Posted on 02/25/2005 10:58:36 AM PST by AliVeritas
(FreeMuslims.org) Muslim-bashing. That's the accusation many of my fellow Muslims now hurl at the various news outlets for their news stories about a Freedom House investigation that found extremist Islamic literature in some leading American mosques. This name-calling is unfortunate.
Since 1980, the Muslim world has experienced an enormous growth of religious fanaticism and extremism the likes of which Islam has not experienced in its 1,400 years. This movement continues to grow because of the spread of Wahhabi Islam, a sect that used to number no more than one percent of all Muslims, but because of money and technology, has spread to more areas around the world.
Extremism is also growing because of an ideology called political Islam. The basis of political Islam is the rejection of secularism and the belief that the mosque and the state should be completely intertwined. Unfortunately, history has shown that when politics and religion are completely intertwined, disaster results.
Most importantly, extremism in the Muslim world continues to grow because most Muslims are unwilling to admit that we have a problem with extremism and support for terrorism. The response by Muslims to the Freedom House report is not the first time that the Muslim community resorted to denial and accusations of Muslim-bashing when presented with evidence of Muslim culpability.
After September 11, many in the Muslim world chose denial and hallucination rather than face up to the sad fact that Muslims perpetrated the 9/11 terrorist acts. After 9/11, many Muslims, including religious leaders and "intellectuals," blamed 9/11 on a Jewish conspiracy, and went as far as fabricating a tale that 4,000 Jews did not show up for work in the World Trade Center on that day.
(Excerpt) Read more at religionjournal.com ...
I had this a few months ago when it was current, then lost it.
I happened to see it again on another thread and grabbed it.
My apologies to the freeper who originally posted this because I can't remember who you are. It took a lot of work, and all of us are in your debt.
Thanks for the Ping, EdReform
Thanks for the ping and thanks to you TC for posting that awsome list.
You're welcome! Again, most excellent documentation!
You're welcome!
BTTT
Phooey.
Perhaps the terrorist attack time line documentation TC posted should be posted as a new article (with a little bit of reformattting and maybe a relevant link or two). What do you think?
Bookmark...Great job TC!
I really didn't know it was so unknown. I've had it for awhile.
If we had the original news account of the Marine Barracks in Lebanon and Mr. Klinger being thrown overboard in his wheelchair and the airliner over Lockerbie and the USS Cole, that would just about seal the fate of this "Religion of Peace".
If we had the original news account of the Marine Barracks in Lebanon and Mr. Klinger being thrown overboard in his wheelchair and the airliner over Lockerbie and the USS Cole, that would just about seal the fate of this "Religion of Peace".
You might be able to find article excerpts to those original news accounts using NewsLibrary.
Oh, yeah! I think that's an excellent idea... that would just about seal the fate of this "Religion of Peace".
Indeed! I think it's a very important piece of documentation and should have it's own thread.
Definitely deserves the widest exposure possible. How about on a bill-board at every major intersection of every capital city in Blue States in the US?
And I'm not joking.
Until I see that, Islam is NOT a "religion of peace", it is the problem.
1. One way to solve this problem would be to eliminate Islam.
2. Another way to solve this problem would be for Muslims to reject terrorism and hunt down and kill all those who would pervert their "Religion of Peace".
3. I expect that solution #2 will happen before tomorrom morning. (hehe, snicker, laugh out loud).
One or the other WILL happen.
I would like to have this an ongoing thread where we can post the latest attacks to it - like the bombing in Tel Aviv today.
Sounds like a great idea.
bump post
Thanks for the ping!
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