Posted on 07/16/2005 1:13:37 PM PDT by CHARLITE
To their credit, Muslim organizations are swift to condemn each new terrorist attack. They also are quick to point out that fanatics are a tiny minority and account for only about 1 percent of Muslims worldwide.
These are comforting thoughts unless you happen to be riding the bus with a constituent of that 1 percent. Or unless you're mathematically inclined, in which case you see that 1 percent of the world's estimated 1.2 billion Muslims is 12 million Muslim fanatics who consider the U.S. and other Westerners operatives of Satan.
That's roughly the population of Ohio. If everyone in Ohio adhered to radical Islam, we'd likely conclude that we have more than a small problem, and we also might observe that Islam is closely associated with that problem
We seem to have more difficulty speaking up when other religious or ethnic groups are involved. Our diversity training, our cultural predisposition for tolerance, our heritage of immigration and America's characteristic good nature makes criticism of minorities and minority beliefs unpalatable.
Which is why moderate Muslims must be unrelenting in eliminating — not just condemning — Islam's bad actors. When a Muslim cleric urges jihad against infidels, it falls to fellow Muslims to clean out the mosque, to rid Allah's kingdom of radicals. Otherwise, it becomes increasingly difficult for non-Muslims to wrap their minds around "Islam isn't the problem."
It's not enough to assert that 12 million hate-filled zealots who advocate murdering Americans and Europeans are a minority and then, feeling virtuous, return to the business of registering Muslim voters and issuing press releases about insults to Islam.
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After the bombings that killed some 50 in London, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued a statement that said in part: "These vicious acts of terrorism deserve the strongest possible condemnation by all civilized people."
That's nice, but we've heard these words before. At this point — after 9/11, 3/11 and now 7/7 — they are background noise, providing no comfort and little assurance other than that cliches are indiscriminate. We also know that in Muslim nations around the world — as well as in mosques elsewhere — the susurration of prayer is often silenced by the sound of celebration when a terrorist takes out another busload of "infidels."
Char (:
Funniest thing I've read today.
And I think the 1% figure is a little low.
By definition, that rules out condemnation by CAIR's scumbags.
account for only about 1 percent of Muslims worldwide"
and that figure is based on ??????
W"hat bullsh*t that is.........
By a substanial margin..
I still want to see a "Stop Jihad Now!" sign outside all mosques.
Maybe this will start something, but only a split in Islam will result in the radical being kicked out of Islam. Nothing less is real reform. And there are far too many Muslims who want to wait and see who is going to be on top when the dust settles.
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I am waiting for all the Muslims to wake up one morning and look at each other, get goosebumps and say "What in the world were we thinking for the last 1400 years?"
It may be true that 1% act directly on their beliefs, but I'd wager 50%+ encourage and support them (financially or otherwise). Without that, the 1% couldn't do jack.
I'm all for the sign, just....no mosques.
You say the greatest things, ClearBlueSky!......I can always count on you for sparklingly wonderful quips........and I love your tagline. Keep it as is!
"Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!"
Nothing like the combo of brevity and truth!
Thanks again!
Char :)
"Until the hatred that breeds that kind of cultic dementia is eliminated by the moderate Muslims who insist on the West's understanding, Islam has a problem."
But if they did that then it wouldn't be islam anymore, would it? How can you take the cult out of a cult and still have a cult?
Having watched films of what goes on the the madrasses (Koranic schools) I think that the problem is much more fundamental (pun intended) than that. When you see dozens of boys rocking back and forth while reciting Koranic verse I am very disturbed. It is a soulless way to indoctrinate someone into a way of thinking, dry, boring, relentless, devoid of culture. It is not that the Arabic world is devoid of culture, not at all, but the Koran, taught that way sure leaves out all of the richness of human life. No wonder they prepare kids to become suicide bombers.
You're most welcome!
Tagline JUST fit-lol! Hard to get a lot of 'pow' on one line, but there are some GREAT one's here. My favorite is the ' I see you a Jihad and raise you a Crusade!'- now THAT should be trademarked! Brilliant stuff!
As I think I said on another thread- I come by my revulsion of Islam naturally, I've found. Doing genealogical research I found Spaniards who fought against the Muslim invasion of Spain. The family shield has six Muslim heads on it!
Too bad they didn't finish the job back then.
And thank YOU for the VERY informative posts that keep us focused on the truth!
Char :)
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