Deafening Roar of Muslim Rebuttal

Per Loin

[per loin]

Is everyone here as impressed as I am by the huge number of Muslim leaders rushing to condemn Osama's call to murder infidels?

[demkicker]

The silence is deafening.

[TankerKC]

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[RossA]

They're all a bunch of wimps. The first principal of "modern Islam" is to assassinate the moderates. So they all comply andraise their a** 5-times a day.

Even the "jihadists" are chickens under the skin. Wipe out Iraq and they'll cry all the way to Mecca.

[umgud]

Speaking strictly as and infidel, I am deeply concerned about this........

[Texas_Jarhead]

[cricket] [cricket]

[Textide]

Don't worry, at least one of the Sunday talk shows are bound to have a Muslim leader claiming that Osama doesn't speak for all Muslims, followed shortly thereafter by a scolding to Americans who misunderstand Islam by insinuating such a thing; for Islam means peace you know.

[mrpiedlourd]

Has it occured to any of you that Muslim leaders have no more responsibility to condemn a (according to the US) insane, evil megalomaniac acting the name of a religion than the Pope has to condemn the IRA for acting in the name of Catholicism, or any other religious leader has? Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are fundamentally peaceful religions, and have always been abused by the inherently violent to justify their actions. This is readily apparent and needs no condemning or even acknowledgement by any religious leaders.

[ThinkingMan]

they are all busy eating their veggies-it is the "religion of peas" dontcha know!

[JennysCool]

Jihad Coffee Mug Now Available

[lainie]

They're all a bunch of wimps. The first principal of "modern Islam" is to assassinate the moderates.

McCain ought to be glad conservatives are civilized.

[JennysCool]

That's the funniest thing I've ever read.

[mrpiedlourd]

I fail to see the humor there.

[JennysCool]

I got a hunch a whole buncha folks will be over to show it to you. Better get making sandwiches.

[mrpiedlourd]

Why don't you just tell me what you think is so funny, I have no sandwich materials.

[ChadGore]

Is everyone here as impressed as I am by the huge number of Muslim leaders rushing to condemn Osama's call to murder infidels?

So far today I've counted

[swarthyguy]

This is from today's paper before the tape but CAIR is a mainstream 'moderate" group, right? Courtesy of the Detroit Free Press.

High security during the hajj strikes at Islam, not terrorism

February 11, 2003

BY ARSALAN TARIQ IFTIKHAR

For only the second time since the attacks on our country two Septembers ago, the Justice Department has elevated the national color-coded threat level to orange, indicating a high risk of a terrorist attack.

Attorney General John Ashcroft said the government had received intelligence information that Osama bin Laden's terror organization sought to attack Americans at home or abroad during the time of the hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to the holy Arabian city of Mecca. The five-day hajj involving millions of Muslim pilgrims from every nation culminates this week. To elevate the national security level to again conveniently coincide with an Islamic holiday does nothing more than perpetuate the notion that this war on terror is actually a war on Islam.

Hajj is one of the most sacrosanct tenets of Islam. It represents the struggles and messages of prophets past and is a testament to every Muslim's belief in Allah, the monotheistic deity of the prophet Abraham. The ancient rites of hajj have been passed down through the annals of Islamic history. They serve as a constant reminder of our human mortality and fallibility.

The different rites of hajj exemplify the plights of our beloved prophets. During the hajj, every Muslim's focused aspirations must be to re-enact the experiences of the Prophet Abraham, whose selfless sacrifice has no parallel in the history of humankind. Hajj also symbolizes the lessons taught by Abraham's son, Ismail, whose example of obedience and submission cannot be duplicated by any living being; and the final prophet, Muhammad, who firmly stood on the plains of Arafat and proclaimed the completion of his mission, which solidified and sealed the sovereignty of one creator over all of creation.

The essence of hajj embodies the zenith of a Muslim's plight toward worldly purification, repentance and spiritual renewal. Instead of issuing the alert highlighting the culmination of hajj, perhaps President George W. Bush would have been more accurate in associating the greater terrorist threat to his bombastic rhetoric in attacking Iraq.

The amalgamation of the impending invasion on Iraq and the recent heightening of our national security level is something that Bush and his cowboy cronies should ponder heavily before storming into Baghdad on their blazing saddles.

U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, D-Ohio, a leading congressional opponent of war with Iraq, said the change in alert level provided evidence that "Bush's march to war -- far from making our nation more secure -- has raised the threat to Americans."

Even some patriots paid to attack other countries are showing their discontent with the Bush regime's unfettered zeal to obliterate innocent Iraqis. Retired generals such as Norman Schwarzkopf and Anthony Zinni have expressed concern about the rush to war.

"Candidly, I have gotten somewhat nervous at some of the pronouncements Defense Secretary Rumsfeld has made," Schwarzkopf told the Washington Post. "I think it is very important for us to wait and see what the inspectors come up with."

Zinni told the New York Times: "I'm not sure which planet they live on, because it isn't the one that I travel. If we intend to solve this through violent action, we're on the wrong course."

This is not the first time a terrorist alert has opportunely been timed to coincide with a Muslim holiday. In the past, similar government alerts -- although not as strong as this one -- were issued during the month of Ramadan.

Although Muslim Americans are committed to protecting humanity as mandated by Islam, we categorically reject the insinuation that Islamic traditions and terrorism are inextricably linked. Instead, we should focus on a son hell-bent on waging an unjust war and jeopardizing American lives in order to reclaim the sins of his father from two presidencies past.




ARSALAN TARIQ IFTIKHAR of St. Louis serves as Midwest communications director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim advocacy group. Write to him in care of the Free Press Editorial Page, 600 W. Fort St., Detroit, MI 48226.

[per loin]

Islamic nutcases are notoriously lacking in a sense of humor.

[tet68]

You have cheese don't you?

[perfect stranger]

Please be advised--

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