Posted on 09/07/2004 2:38:18 PM PDT by swilhelm73
Ahmed Bahgat, an Egyptian Islamist and columnist for Egypt's leading pro-government newspaper, Al-Ahram, wrote that the images "showed Muslims as monsters who are fed by the blood of children and the pain of their families."
"If all the enemies of Islam united together 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 of the nature of this age," he wrote.
Other Islamists were more cautious, and Ali Abdullah, an ultraconservative Bahraini religious scholar, condemned the school attack as "un-Islamic" but insisted Israelis - not Muslims - were behind it and wanted to "tarnish the image of Muslims."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...
The title presumes that Islam had a favorable image to taint. Not from where I stand. It might have been more accurate to say, "Acts confirm Islam image."
What a challenge that was. I read it, thought about what I'd like to say, and decided not to share my thoughts about Islam/Muslims. 8-) I like posting here. LOL
Those dam joos...always pretending to be muslims and causing problems. /eyeroll
That ssaid this murderous act is right on line with the image of islam. The devil himself is not as evil as the followers of islam.
Newsday must have gotten into Bill Clinton's stash.
Islam is EXACTLY what was shown in Russia. The radicals are being pushed out of the wordword. Just because a cornered rat will fight back does not mean you do not eradicate the rodent. It must be cornered then "squished".
The arab press is proclaiming this as proof of the resolve of islam. This is for the english reading SUCKERS.
All of this sounds like they're more concerned about their image than about what their Islamic 'brothers' have done to innocent children and civilians. It's the bad PR that bothers them, not the slaughters.
No kidding, the tainting of the culture/religion is done itself by the koran. People just following its commands don't really surprise me.
While it's certainly true that only a minority of Muslims are terrorists, the question that keeps coming to mind is 'What is it about Islam that creates these terrorists in so much greater proportion that any other major religion?'
I also can't help but liken Islam in general to Communism (the theory, not necessarily the practice). There seem to be so many similarities, but maybe I just misunderstand both of them.
hitler blamed the jews for everything too. hitler didn't drink alcohol or eat meat either.
religion of pieces *ping*
9/11 and all of the subsequent beheadings sort of did it for me.
A death cult concerned about bad PR?
Tax evasion taints Capone image
Is the author related to Eric?
It will take forever to just go after these "holy" warriors, we need to go after those who are manufacturing them in mosques everyday.
As if it were possible.
Islam is a religion of peace...Islam is a religion of peace (not)...Islam is not a religion of peace...Islam is not...Islam ???
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