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U.N.'s Annan targets wave of anti-Muslim bigotry
Reuters ^
| 12/07/04
| Irwin Arieff
Posted on 12/07/2004 11:37:26 AM PST by kattracks
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Countering a surge in anti-Islamic bigotry requires urgent action by Muslims as well as non-Muslims, governments, the media and educators, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday. Muslims must condemn and isolate extremists who target and kill civilians in the name of their religion and governments must make good on commitments to protect Muslims from discrimination, Annan told a seminar on Islam and intolerance at U.N. headquarters.
At the same time, others must recognize that anti-Western feelings of some Muslims have been fed by a history of colonialism and domination by the West and fanned by unresolved conflicts in the Middle East, Chechnya and the former Yugoslavia, he said.
"The reaction to such events can be visceral, bringing an almost personal sense of affront. But we should remember that these are political reactions -- disagreements with specific policies. All too often, they are mistaken for an Islamic reaction against Western values, sparking an anti-Islamic backlash," he said.
Annan's comments came during a day-long U.N. seminar on "Islamophobia," the second on combating religious intolerance. The first, on anti-Semitism, took place in June.
"When a new word enters the language, it is often the result of a scientific advance or a diverting fad. But when the world is compelled to coin a new term to take account of increasingly widespread bigotry, that is a sad and troubling development. Such is the case with Islamophobia," Annan said.
While the roots of intolerance toward Islam dated back centuries, a recent resurgence has been fed by rising tensions between the Islamic world and West, flawed media stereotypes and expanding Muslim immigration to new corners of the world, speakers said.
It is inevitable that different cultures would have their differences while living in close proximity, but "that cannot justify demonization, or the deliberate use of fear for political purposes," he said.
"Islam should not be judged by the acts of extremists who deliberately target and kill civilians. The few give a bad name to the many, and this is unfair," Annan said.
"Muslims themselves, especially, should speak out, as so many did following the 11 September attacks on the United States, and show a commitment to isolate those who preach or practice violence and to make it clear that these are unacceptable distortions of Islam," he said.
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To: kattracks
Could/would someone explain to me where the UN gets these 4th-world lunatics?
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posted on
12/07/2004 11:55:33 AM PST
by
Beckwith
(John Kerry is now a kept man . . .)
To: kattracks
If they stopped slaughtering innocent civilians, issuing 'fatwas' against eveyone and everything they don't agree with and calling for death to America and Americans...Maybe then I'll be more sensitive.
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posted on
12/07/2004 11:56:46 AM PST
by
Conservative Canuck
(The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness)
To: kattracks; All
Hummm... a target-rich environment:
Click this picture & go to the "last" for the latest UN scandals:
Islam, The Alleged Religion of Peace® ( TARP )? Click this picture:
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posted on
12/07/2004 12:00:11 PM PST
by
backhoe
(-30-)
To: kattracks
Annan's comments came during a day-long U.N. seminar on "Islamophobia," the second on combating religious intolerance.Correction Coffee -- isn't "Islamophobia" the same as "Bomb-o-phobia"??
How much longer must we "tolerate" this PC bullsh*t AND Annan's horsesh*t grandstanding?
To: F16Fighter
He must be referring to the Crusades. You know, the repulsion of Suleiman the Magnificent by the Austrians in Vienna. What part of The Middle east is Vienna in?
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posted on
12/07/2004 12:04:15 PM PST
by
massgopguy
(massgopguy)
To: kattracks
Anti-Muslim bigotry? Anyone know where I can get a t-shirt with Ann Coulter's 'We should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity - NOW MORE THAN EVER!'
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posted on
12/07/2004 12:05:58 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: blam; Ernest_at_the_Beach; FairOpinion; ValerieUSA
"Muslims must condemn and isolate extremists who target and kill civilians in the name of their religion and governments must make good on commitments to protect Muslims from discrimination, Annan told a seminar on Islam and intolerance at U.N. headquarters."
In-one-ear-out-the-other ping.
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posted on
12/07/2004 12:06:03 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
To: kattracks
Countering a surge in anti-Islamic bigotry requires urgent action by Muslims as well as non-Muslims, governments, the media and educators, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday.
Hey Kofi, tell them to clean their own houses first.
1. Get the Muslims in Sudan's capital (and the janjaweed Muslim thugs) to stop
killing the Muslims of Dafur.
well, at least the ones who are still in Dafur.
2. Get the Muslim terrorist in Gaza and the West Bank to stop summarily executing their
fellow Muslims that they SUSPECT are cooperating with the Israelis.
3. Get the Muslim mullahs and ayatollahs of Iran to resign and let the
masses set up a democratic government of Iran.
Until you ge those three done...
Shut the firetruck up, Kofi.
Better yet, resign and disappear.
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posted on
12/07/2004 12:08:40 PM PST
by
VOA
To: kattracks
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posted on
12/07/2004 12:08:45 PM PST
by
OKIEDOC
(LL THE)
To: Rummyfan
Time for a game of:
COWBOYS AND MUSLIMS.
