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To: HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath
Its amazing how many sentiments of the Islamofacists, and the Left in this country, seem to intersect. Between the two, they have enough hatred and rage to keep the fires of hell burning forever.

Both the Leftists and the Jihadists have Sore Loser Derangement Syndrome.

The Jihadists have had it for over 50 years.

I'm currently reading a book, written in 1957, in which an expert had this to say about Islamic activism back then.

"That society has deteriorated to a point where violence is almost inevitable...

--tired of being overwhemed, have leapt with frantic sadistic joy to burn and kill.

The burning of Cairo, the assassination of Prime Ministers, the intimidating of Christians, the vehemence and hatred in their literature--all this is to be understood in terms of a people who have lost their way, whose heritage has proven unequal to modernity, whose leaders have been dishonest, whose ideals have failed.

In this aspect, the new [in 1957] Islamic upsurge is a force not to solve problems but to intoxicate those who cannot longer abide the failure to solve them.

pp. 158-59, Islam in Modern History, Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Princeton University Press
41 posted on 09/13/2006 5:28:16 AM PDT by syriacus (Democrats on the DEEP SIX COMMISSION have attempted to cover up Clinton era mistakes.)
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To: syriacus
1921...

“A large number of Bin Saud’s followers belong to the Wahabi sect, a form of Mohammedanism which bears, roughly speaking, the same relation to orthodox Islam as the most militant form of Calvinism would have borne to Rome in the fiercest times of the religious wars. The Wahabis profess a life of exceeding austerity, and what they practice themselves they rigorously enforce on others. They hold it is an article of duty, as well as faith, to kill all who do not share their opinions and to make slaves of their wives and children. Women have been put to death in Wahabi villages for simply appearing in the streets. It is a penal offense to wear a silk garment. Men have been killed for smoking a cigarette, and as for the crime of alcohol, the most energetic supporter of the temperance cause in this country falls far behind them. Austere, intolerant, well-armed, and bloodthirsty, in their own regions the Wahabis are a distinct factor which must be taken into account, and they have been, and still are, very dangerous to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, and to the whole institution of the pilgrimage, in which our Indian fellow-subjects are so deeply concerned."
Winston Churchill, Speech to the House of Commons, 14 June 1921

51 posted on 09/13/2006 8:10:05 AM PDT by jan in Colorado (Never Forget! Never Retreat! Never Give Up!)
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