BEHEADINGS: Terrorism devoid of religious beliefs

Florida Times-Union ^ | 09/25/2004 | PARVEZ AHMED

[pitinkie]

Another American has been beheaded in Iraq. While we hope it is the last, our fear is that many more may follow.

Each round of beheadings brings with it condemnations from Muslim groups, both in America and abroad. Islam does not teach wanton violence, no matter what the level of grievance.

Legitimate grievances do not justify the illegitimate acts of beheading innocent souls and planting bombs in schools.

An insidious Naziesque propaganda is under way, perpetuating a myth that the American-Muslim community has not condemned acts of terror and brutality. Facts suggest otherwise.

All major American-Muslim groups condemned Sept. 11, 2001, less than three hours after the first plane hit the World Trade Center. A major American-Muslim group took out an ad in The Washington Post condemning terror.

[Diogenesis]

Qur’an 8:12 “I shall terrorize the infidels.
So wound their bodies and incapacitate them
because they oppose Allah and His Apostle.”

Qur’an 8:57 “If you gain mastery over them in battle,
inflict such a defeat as would terrorize them,
so that they would learn a lesson and be warned.”

ONLY A PARTIAL LIST OF ISLAMIC TERRORIST MURDERS AND PLOTS

1968 Robert Kennedy assassinated
1972 Munich Olympics Sep-5,1972 (Black September)
1976 Entebbe Hostage Crisis, June 27, 1976
1979 Iran Hostage Crisis, Nov. 4, 1979 444 days
1979 Grand Mosque Seizure, Nov 20,1979
1981 Assassination of Egyptian President, Oct 6,1981
1982 Assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister, Sept 14, 1982
1983 Bombing of US Embassy in Beirut6, April 18,1983
1983 Bombing of Maring Barricks, Beruit, Oct 23,1983
1984 Hizballah Restaurant Bombing, April 12,1984
1985 Egyptian Airliner Hijacking, Nov 23,1985
1985 Rome Airport murders
1985 TWA Flight 847 hijacked, U.S. Navy diver murdered
1985 Achille Lauro hijacking, Homacidal maniac lived in saddams Iraq
1986 Aircraft Bombing in Greece, March 30, 1986
1988 Pan Am 747 Flight 103 Bombing, Lockerbie, 100's murdered
1988 Berlin Discoteque Bombing, Dec 21,1988
1992 Bombing in Israeli Embassy in Argentina, March 17,1992
1993 Attempted Assassination of Pres. Bush Sr., April 14,1993
1993 First World Trade Center bombing, February 26th, 7 Killed, Hundreds injured, Billions
1994 Air France Hijacking, Dec 24,1994
1995 Attack on US Diplomats in Pakistan, Mar 8,1995
1995 Saudi Military Installation Attack, Nov 13, 1995
1995 Kashmiri Hostage taking, July 4,1995
1996 Khobar Towers attack
1996 Sudanese Missionarys Kidnapping, Aug 17,1996
1996 Paris Subway Explosion, Dec 3,1996
1997 Israeli Shopping Mall Bombing, Sept 4, 1997
1997 Yemeni Kidnappings, Oct 30,1997
1998 Somali Hostage taking crisis, April 15,1998
1998 U.S. Embassy Bombing in Peru, Jan 15, 1998
1998 U.S. Kenya Embassy blown up, 100's murdered
1998 U.S. Tanzania Embassy blown up, 100's murdered
1999 Plot to blow up Space Needle (thwarted)
2000 USS Cole attacked, many U.S. Navy sailors murdered
2000-2003 Intifada against Israel - 100's dead and injured
2000 Manila Bombing, Dec 30,2000
2001 4 Commercial airliners hijacked, 250+ murdered
2001 World Trade Center attacked, 2800+ murdered
2001 Flight 93 murders
2001 Pentagon attacked, 180+ murdered
2002 Reporter Daniel Pearl, kidnapped and murdered
2002 Philippines American missionary, Filipino nurse killed
2002 July 4, El Al attack Los Angeles LAX, several murdered
2002 Bali bombing - 200 dead, 300 injured
2002 Yemen, French Oil Tanker attacked
2002 Marines attacked / murdered in Kuwait
2002 Washington D.C. sniper
2002 Russian Theater attacked, 100+ dead
2002 Nigerian riots against Miss World Pageant, 200 dead, dozens injured
2002 Mombasa Hotel Attacked, 12 dead, dozens injured
2002 Israeli Boeing 757 attacked by missiles, fortunately no one injured
2002 August Hotel bombing in Jakarta, Indonesia. 12 dead, dozens injured.
2003 Rusian concert bombing
2003 Phillipines airport and market bombing
2003 Foiled SAM plot in the USA
2003 UN Baghdad HQ Bombing
on and on and on and on it goes .........

