many of our religious leaders belong behind bars and not behind a pulpit. Only moderate Muslims can challenge and defeat extremist Muslims. We can no longer afford to be silent. If we remain silent to the extremism within our community then we should not expect anyone to listen to us when we complain of stereotyping and discrimination by non-Muslims; we should not be surprised when the world treats all of us as terrorists; we should not be surprised when we are profiled at airports. Simply put, not only do Muslims need to join the war against terror, we need to take the lead in this war.
As to apologizing, we will no longer wait for our religious leaders and “intellectuals” to do the right thing. Instead, we will start by apologizing for 9-11. We are so sorry that 3000 people were murdered in our name. We will never forget the sight of people jumping from two of the highest buildings in the world hoping against hope that if they moved their arms fast enough that they may fly and survive a certain death from burning.
We are sorry for blaming 9-11 on a Jewish or right wing conspiracy. We are so sorry for the murder of more than three hundred school children and adults in Russia. We are so sorry for the murder of train passengers in Spain. We are so sorry for all the victims of suicide bombings. We are so sorry for the beheadings, abductions, rapes, violent Jihad and all the atrocities committed by Muslims around the world. We are so sorry for a religious education that raised killers rather than train people to do good in the world. We are sorry that we did not take the time to teach our children tolerance and respect for other people. We are so sorry for not rising up against the dictators who have ruled the Muslim world for decades. We are so sorry for allowing corruption to spread so fast and so deep in the Muslim world that many of our youth lost hope. We are so sorry for allowing our religious leaders to relegate women to the status of forth class citizens at best and sub-humans at worse.
We are so sorry.
said it once, I'll say it again
everything I want to know about Muslims
I learned on 911
Welcome to reality. We are glad to have you aboard.
Most important line.
The author is a brave man. And I don't mean it in the usual, silly way that cowards like Jim Jeffords are called "brave."
By writing this, the author has certainly made some very serious people mad enough to kill him.
A little late, too...
Big Deal. Three have compassion & 1 Billion are still celebrating.
My bet is Mr. Kamal Nawash will soon be hiding out in the same London flat as Salman Rushdie. Either that, or the results of the fatwah against him will be on Page B23 of the NYT.
Kamal Nawash ran for Congress in Northern VA before 9/11. IIRC, he formed this group a few months ago.
What's the scoop on Kamal? Legit, or no?
They sure are doing alot ass kissing these days. Time to repair the image, public funding is down, numbers are down, converts are down. This stuff is just a bunch of B.S.
The day they change the koran and its message of hate and to kill the infidel, kill the Jew and convert the Christian, then and maybe then, I'll believe their message. As for now the line in the sand has been drawn.
Middle eastern politics is deadly and the deceptiondown there is wickedly evil.
Maybe if it was the mosque in mecca with a million people bombed they would then understand American Policy and what 911 meant. Until then hope your P.R fails.
Timing is everything.
Kamal does have himself in the midst of the U.S. Wahabbi lobby, right here in Northern VA.
Other places in the U.S. may have the immigrant sympathizers, but we have (or at least had) the real power brokers, the Wahabbi imams, the Hamas fundraisers, CAIR, WAMY, even a bin Laden or two. We have the Dar al Hijra mosque, where a few of the 9/11 terrorists were able to locate phony VA ID's.
It'll be interesting to see what happens with Kamal.
I submit those who are sincere will walk away from this false beast created 600 years after the Truth was delivered, once and for all, according to the Book of Jude, and find their hope elsewhere than mad mo.
the Faith was delivered *once* to the Saints, not twice and certainly not 600 years apart.
3 years too late mulsims
And you'll keep on being sorry.
I don't believe you.
The encouragement I would give adherents of islam is to walk away from this seriously flawed religion and burn their copies of the evil Koran before the rest of humanity is forced to cram it down their throats!
I don't believe in collective guilt. I don't believe I'm responsible for slavery because I'm white, any more than I hold all Jews accountable for the Crucifiction or Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, or blacks accountable for Colin Ferguson or Idi Amin. If ALL Muslims are responsible for 9/11, they should ALL be hanged. But don't count me in on that lynch mob. I still believe in individuality, in terms of both merit and culpability, and those who have not participated in or aided evil are not evil by virtue of the fortuity of their birth.
It's been three years now. Show us evidence that you are sorry. Your words are just noise.
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