[NYer]

Bump!

[DannyTN]

Palestinians have been targeting and killing Israeli women and children and teenagers for years.

This is not a new form of terrorism for Islam. Islam is just setting it's sights on bigger targets. Instead of a disco they hit the World Trade Center. Instead of an Israeli school bus they hit an entire Russian School.

And they have been justifying those acts for years.

[NYer]

Father Samir was born in Egypt but now lives in Beirut (Lebanon). He is one of the foremost Christian experts on the Islamic world.

Catholic Ping - let me know if you want on/off this list

[SheLion]

[Billthedrill]

I don't think it's Islam so much as it is extremism per se that serves to insulate the terrorist from his or her victim's own humanity. Non-Islamic terrorists have certainly committed horrifying acts against women and children (the Red Brigades, for only one example).

Terrorism, like modern art or any other cultural entity that relies on shock value, is trapped by the necessity of always having to up the ante in order to retain its effectiveness. Where murder doesn't suffice, mass murder is employed. Where that doesn't suffice, barbarous methods are employed. Where that doesn't suffice...well, that's where we are now. To up the ante from here is going to take considerable effort and a thoroughly evil creativity. Unfortunately there are people quite capable of this.

[AskStPhilomena]

Islam is only becoming more faithful to the ideals of the founder. Here's more detail on the teachings of the koran...
http://www.prophetofdoom.net/
Learning about the abominations contained in the koran only makes the pope's veneration of this blasphemous book all the more scandalous.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Can see it now: The "new, improved" face of prominent Muslim clergy will now seek to equivocate over the nuances of different forms and levels of barbarism. We got a lot to look forward to.

[MegaSilver]

18th century Europe, when the enlightenment was seen as atheistic and anti-Christian

And ultimately, given the moral disarmament of the West, that view might not be totally unjustified.

[Centurion2000]

bump

[Siamese Princess]

The victims were infidel women and children. Muslim women have been murdered by fundamentalists because they were the wrong kind of Muslim -- in the eyes of the fundies, they were infidels, as well.

[tygershark]

ETHICAL NORMS. Who was the genius that dreamed up that expression. there is nothing ethical about blowing up a building and killing 3,000 innocent people. there is no ETHICAL NORM in blowing up two of our embassies in Africa. These Muslims yell and scream about how the Great Satan is destroying the culture and yet their governments are killing them by tens of thousands and throwing women and children in mass graves. Yep ETHICAL NORMS....

[EdReform]

Prophet of Doom - Islam’s Terrorist Dogma, In Muhammad’s Own Words

Islam is a caustic blend of regurgitated paganism and twisted Bible stories.
Muhammad, its lone prophet, conceived his religion solely to satiate his lust for power, sex, and money.
He was a terrorist.

And if you think these conclusions are shocking, wait until you see the evidence.

Radical Islam's 'plan' to take over America - Arab-American author outlines secret 20-year strategy to undermine country

Prophet of Doom - Islam’s Terrorist Dogma, In Muhammad’s Own Words

Islam is a caustic blend of regurgitated paganism and twisted Bible stories.
Muhammad, its lone prophet, conceived his religion solely to satiate his lust for power, sex, and money.
He was a terrorist.

And if you think these conclusions are shocking, wait until you see the evidence.