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."
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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.
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?"
"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?