[Fatalis]

" Terrorism is an evil response that is obviously devoid of any religious or spiritual basis. "

Didn't Muhammad chop off some heads too?

[bootyist-monk]

Islam does not teach wanton violence, no matter what the level of grievance.

Comedy gold, Jerry... comedy gold.

[Bahbah]

"the author contends that terrorism is not rooted in any inherent hatred toward America but rather has everything to do with U.S. policies and actions in the Muslim world."

Absolute junk (the nice word).

[Erik Latranyi]

The war against Islamic Fundamentalists must continue and escalate.

We are the United States of America and an apology from Usama Bin Laden himself will not deter us from our mission to, once again, remake the world into a better place for all mankind.

[Migraine]

What do repeated condemnations achieve, anyway? They have not satisfied our many detractors and, more importantly, they have failed to make any impression on the terrorists.

You misunderstand, O misguided ragtime cowboy, we do not seek your repeated condemnations (any more than we seek OJ Simpson to repeat his vow to spend the rest of his life "looking for the real killers"). Empty words, all. What is needed is an uprising in Islam directed INWARDLY, showing at once an intense outrage (the kind you see in the eyes of those who take to the streets, chanting wildly, eyes-glazed-over, slobbering-at-the-mouth, USA flag-burning, GW Bush-effigy-stomping ragheads), and a follow-through which has Muslim taking Muslim to the woodshed, Muslim style, gettin' medieval, until a genuine internal shakeout begins to occur. That is what we are looking for, you mealy-mouthed, warthog-faced buffoon.

[i_dont_chat]

"Unless U.S. policy effectively addresses the root cause issue . . ."

What, exactly do these anti-American Islamic groups want the U.S. to address?

What possibly has the U.S. done to bring this about? NOTHING. We are attacked and are being attacked because of who we are and what we believe.

I refuse to stopping being me and I refuse to stop believing what I believe.

If these murderers continue to kill us, we MUST kill them FIRST to preserve our way of life and life itself.

[pitinkie]

Totally agree...thought the same thing.

[jess35]

PARVEZ AHMED, board chairman, Council on American-Islamic Relations

Sorry Parvez. As a chairman of CAIR, you have zero credibility. Two Americans were beheaded this week. What was your reaction? None that I could see...except to blame America. You were too busy showing outrage at the removal of Yusef Islam, a hamas supporter, from the USA. The fact is that your organization didn't say a word until people started questioning your silence. You are a slimeball of the first order.

[MississippiMan]

PARVEZ AHMED, is speaking for CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations). Any more questions?

MM

[JeepInMazar]

I'm just curious, what version of the Quran are you quoting from? It is better English than the one I have.

[pitinkie]

I know I know....I read it and thought.."of course blame America".

[combat_boots]

Don't forget Beslan. At least a dozen women there had to make a Sophie's choice.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***1968 Robert Kennedy assassinated ***

Actually, Sirhan Sirhan was a Palestinian Christian, not a muslim.
You might want to add the takeover of a building in LA by Black muslims to protest the showing of a movie about Mohammed staring Anthony Quinn. They murdered someone there during the takeover. The film was immediatly pulled from the market.

[dennisw]

Sorry Parvez. As a chairman of CAIR, you have zero credibility......

CAIR is the worst! They cover for the Mohammedan terrorists all the time. They are an ugly organization. Very ugly and calculating. They have lawsuits going against people who have spoken up against them. They are skunks.

[spodefly]

http://www.muhammadanism.org/Islam/islam_beheading.pdf

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=13371

http://slate.msn.com/id/2103261/

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/25/world/main626196.shtml

http://www.mukto-mona.com/Articles/skm/beheading.htm

[Eastbound]

"Each round of beheadings brings with it condemnations from Muslim groups, both in America and abroad. Islam does not teach wanton violence, no matter what the level of grievance."

Check this thread to learn the truth of the matter:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1226570/posts

Really getting my fill of all these phony good cop, bad cop routines.

[Ranger]

With over 1.3 billion people to choose from, where is the islamic equivalent of Ghandi or M.L.King in our era?