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Mohamad Merah, Man of the West
Jewish World Review ^ | 3/23/2012 | Caroline B. Glick

Posted on 03/23/2012 8:26:35 AM PDT by Former Fetus

The massacre of Jewish children at Oztar HaTorah Jewish Day School in Toulouse presents us with an appalling encapsulation of the depraved nature of our times - although at first glance, the opposite seems to be the case.

On the surface, the situation was cut and dry. A murderer drove up to a Jewish school and executed three children and a teacher. Led by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, all of France decried the massacre and announced its solidarity with the French Jewish community. World leaders condemned the crime. The killer died in a standoff with French security forces. Justice was served. Case closed.

But dig a little deeper and it becomes clear that justice has not been served. Indeed, it hasn't even begun to be addressed. The killer Mohamed Merah was not a lone gunman. He wasn't even one of the lone jihadists we hear so much about. He had plenty of accomplices. And not all of them were Muslims.

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TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catchandrelease; france; israel; jewishdayschool; jewishschool; jihadist; oztarhatorah; toulouse; west

For how long will the West enable tragedies like this?

1 posted on 03/23/2012 8:26:42 AM PDT by Former Fetus
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To: Former Fetus
In addition to denying, justifying and inciting jihadist violence, Western elites and authorities also engage in facilitating it and, after the fact, excusing it

And people think I'm sick and insane for standing completely against moslems.

2 posted on 03/23/2012 8:45:09 AM PDT by bigheadfred
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To: Former Fetus
The killer Mohamed Merah was not a lone gunman. He wasn't even one of the lone jihadists we hear so much about. He had plenty of accomplices. And not all of them were Muslims.

Excellent article, Glick NAILS it.

Great post, thanks.

3 posted on 03/23/2012 9:49:28 AM PDT by Talisker (He who commands, must obey.)
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To: Former Fetus
The killer Mohamed Merah was not a lone gunman. He wasn't even one of the lone jihadists we hear so much about. He had plenty of accomplices. Merah took pride in killing Jewish children. Moreover, he was certain that millions of people would be heartened by his crime. By watching him shoot the life out of Jewish children, they would be inspired to repeat his actions elsewhere.

jihad (holy fighting in Allah's cause) is ordained for you (Muslims) though you dislike it, and it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you. Allah knows but you do not know. ( سورة البقرة , Al-Baqara, Chapter #2, Verse #216)

4 posted on 03/23/2012 10:04:54 AM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: Former Fetus
Caroline Glick is confirming what I had heard.

Mohamad Merah was captured as a terrorist in Afghanistan
He was turned over to ISAF,
who did not send him to Gitmo,
but instead gave him a airline ticket
to France to continue his Jihad in France.

The 0bama Administration is actively supporting Jihad.


5 posted on 03/23/2012 10:27:07 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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Thanks Former Fetus.
The killer Mohamed Merah was not a lone gunman. He wasn't even one of the lone jihadists we hear so much about. He had plenty of accomplices. And not all of them were Muslims.

6 posted on 03/23/2012 7:17:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him)
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Obama bows down to Saudi King | American Thinker | April 02, 2009 | Clarice Feldman | Posted on 04/02/2009 8:19:47 AM PDT by rdb3
Obama bows down to Saudi King | American Thinker | April 02, 2009 | Clarice Feldman | Posted on 04/02/2009 8:19:47 AM PDT by rdb3

7 posted on 03/23/2012 7:20:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him)
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To: SunkenCiv

related

Knights of Pride’ wanted to turn France into Islamic Caliphate
Israel Hayom ^ | 22 March 2012 | Daniel Siryoti and Eli Leon

Posted on Friday, 23 March 2012 9:41:29 PM by Candor7

Mohammed Merah belonged to extreme Salafi group that works to topple French democracy • Group’s website shut down with homepage reading: “Due to great pressures brought upon us, we have dismantled the Forsane al-Izza movement.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2862725/posts


8 posted on 03/23/2012 7:50:54 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM!)
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To: Former Fetus
Thanks for the post. This is a great summary of the lack of moral clarity within the west and the enabling of jihadism. The left's cowardly embrace of moral equivalency has resulted in the rich fertilization of the roots of this evil.

Together the behavior of proud jihadist warriors of the West like Merah, Hassan, Haq and Fofanna, the depraved silence, indifference, and complicity of Western elites with their jihadist aims form the physical and moral landscape of our time. And it is because of this evil mix of perpetrators and enablers that Merah's death is not a victory of justice.
9 posted on 03/23/2012 8:09:43 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
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To: Fred Nerks

Maybe you can help, What really is the difference between Salafism and Wahhabism? I just can’t see any difference. Thanks.