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posted on
12/07/2004 12:09:38 PM PST
by
HMFIC
(US Marines, you yell, we shell.)
To: Rummyfan
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posted on
12/07/2004 12:10:14 PM PST
by
OKIEDOC
(LL THE)
To: kattracks
- Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Qur'an should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on earth --Omar Ahmed, Chairman of the Board of CAIR (Council of American Islamic Relations), San Ramon Valley Herald, July 1998
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- "In reality Islam is a revolutionary ideology and programme which seeks to alter the social order of the whole world and rebiuld it in conformity with its own tenets and ideals... ...Islam wishes to destroy all States and Governments anywhere on the face of the earth which are opposed to the ideology and programme of Islam..." -- From Sayeed Abdul A'la Maududi, Jihad in Islam
- "Jihad and the rifle alone. NO negotiations, NO conferences and NO dialogue" -- From Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, Join The Caravan
- "What are we calling you to, and what do we want from you? (1) The first thing that we are calling you to is Islam. (a) The religion of the Unification of God; of freedom from associating partners with Him, and rejection of this; of complete love of Him, the Exalted; of complete submission to His Laws; " -- From Osama Bin Laden "Letter to America" Nov. 24, 2002
- "... the march of resistance will continue until the islamic flag is raised not only over the minarets of Jerusalem but over the whole universe," -- Hamas Leader Mahmoud Zahar, January 16, 2004
- The Coming Islamic Takeover of the U.S.: "Saudis often discuss the issue of the U.S. becoming a Muslim state in the future. On a March 17 broadcast on Iqraa TV, Saudi preacher Sheik Said Al-Qahtani discussed this issue, as well as the cases in which Muslims are permitted to declare a defensive Jihad: "
We did not occupy the U.S., with 8 million Muslims, using bombings. Had we been patient, and let time take its course, instead of the 8 million, there could have been 80 million [Muslims] and 50 years later perhaps all the US would have become Muslim
" -- from "Incitement to Jihad on Saudi Government - Controlled TV" MEMRI
- IRAN: "The Internal Debate in Iran: How to Respond to Western Pressure Regarding Its Nuclear Program" of June 17, 2004.(6) The main threats were:
1. The recruitment and training of thousands of Iranian volunteers by Iran's Revolutionary Guards for suicide attacks against Western, European, and U.S. targets in Iraq, and their dispatch to Iraq.(7)
2. Resumption of Iran's project for long-range Shihab 4 and Shihab 5 missiles, capable of reaching Europe and the U.S., by order of Iranian Leader Ali Khamenei.(8)
3. Statements by senior Revolutionary Guards officials about a plan to eliminate "Anglo-Saxon civilization" using missiles and martyrdom [suicide] bombers, and about "29 sensitive targets" in the West, already identified by Iranian intelligence with the aim of blowing them up.(9)
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posted on
12/07/2004 12:10:53 PM PST
by
Mark Felton
(We are free because we are Christian. There is no other reason.)
To: OKIEDOC
Hitler would be so proud of the UN
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posted on
12/07/2004 12:12:02 PM PST
by
LauraJean
(sometimes I win sometimes I donate to the equine benevolent society)
To: Mark Felton
Looks like Nostradamas was right.
The Eagle and the Bear will unite to stamp out the Muslim scum forever.
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posted on
12/07/2004 12:14:15 PM PST
by
HMFIC
(US Marines, you yell, we shell.)
To: kattracks; OXENinFLA; backhoe; PsyOp; presidio9; Grampa Dave; MeekOneGOP
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posted on
12/07/2004 12:16:19 PM PST
by
EdReform
(Free Republic - helping to keep our country a free republic. Thank you for your financial support!)
To: kattracks
Thats right ANNAN hide your anti-American agenda behind bigotry against mudslimes.
Your right, I HATE them! 30+ years of terrorist acts from these devil worshiping pieces of pig excrement generate tons of hate. I want them and the UN out of the USA.
ANNAN your stupid tribe mentality cannot comprehend that with all its faults the USA is the most forgiving, most generous, and has the biggest heart when compared to any of your 3rd world trash. The world is better off with the USA than without it. The same cannot be said for you and your kind.
A good muslim is an oxymoron unless we are talking about a dead muslim.
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posted on
12/07/2004 12:22:04 PM PST
by
Wurlitzer
(I have the biggest organ in my town {;o))
To: Mark Felton
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posted on
12/07/2004 12:24:43 PM PST
by
EdReform
(Free Republic - helping to keep our country a free republic. Thank you for your financial support!)
To: kattracks
Get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US. Kofi-crook is too much and can't handle the job.
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posted on
12/07/2004 12:25:35 PM PST
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: kattracks
Sounds like Kofi needs a big, hot, steaming cup of STFU.
To: kattracks
"Islam should not be judged by the acts of extremists who deliberately target and kill civilians. The few give a bad name to the many, and this is unfair," Annan said. Yeah, right Kofi! 99.9999% of the Muslims give all of them a bad name!
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posted on
12/07/2004 12:28:19 PM PST
by
Redleg Duke
(Pass Tort Reform Now! Make the bottom clean for the catfish!)
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