Posted on 09/15/2006 7:39:40 AM PDT by hipaatwo
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says, “there is no such thing as a moderate Muslim.”
Nice of him to clear that up for us.
“What is happening today has got nothing to do with religion. It has got to do with territorial disputes, mainly the dispute over Palestinian land,” he told Reuters after a religious congress here.
He said Bush’s description of America’s “war on terror” as “a struggle for civilisation” on the fifth anniversary of the attacks was flawed, as was the West’s hope that moderate Muslims would have a dominant voice.
There is no such thing as a moderate Muslim,” he said. “We are fundamentalists in Malaysia. We follow the true teachings of the religion and the true teachings do not teach us to bomb and kill people without reason.
Although most of the men who carried out the Sept 11 attacks were Saudis, Mahathir - whom Israel has in the past dubbed anti-Semitic - said he saw the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands as the root cause of Islamist extremism.
“They (the hijackers) had no direct link but there is a great deal of sympathy for the sufferings of the people of Palestine,” he said. “Maybe that is because they are co-religionists but it is not because their religion urges them to do so. The West tends to blame religion, they blame Islam for whatever happens and associate Islam with terrorism,” he said.
He said he believed dubbing a fight against Islamic extremism as a struggle for civilisation risked becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. “(Muslims) are without arms, they are weak and they are pushed into a corner. If you are pushed into a corner and the only thing you can do is bite, you bite,” he said. ...
“When you target Muslim countries, other Muslims get angry and they try to retaliate the only way they can, by bombing or maybe attempts to blow up aircraft and so you think that these Muslims are really bad,” Mahathir said.
“But think first what you have done to them and then you will realise that if you were in their position you would do the same thing.”
Any questions?
Good rainy cold morning ping
Muslim - unarmed, wants to kill everyone.
Islam - armed, wants to kill everyone.
Islam is a giant criminal enterprise. The "radical" ones are the terrorists, the "moderates" give their money to charity scams to fund the terrors. We should tolerate neither.
You can't be a Malay non-muslim in Malaysia. They carry National ID Card's that state their religion.
Where to begin
Interesting qualifier.
Well, that clears everything up. /sarcasm
Wretches all.
More from this subject.
Well, there are lots of other territorial disputes around the world that don't lead to horrific attacks on civilians. Islam provides a nice backdrop for those who would settle disputes by barbaric acts of violence.
I've worked with several mulsims in my life. One I couldn't tell he was a mulsim. One was scared to death of the "old ways", one that rejected the "old ways" and two very devote followers. One of the two devote guys is quite but he loves talking about his wife and new daughter. He has not much in common with the rest of us but is making efforts to fit in. He never talks about his religion unless we ask and includes himself in company events. The other guy was a convert to islam. He is a radical type - he hates Israel with every fiber of his being even though he doesn't know why. The latter worries me the most.
So does Satan and his followers. It is emnity against God.
the true teachings do not teach us to bomb and kill people without reason
Ahh! WITHOUT REASON!!!
What reason?
Not accepting Islam.
Renouncing Islam.
Not wearing headcovering.
Being raped.
Seee!! Reasons!
Hmmm, I guess we should thank him for the confirmation.
Sort of a "unified field theory". Numbers for critical mass plus agitation..
"There is No Such Thing As a Moderate Muslim"
From what I've observed, that is a true statement. The cultural Muslims don't go to the mosque, because they know what going entails.
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