Posted on 12/10/2004 5:38:35 PM PST by kupia_kummi
London, IRNA - A fresh initiative was launched Thursday to develop a new relationship between the West and Islam based upon 'mutual listening' at all levels.
"There are many in Europe and US, ex-diplomats, ex-military and those from my background, who are very concerned at the increasing and worsening estrangement between the West and Islam," former British MI6 intelligence agent, Alastair Crooke said.
"Many in both are societies are quite angry at what it is doing to our societies and the damage being done to worsen the circumstances of Muslims everywhere," Crooke said, who also referred to the deterioration in the life of British Muslims.
The initiative was launched at the Frontline Club for journalists in London by the UK-based independent multinational Conflict Forum, which has been set up to promote rapprochement with the Muslim world.
Crooke, a director and founding member of the forum, said that it was extremely important to make clear that the differences between the West and Islam "have nothing to do with differences over values but were differences over policies."
"Muslim values in no way threaten our societies. On all strategic Western values, elections, popular participation in governance and in the wish for effective and incorrupt governance, Muslims overwhelmingly share these values," he said.
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Are you a Troll?
Are you a Muslim?
"Please don't kick us out of the Western infidel countires! We'll be nice, we swear of on the name of allah!"
Mutual Listening?
Its not like we didn't HEAR their message, its that we REJECT it.
They need to go away for a hundred years and clean up their "religion". Then come back and maybe there will be something to talk about.
kupia_kummi, are you a muslim?
F' em.
I don't think so.
Whoops, I forgot to put your name in the To box for #5
google "al-Taqiyya"
Yes I do comment sometimes. No I am not a troll nor a muslim. What upsets you ?
Nothing. I'm just curious as to your intentions.
"Muslim values in no way threaten our societies. On all strategic Western values, elections, popular participation in governance and in the wish for effective and incorrupt governance, Muslims overwhelmingly share these values," he said.
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Absolutely total and complete trash, based upon Koranic approved lies and deception !!!
So other than the fact that this effort is all based on a blatant lie, is there a news story here? Are my tax dollars paying for this somehow?
I'm all for a new relationship with Islam. Let's start with "they stay the h*ll away from our country!"
My only intention is to post articles which hopefully will stimulate some kind of constructive thinking or debate.
kupia_kummi has posted dozens of articles in a very short time and replied only a very few times in any of them. In-Forum is interesting to look at from kupia_kummi's profile page.
Constructive thinking will have to come from the Muslim side...And I don't mean constructive in the way of car bombs.
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