10 posted on 03/23/2012 8:13:59 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
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To: PA Engineer
I was about to reply off the top of my head, and say I cannot tell the difference either, because both appear to preach a strict following of the life of muhammad...but then I thought, better check and see what wiki has to say on the subject. There are SOME things wiki is useful for:

A Salafi (Arabic: سلفي‎) is a Muslim who emphasises the Salaf ("predecessors" or "ancestors"), the earliest Muslims, as model examples of Islamic practice.[1] The term has been in use since the middle ages but today refers especially to a follower of a modern Sunni Islamic movement known as the Salafiyyah, which is related to or includes Wahhabism, so that the two terms are sometimes erroneously viewed as synonymous.[2] Salafism has become associated with literalist, strict and puritanical approaches to Islamic theology and, in the West, with the Salafi Jihadis who espouse violent jihad against civilians as a legitimate expression of Islam.[3] Academics and historians use the term to denote "a school of thought which surfaced in the second half of the 19th century as a reaction to the spread of European ideas," and "sought to expose the roots of modernity within Muslim civilization."[4]

WIKI SALAFI

It's a long and complicated item, but the impression I now have is that the sunni may be wahhabi, but not necessarilly salafi, and bin Laden would have been a perfect example of salafi, and maybe that's why he lost his Saudi citizenship and his family disowned him.

11 posted on 03/23/2012 8:57:16 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM!)
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To: Fred Nerks
Thanks. Will read further too.

What sparked my attention was a different source. Was on a cruise and my Wife had a tooth abscess. The Doctor was Egyptian (so is my wife). We had a long talk. He was on Sadat's side in the change of government and had to flee. He hated the Salafis, but took offense when I asked how they were different than the Wahahbis. Definitely something to look at more deeply. It may have been a nationalistic response, but I am not so sure. Thanks again for the response.
12 posted on 03/23/2012 9:12:22 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
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To: PA Engineer

Salafis follow and even stricter interpretation of islam...

The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s best-organized political force, which was banned but partly tolerated under Mubarak, is on course to win the election. The Salafis, who follow an even stricter interpretation of Islam, have emerged from the margins to push liberals into third place.

Analysts say the Brotherhood has a pragmatic streak that makes it an unlikely ally for Salafis who only recently ventured from preaching into politics and whose strict ideology offers little scope for compromise.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/04/us-egypt-salafi-idUSTRE7B30MN20111204


13 posted on 03/23/2012 10:29:41 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM!)
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14 posted on 03/25/2012 4:15:38 PM PDT by SJackson (I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes)
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H/T SJackson for the ping!

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The latest is that the brother is being held on murder charges pending further investigation.

Like cockroaches, never only one! This is an organized Al Qaida cell, probably one if many, operating inside France. Terrorists born and raised in France.

15 posted on 03/25/2012 8:00:44 PM PDT by Cincinna ( *** NOBAMA 2012 ***)
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To: Cincinna
thxs, for the ping. :-D

16 posted on 03/25/2012 8:28:11 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass ( Kill all the terrorists, Protect all the borders, ridicule all the (surviving) Liberals :^)
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To: Cincinna

So, how are the Lefties spinning this in the run-up to the elections?


17 posted on 03/25/2012 8:39:38 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

The Left in France is like the Left in America. In deep denial.
Hollande is saying security is not a big issue, let’s move on to the important things: unemployment, inequality, blabla.
And what are Hollande’s latest proposals, with Al Qaida knocking at the door?
Legalizing pot
Legaluzing gay marriage and gay adoption
Speaking to a huge crowd in a banlieu (suburban housing project ghetto) saying, “I say to you, Muslim or non-Muslim, you are the future of France.
Incroyable!


18 posted on 03/25/2012 9:05:45 PM PDT by Cincinna ( *** NOBAMA 2012 ***)
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To: Cincinna

Ah.

“Forget terrorism, here is some weed”


19 posted on 03/25/2012 9:33:50 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Cincinna

Yes, you are utterly right :-)

The lamestream media is all the same in every country, I would wager. Maybe this is because all of them have to share one single brain cell? (sarc.)

But as Mark Twain would have it, denial is not a river in Africa :-)


20 posted on 03/26/2012 9:01:29 AM PDT by Roadgeek
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