Posted on 07/09/2005 8:29:54 PM PDT by saquin
"We have fulfilled our promise and carried out our blessed military raid in Britain after our mujahideen exerted strenuous efforts over a long period of time to ensure the success of the raid." This was how an Islamist group, using the Al Qaeda brand name, announced its responsibility for the terror attacks that claimed at least 40 lives in London yesterday. Although the exact circumstances of the attack in London remain murky, one thing is certain: this was a suicide operation aimed at killing as many civilians as possible. That the raid came on the day the G-8 summit opened in Scotland is certainly significant. However, it is safe to assume that the terrorists have been trying to hit London for years.
What do we do about people who are prepared to court certain death in exchange for killing others? The question has been asked by the Israelis for years and by the Americans since 9/11. It is now the turn of the British to ponder on it.
The first thing to do is not to be impressed by the fact that an individual who has been brainwashed out of his or her humanity is ready to die in order to kill others. The only reasonable way to treat such individuals is as a new form of weaponry. Just like all other weapons that impress when first introduced, these suicide-killers will continue to terrorize and fascinate until we find an antidote.
Cyrus the Great used camels as a weapon when he conquered Babylon. Hannibal used elephants for his raid on Rome. The Islamist terror leaders who wish to conquer the world and convert the whole of humankind to their brand of "true Islam" have gone one step further by using the human body as a weapon. However, like all other arms, this new weapon is designed by some people, financed by investors, manufactured somewhere, and deployed by leaders who can be identified and destroyed.
These human weapons are designed and shaped by a constant flow of anti-Western propaganda from Arab satellite television, the so-called Islamic associations, and countless madrassas (Islamic schools) and mosques throughout the world, including London itself. The root cause of the tragedy is a discourse that divided mankind into the believers and "the infidels", inciting hatred among followers of different faiths. This discourse is based upon a litany of woes about the "Cross-worshippers" and the "plotting Jews" who supposedly want to destroy Islam. You will hear how the West is mired in corruption, its womenfolk exposing their midriffs in public, and its governments sanctioning gay and lesbian marriages. You will also hear how "the Crusaders" have invaded Muslim lands and are trying to impose their democratic system on Afghanistan and Iraq.
Such a discourse might leave most Muslims indifferent or annoyed. Nevertheless, it is enough to seduce even one per cent of the world's Muslims, that is to say 13 million people, for everyone to be in trouble.
The would-be suicide-killer is also comforted by the sense of guilt manifested by many in the West. He has seen do-gooders from the United States in the streets of Arab Jerusalem apologizing to astounded Muslim passers-by for "the Crusades" which happened long before the US came into being. He may also note that he is treated with something bordering on deference by much of the Western media, which have banned the use of the word "terrorist" altogether, using, instead, such terms as "militants" or " resistance fighters."
Then there was the successful "ghazva" (raid) on Madrid last year when the Islamists succeeded in changing the government of a major Western democracy with a single attack.
If the suicide-terrorists were weapons made of metals the victims would certainly react by trying to bomb places where they were manufactured, but because these weapons are made of human flesh, the assumption is that they cannot be traced back to any specific locality. It is as if we were dealing with ethereal beings existing beyond the limits of reality.
Last year a petition signed by some 4000 Muslim intellectuals called on the international community to take action against the self-styled "sheikhs" who incite Muslims to murder and terror. The petition was addressed to Kofi Annan, the United Nations' Secretary General, in the hope that it would be placed on the agenda of the General Assembly for a proper debate. It took Mr. Annan seven months to acknowledge the receipt of the petition, and even then only through a spokesman.
The petition showed that an increasing number of Muslims are aware of the harm that the ideology of suicide-killing, falsely presented as "martyrdom" is causing Muslims throughout the world.
The attacks on the United States, Spain and now London, over the past three years have claimed almost 4000 lives. However, the suicide-killers and their allies are responsible for the death of almost half a million Muslims in Algeria, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Afghanistan, among others, during the past two decades. As the principal victims of this ideology of murder and death, Muslims have a moral, indeed a religious duty, to isolate, expose and oppose the ideologues who propagate terrorism in the name of faith.
The London attack, or "ghazva" (raid), was not only the work of the few individuals who carried it out. It was the bitter fruit of a faith that has been hijacked by a minority of extremists while the majority of its adepts watch with a mixture of awe and unease. Unless we hear Muslim voices condemning such attacks without any "ifs" or "buts", the would-be suicide-killer would have every reason to assume that he enjoys at least the tacit support of all Muslims. The real fight against this enemy of humanity would start only when the so-called "silent majority" in Islam speaks out against these murderers and those who brainwash, train, finance, and deploy them.
The Imams are the root of this evil.
Wait, how exactly has Islam been hijacked? It seems to me today's followers are as faithful as the first generation Muslims--who cut their way across north Africa, across Spain, and into France (Battle of Tours, 732 AD anyone?).
Islam has always been a religion of war and death.
Islam is NOT hijacked. Islam built on Quran and Muhammad is in itself a violent, racist, intolerable and oppressive faith.
Pipe dreams. Way to little, way to late.
It is not at all obvious at this point that this was a suicide operation. If one of the bombers died on the bus, which is not clear right now, he may have set his bomb off early accidentally.
Rest of comment accurate.
Got that right. It is the muslims that DON'T do jihad against the infidel (that would be you and me) that are perverting islam.
An unfortunate, and insulting, turn of phrase.
It won't be Allah. He's the one that started it all! It won't do any good to pray to that rock!
Howard Dean?
Islam is the same as it has been for centuries. No one has hijacked it....it's just that a few people are realizing that muslims are lying, thieving, murdering terrorist scum. And islam is trying to make itself look like a peaceful "religion" to fly under the radar while they infiltrate every country on earth with intentions of forcing islam on everyone.
Let's fly it into a large building. Consider it Karma.
Mecca. Glass.
Save Islam? What the hell for?
"Last year a petition signed by some 4000 Muslim intellectuals called on the international community to take action against the self-styled "sheikhs" who incite Muslims to murder and terror. The petition was addressed to Kofi Annan, the United Nations' Secretary General, in the hope that it would be placed on the agenda of the General Assembly for a proper debate. It took Mr. Annan seven months to acknowledge the receipt of the petition, and even then only through a spokesman. "
Of course, no one bothered to report that.
The problem is two many verses in the Qu'ran spell out what a true "believer" must do in order to remove infedils that refuse to submit to allah. We can't ever seperate this fact.
Islam from it's very origin has one major thing in mind, and that is to eradicate the Jews, or a least totally subjugate them, and similiarly those of the Christian faith. The rest of the infidels may simply be butchered. So as 99% of us must be aware at this juncture in time, the Qu'ran's verses set the stage/justifiy any radical minded Imman to teach as they do.
After all, they are only following to the "tee", what the Qu'ran demands of every "good" Muslim. The rest who do not adhere to those groups of verses are not good Muslims, they are not worthy. This is the underlining problem.
The western world and an element of Islam clerics etc., are really asking Muslims to avoid reading the many inflaming verses and if read and fully understood, not to obey their directives. An analogy. It is like telling a Christian who really is trying to follow their faith to not give or help someone in need.
What difference would it make? It's not like the UN has a purpose other than scamming the U.S. out of billions of tax payer dollars.
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