Posted on 09/06/2004 2:42:53 AM PDT by walford
Expressions of shame and self-reproach have swept the Arab world as Muslims mourn the deaths of Russian schoolchildren - and voice unusually critical condemnations of the social ills blamed for breeding terrorism.
The Arab world has watched with mounting disgust as a wave of civilian hostages - some of them Arabs and Muslims - were slaughtered by insurgents in Iraq.
Last week, newspapers and satellite channels were dominated by pictures of bloodied, naked children in Beslan, north Ossetia, fleeing armed guerillas suspected to be Islamic rebels. Many Arabs found themselves in an increasingly common quandary: struggling to reconcile their sympathy for a political cause with growing revulsion at the wrath levelled by self-described "holy warriors" against the innocent.
"What is the guilt of those children? Why should they be responsible for your conflict with the government?" Grand Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, Egypt's highest-ranking imam, railed during Friday prayers in the Egyptian town of Benha. "You are taking Islam as a cover and it is a deceptive cover; those who carry out the kidnappings are criminals, not Muslims."
Sheik Tantawi's refrain was a familiar one among Muslims who have felt unfairly tarred by the growing number of highly publicised bloodbaths perpetrated by fellow believers.
But on Saturday some prominent Arabs had a more sobering interpretation: corrupt, repressed Arab and Islamic societies have turned into breeding grounds for terrorism. It is a judgement rarely voiced in heavily censored Arab rhetoric.
"Most perpetrators of suicide operations in buses, schools and residential buildings around the world for the past 10 years have been Muslims," wrote Abdulrahman al-Rashed, general manager of the Al-Arabiya TV channel.
In a blunt column in the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat, he listed attacks carried out by Muslims in Iraq, Russia, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. "Our terrorist sons are an end-product of our corrupted culture," he wrote. "The picture is humiliating, painful and harsh for all of us."
Russian officials said 10 of the guerillas who seized the school in Beslan were "Arabs", though this could not immediately be verified.
Chechnya has long figured prominently among the battles listed by radical Islamists of "jihads", or holy struggles. Like Palestinians, Iraqis and Kashmiris, the predominantly Muslim Chechens are generally viewed sympathetically by Arabs, and their plight is often seen as proof that Islam is under fire worldwide.
Virtually all Arab governments and Iran put aside any Chechen sympathies and condemned the hostage-taking and later carnage in Beslan. King Abdullah II of Jordan, who was visiting President Vladimir Putin in Russia last week, called the siege "criminal and cowardly".
The Saudi daily Arab News blasted Mr Putin but saved its harshest condemnation for the guerillas, "who had put themselves in a position where no one would shed tears when the punishment came. They reached a new low when they chose toddlers as bargaining chips."
The people who tell the Muslim press what to write have just realized a few things:
They are shi'iting green..
Soak your bullets in bacon grease!
In my opinion, you are all correct.
This is fear-driven.
Talk is cheap.
Turn the Russian bear loose.
Several years ago, I joined a social club for single men that met every Friday night. One of the main focus points of the group was how to find and meet attractive women. Over the years, some of the members got frustrated at their inability to attract good looking women and grew tired of being rejected by anyone better looking than Susan Estrich. Thats when things started to get out of hand.
These guys started discussing how easy it would be to rape women when they turned them down. Next thing I know, these guys were into that date rape drug that is put in drinks. While some of the members were really good guys and fun to be around, the part of the group that seemed to make sport out of date raping women was sort of a turn off. I know I should have turned these guys in, but I didn't want to ruin the club.
The date rape crew then started to steer their ambitions to 10-12 year old girls. One of the guys got arrested for pedophelia. Finally, I decided to speak out that date rape was one thing, but having sex with little girls went over the line.
Club = Islam
Date rape = Terrorism against the west
Pedophilia = Terrorism against Arabs/Muslims
Muslims won't admit the truth even when they try to admit the truth.
It never pays to let evil continue. It is a misnomer to call it date rape. Rape is rape. I've a good friend who was raped and left for dead. She thankfully survived. Now every few years she has to fight the parole system in Ohio to keep her sadistic rapist in prison for a few more years. She never married, never had the beauty of being a mom. This evil man robbed her of more than just her innocence.
One good ping deserves another.
Arab States. Is Michigan included?
Russia, unlike the US, is not infected with Political Correctness. They can call a Muslim terrorist a Muslim terrorist
Russia, unlike the US, is a net exporter of oil, and cannot be harmed by an oil embargo
Russia has a HUGE number of nukes and conventional arms
Russia does not need to cross any oceans to invade the Arab Middle East
Sauron, you hit the nail on the head -- they're more afraid of the Russkies than they are of us. The Russians are tough, still have a sense of self-preservation as a nation and refreshingly un-PC, despite decades of Communist rule.
That's the thing --- we're always being told that there are all these billions of Muslims and only 5 or 6 are actually terrorists --- but the billions can't stop the 5 or 6? Arabs could stop all this immediately -- but the mullahs don't want it stopped for the obvious reason --- and that is that they are behind it.
I think Arabs know Russia is stronger than the USA but they need the USA for more fund-raising for terrorist recruting and training -- they aren't ready to kill us completely yet because they need our money.
Bukhari:V4B52N268 Allahs Apostle said, War is deceit.
Tabari VI:110 When Muhammad brought a revelation from Allah canceling what Satan had cast on the tongue of His Prophet, the Quraysh said, Muhammad has repented of [reneged on] what he said concerning the position of our gods with Allah. He has altered [the bargain] and brought something else. Those two phrases which Satan had cast on Muhammads tongue of were in the mouth of every polytheist. The Messenger said, I have fabricated things against Allah and have imputed to Him words which He has not spoken.
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The social ill is the Muslim Ideology--the Murder Cult of Islam.
I wonder if their concern will be as short lived as their concern for the US after 9/11?
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