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Thats bloody hilarious!
America is at war, but who is the enemy - the real enemy?
Like the patient who has just learned his body is riddled throughout with
cancer, most Americans discovered Sept. 11 that while they were living their
busy lives, concerned with family and work -- a cancer has been growing and
metastasizing in their midst.
The fear of further and deadlier attacks on the U.S. mainland, coupled with
disturbing reports of terror co-conspirators in this nation just waiting for
orders to strike, has understandably caused America - the ultimate land of
religious tolerance - to scrutinize closely, for the first time, all things
Islamic.
Yet, Islam, which claims 1.2 billion adherents worldwide - and 3 to 7
million in the U.S. -- is largely unknown and mysterious to most Westerners.
"Islam is a religion of peace," Americans are constantly reassured, the
terrorists supposedly comprising only a deadly lunatic fringe of a few
hundred or even a few thousand who have "hijacked" Islam to philosophically
justify their murderous hatred of the West.
Not so. While President Bush in his historic Sept. 20 speech "dismissed
al-Qaida's version of Islam as a repudiated 'fringe form of Islamic
extremism,'" explains Mideast expert Daniel Pipes, "Muslims on the streets
of many places - Pakistan and Gaza in particular - are fervently rallying to
the defense of al-Qaida's vision of Islam. Likewise, the president's calling
the terrorists 'traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack
Islam' implies that other Muslims see them as apostates, which is simply
wrong. Al-Qaida enjoys wide popularity ."
Without question, there are a great many law-abiding and peaceful
practitioners of Islam in the U.S. and around the world. Islam is not
monolithic, any more than Christianity is. And just as Christians would not
want to have violent or criminal acts perpetrated by members of the Aryan
Nations, Christian Identity or other nominally "Christian" groups blamed on
Christianity, moderate Muslims understandably don't want to be tarred with
the terrorist brush.
However, there is a big problem. "Christian Identity" and other nominally
Christian fringe groups that clothe their racist or criminal actions with
biblical authority are an infinitesimally small minority within the universe
of those calling themselves Christian.
In stark contrast, militant Islamism is one of the fastest-growing movements
in the world today. Like Communism and Nazism, Islamism is a brutal,
coercive utopian movement - a politicized and virulent interpretation and
implementation of Islam -- bent on nothing less than total world domination.
In fact, best estimates are that 10-15 percent of Muslims worldwide are of
the militant Islamist strain. That means well over 100 million human beings
are, to a greater or lesser degree, caught up with what amounts to the
world's most dangerous cult.
The November issue of "Whistleblower," WorldNetDaily's popular and
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by Joseph Farah, guides the reader through the minefield of misinformation
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"Islam: From toleration to terror," by Paul Marshall, documents the
horrific, modern-day epidemic of Christian persecution throughout much of
the Islamic world, even in supposedly "moderate" nations like Egypt and
Saudi Arabia.
"The secret world of suicide bombers," by Jack Kelley, takes readers on a
rare, behind-the-scenes tour of the secretive and terrifying world of
suicide bombers and the culture that creates them.
"Bin Laden's lust for Saudi Arabia," by David Kupelian, spotlights Osama bin
Laden's short-term goal of taking over Saudi Arabia - including its oil and
its modern military.
"What about Arafat?" by Joseph Farah, documents the Nobel Prize-winning
Yasser Arafat's true distinction as nothing less than the father of modern
terrorism.
"America: Haven for terrorists," by renowned terror expert Steven Emerson,
provides chilling and overwhelming evidence that America's ultra-lax
immigration policies have allowed large numbers of known, terroristic
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"America's militant Islamic lobby," by Daniel Pipes, is an extremely
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so-called "mainstream" Muslim organizations.
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Diesel
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Diesel - can you not multi-post the same messages in different threads? I deleted the other copy of this. Cheers.
Dom
However, there is a big problem. "Christian Identity" and other nominally
Christian fringe groups that clothe their racist or criminal actions with
biblical authority are an infinitesimally small minority within the universe
of those calling themselves Christian.
what utter bollocks! Church attenders are known to be among the least tolerant ppl in our society. They are also more judgemental and (interestingly) more prone to score highly on a lie test. (research summarised in any psychology & religion textbook).
We only hear the christian view of teh world. We have been brought up, socialised and immersed in it since birth. As Diesel shows, it is easy to be somewhat blinkered by these processes.
Christianity has and still is directly and indirectly responsible for some of the worst attrocities in human history. I find it far more scary and subtle in its horror than Islam.
Such racism, ignorance and refusal to employ simple empathy is the reason so much of the world is in trouble today. It is the same mode of thinking that breeds terrorists, islamic or otherwise.
Theres a difference between being intolerant and being an extremist. Im afraid what Diesel says is pretty much true. There are a higher percentage of extremists within the Islamic faith than the Christian faith, you only need to turn on your TV to see this.
Now im not a Christian myself so im not biased toward them. I happen to think Christianity as bad as Islam..Im not keen on religion in general. However many atrocities have been committed by Christians in the past doesnt really matter, there are relatively few terrorist attacks carried out in the name of God by Christians..Terrorists who happen to be Muslims ALWAYS use religion as an excuse for their crimes but terrorists who happen to be Christian very seldom say they are doing it for God. The example of Tom Mcveigh that the Muslim leaders keep dredging up is a good case. He was a Christian but he never even mentioned God and certainly didnt say he carried out the OKC attack because it was the will of God.
Agreed.
"Let's roll......" Todd Beamer, American Hero
It's not that I disagree with the bombings either, it's just I wish ppl wouldn't do it with that atitude of smug and moral superiority. All this talk of duty and justice and conquering evil like this is a black&white star wars-esq situation. The way the west acts as if it didn't create the damn problems in the first place with centuries of abismal foreign policies bread out of arrogance. The arrogance of the West never ceases to amaze me.
I don't hate my country, I'm all for freedom and democracy, and I'll fight to protect it if it comes to that. But I hate the high horse we ride over the rest of the world.
I agree with you on the religion thing too.
Timothy McVeigh didn't hide behind his religion and use it as his reason for the bombing.
I wonder if the Taleban/bin Laden or whoever did this is prepared to step out and admit that there is more to this than the word of Islam.
This has to be because of something more than religion.
Diesel
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Kaz,
You need to get out more. Visit other parts of the world.
This is why I don't post in politics anymore.