Posted on 09/19/2006 9:14:50 PM PDT by forty_years
Why would it be so difficult to find clarity on the absurd Islamic reaction to the Pope's recent speech? Muslims have proven the Pope's point. Many have become angry and violent precisely because of being accused of being violent. And their violence is slowly but surely convincing more and more people in the West that Islam has a serious problem (my empirical analysis of Midwesterners). I have been almost amazed at the clarity of reporting on this subject, even from the Associated Press. Today, the Washington Post was willing to publish an ostensibly decent editorial on the Pope controversy, written by Anne Applebaum, definitely worth the read. But I find this piece disturbing because Applebaum mentioned the hate-group CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) as if it were willing to honestly criticize Muslim extremism. CAIR is an unabashed apologist for Islamist terrorism. Applebaum is either euphemizing (politically correct), naïve, and/or ignorant about life in the real world:
None of the radical clerics accepts Western apologies, and none of their radical followers reads the Western press. Instead, Western politicians, writers, thinkers and speakers should stop apologizing -- and start uniting. ......we can all unite in our support for freedom of speech -- surely the pope is allowed to quote from medieval texts -- and of the press. And we can also unite, loudly, in our condemnation of violent, unprovoked attacks on churches, embassies and elderly nuns. ...
...nothing the pope has ever said comes even close to matching the vitriol, extremism and hatred that pour out of the mouths of radical imams and fanatical clerics every day, all across Europe and the Muslim world, almost none of which ever provokes any Western response at all. And maybe it's time that it should: When Saudi Arabia publishes textbooks commanding good Wahhabi Muslims to "hate" Christians, Jews and non-Wahhabi Muslims, for example, why shouldn't the Vatican, the Southern Baptists, Britain's chief rabbi and the Council on American-Islamic Relations all condemn them -- simultaneously?
I am surprised that Applebaum even referred to CAIR, with all its ties to Islamist terrorism. To put them in the same sentence as the Vatican, the Southern Baptists, and Britain's chief rabbi is a crime of equivocation, naïveté, or just plain ignorance.
http://netwmd.com/blog/2006/09/19/976
War is the answer
Dissecting and then discounting Islam is necessary. Reform is "nice," but as long as Muhammad's word that he is a prophet is taken for granted, we will have a problem.
Criticism of Applebaum is misplaced - she is right on and hiliting the lack of a moderate Muslim voice.
Moderate Muslims would rather that you be dead (or convert).
Muslims interested in the long term success of their progeny carry "Stop Jihad Now!" signs.
But she implies CAIR is a moderate voice.
I think the Pope is one perspicacious dude, who knew that when he made his statement, all of the hatred from the "Religion of Peace" would come out. I would love 10 minutes alone with him : )
"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity."
Pretty straightforward.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Why CAIR won't is made abundently clear every single day. Why the SBC won't is because it believes all the others are going to hell and the only chance they have is by converting to SBC. In their world, there is only one playing field and they own it.
Agreed. I think every so-called "Imam" should be a target, subject to elimination.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.