Islam Can't Escape Blame for Sept. 11

Wall St Journal Op Ed | October 24, 2001 | Amir Taheri

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[Leisler]

CNN, Ted Kennedy, Al Sharpton, Schumer, Hillery......Yale, Harvard, State Dept.....

[cloud8]

"Lastly, I want to honor this Muslim writer for being so forthright; but I wouldn't give you two cents for his chances of living out the year. What he has done, while refreshing to us, is not permissible in Islam."

Agreed. He is indeed courageous...look what happened to Salmon Rushdie for publishing something the Moslems considered controversial.

[LeftToRight]

I wonder if the folks in India would agree about the "golden age of islam" when they invaded india and committed tons of carnage, destroyed hindu temples. I wonder if the Armenians enjoyed the "Golden Age" when the turks committed tons of atrocities.

What gets my goat, is that the muslims living today act like they wrote the book on oppression. Let's look at russia who lost 20 million in world war 2, or the jews and holocaust, or the armenians... I mean these folks are still OK in the head. they are not running around hijacking planes.

[pgkdan]

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[RightWhale]

"This has nothing to do with Islam,"

Interesting to hear some Muslims now saying things like, "Jihad is an error, it is not the correct path."

The more they sound like Buddhists, the better they sound. Perhaps they can convert to a modern religion such as Buddhism or become Moonies. There are worse things.

If bin Laden actually believes his own line of trashtalk, he would have been on one of the suicide missions himself by now. Too bad if he is dead of pneumonia, --not a surprise given his delicate health and the stress of living in caves under bombardment--, because he won't get his 70 virgins and he won't get any of his family into heaven either.

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Mr. Blair was echoing a view, popular both in Europe and the U.S., that it is impolite, not to say impolitic, to subject Islam to any criticism. Yet to claim that the attacks had nothing to do with Islam amounts to a whitewash. It is not only disingenuous but also a disservice to Muslims, who need to cast a critical glance at the way their faith is taught, lived and practiced. Even worse, the refusal to subject Islam to rational analysis is a recipe for further fanaticism. Unless we believe those who claim that the Sept. 11 was organized by Israel, we have to assume that Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda were responsible. And since there is no mechanism for excommunication in Islam, bin Laden and his gang have every right to describe themselves as Muslims.

OHHHHHHH yea "Islam menas Peace" Tony. Now you and GWB need to have a cup of tea ..or something before you both do a political bow to Mecca

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[GreatOne]

Islam is a gutter religion, founded by a false, self-serving "prophet". One reason why Islamic countries tramp down so hard on Christians is that their religion would begin to die out, or at the very least become a minority religion.

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One reason why Islamic countries tramp down so hard on Christians is that their religion would begin to die out,

Is that the reason they tramp so hard on Hindus too? It seems Islam is trying to destroy the East and the West at the same time, the Hindus seem about ready to take them out with nukes. It's getting dangerous.

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