Posted on 12/05/2006 9:45:10 AM PST by EveningStar
We covered this on the air yesterday, but again people are demanding details.
We've often asked on the air why, if Islam the peaceful religion that many Muslims want us to believe it is, we don't hear more Muslims speaking out against Islamic terrorism. Well, now we may have an explanation.
Jamal Miftah is a Muslim residing in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is an immigrant from Pakistan. Jamal Miftah is a member of the Islamic Center of Tulsa Mosque. On October 29th Jiftah wrote an article for the op-ed page of the Tulsa World. Here is what he wrote:
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Stand Tall Jamal!
If the so called moderate muslims don't start doing something about the fiends who butcher, there will be no moderates left.
You send that letter around the world to the Muslim world and there will be riots just as we have seen in the past. Unfortunately his is a voice crying in the wilderness.
Let's hope his voice is joined by others.
"Who says Islam is a violent religion? Show me this man so I may cut off his head!" --Avg Muslim on the street
People who disagree with the radicals are often in a very difficult situation. Arafat pioneered the "kill anyone who speaks out" method of consolidating power. It is clearly in use today by radical Islamists in Lebanon and elsewhere. They eliminate any middle by scaring it or killing it. If people are willing to kill ruthlessly it doesn't take many to control a much larger population, as Lenin so effectively demonstrated. And once a brutal regime determined to hold power is in place, I challenge you to find a single one that was overcome by revolt from within without some sort of outside help.
I doubt that I would be a hero in those situations. Those who are deserve praise. And it is just another reason why it would be inhumane and criminal to pull out of Iraq and leave millions of decent people at the mercy of the Islamists.
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