Posted on 09/04/2004 6:12:58 PM PDT by MCH
Islamic leaders in the Middle East yesterday denounced the slaughter of children in Russia as 'unIslamic', as commentators asked unusually soul-searching questions about the region and terrorism.
Even the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's biggest Islamic group, condemned the bloody siege in Beslan. Its leader, Mohammed Mahdi Akef, said that kidnappings may be justified but killings are not. He added: 'What happened is not jihad [holy war] because Islam obligates us to respect the souls of human beings; it is not about taking them away.'
While some Islamic fundamentalists in the Middle East have long supported fellow Muslims fighting in Chechnya, such was the barbarity of the hostage takers that few voices spoke in support of the actions in Ossetia. Egypt's leading Muslim cleric, Grand Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, was quoted as saying during a Friday sermon: 'What is the guilt of those children? Why should they be responsible for your conflict with the government? You are taking Islam as a cover and it is a deceptive cover; those who carry out the kidnappings are criminals, not Muslims.'
Ali Abdullah, an Islamic scholar in Bahrain who follows the ultra-conservative Salafi stream of Islam, also condemned the school attack as 'unIslamic'. However, he insisted Muslims were not involved and revived an old conspiracy theory: 'I have no doubt that this is the work of the Israelis, who want to tarnish the image of Muslims.'
But the reaction was overwhelmingly filled with revulsion. Abdulrahman al-Rashed wrote an article in the pan-Arab Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper under the headline: 'The Painful Truth: All World Terrorists are Muslims!'
Al-Rashed said that Muslims will not be able to cleanse their image unless 'we admit the scandalous facts... Our terrorist sons are an end-product of our corrupted culture. The picture is humiliating, painful and harsh for all of us.'
His extraordinary critique was echoed by Ahmed Bahgat, an Egyptian Islamist. Writing in the pro-government newspaper, Al-Ahram , he said hostage-takers in Russia and Iraq are only harming Islam. 'If all the enemies of Islam united and decided to harm it... they wouldn't have ruined and harmed its image as much as the sons of Islam have done by their stupidity, miscalculations and misunderstanding.' Horrifying images of the dead and wounded students 'showed Muslims as monsters who are fed by the blood of children and the pain of their families'.
I knew it.
I knew someone would blame Israel.
"The kidnappings might be justifified..."
That's the ticket.
Now.
"Islamic leaders in the Middle East yesterday denounced the slaughter of children in Russia as 'unIslamic'"
Whereas the repeated murder of Jewish children in Israel is pefectly OK!
"Islamic leaders in the Middle East yesterday denounced the slaughter of children in Russia as 'unIslamic'"
Whereas the repeated murder of Jewish children in Israel is pefectly OK!
Translation: What happened is not jihad because the children were not beheaded. Take a lesson from our brothers in Fallujah in how jihad is PROPERLY carried out.
Yeah, but what do they say in Arabic?
So we get to claim that the Crusades and the Inquisition had nothing to do Christianity,correct? Works for me. If the Muslims get to disown everything that tarnishes their image as "the religion of peace", so do we.
I should qualify my previous post by saying,Christianity's most significant misdeeds are centuries behind us,while the proponents of the "religion of peace" continue to teach hatred and murder in the shadows as they proclaim their "peacefulness" in the light. Hypocrites.
I should qualify my previous post by saying,Christianity's most significant misdeeds are centuries behind us,while the proponents of the "religion of peace" continue to teach hatred and murder in the shadows as they proclaim their "peacefulness" in the light. Hypocrites.
>>Christianity's most significant misdeeds are centuries behind us>>
Just remember it was the Catholics that butchered millions of Christians. It was not a 'family feud.'
Leaders feeling a bit nervous in the mideast? If Putin decides to join Dubya they'd better start changing their tune.
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Perhaps they are looking for an out in reference to "insurgents", "Militants", "Freedom Fighters", "Geurrilla's", "Human activists", and really want to express their true political/religious agenda before it gets lost, and in their confusion called it "unislamic".
After all shoes come in many different sizes and styles....
Hmmm. From the lips of an Egyptian Islamicist. As we always point out relative to the Demoncrats, listen to the way they describe their impression of the thoughts and intentions of the opposition. It typically reveals the truth of their own beliefs and perspective. I'd say this cleric pretty much got it right.
Did they do the same for the 9/11 attack? I don't recall...
It's definitely not a "family feud", what the Muslim terrorists are doing. But that's the "religion of peace", I'd better not do anything so "hateful" as to call the Muslim murderers,Muslim murderers.[s] Those children were a threat to them[/s]
The ideology of this man is every bit as toxic and dangerous as the most virulent Nazi's beliefs ever were.
This man is an enemy of all that is good and right.
The Islamics in Russia have a real problem now. Putin has been easy on them, but I think given Putin's blaming this event on the fall of the Soviet Union, the crackdown is going to come fast. So much for democracy in Russia.
"The kidnappings might be justifified..."
is it really condemnation at all? They should all be rising up against animals like those mentioned in the article, like those who could conspire for months to kidnap, torture (vis a vis confinement and threats of death randomly carried out) and outright murder of the children, parents and teachers of Beslan. The whole world should be outraged and grieving with Russia. And the Muslim world should be doing a little housecleaning to distance themselves from animals like these terrorists and making clear efforts to stop them cold.
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