Posted on 05/11/2005 11:49:58 PM PDT by conservativeimage
The Free Muslims Against Terrorism are proud to announce that on May 14, 2005, Muslims and Middle Easterners of all backgrounds will converge on our nation's Capital for a rally against terrorism and to support freedom and democracy in the Middle East and the Muslim world. This will be the first rally of its kind in Washington, D.C., that is led by Muslims and Middle Easterners.
Join us in sending a message to radical Muslims and supporters of terrorism that we reject them and that we will do all we can to defeat them.
We also want to send a message of hope to the people of the Muslim world and the Middle East who seek freedom, democracy and who reject radical Islam that we are with them and that we will do all we can to support them.
That's what I'm talking about. You know what I remember as the reaction from 4 yrs ago? A bunch of Palestinians cheering in the streets.
I hope they aren't infiltrated by terrorists with bombs looking to get close to large crowds.
"Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faiths, but to become dominant. The Koran, the Muslim book of scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth." - Omar Ahmad, Co-founder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, aka CAIR. President and CEO of Silicon Expert Technologies. A Palestinian who grew up in a refugee camp in Jordan.
Their current mouthpiece, Ibrahim Hooper (a.k.a. Jabba Butt-monkey), seems to be following the agenda of CAIR's founders. What I'd like to know is what, if anything, Hooper and company has to do with the organization that is organizing this march. Are they just a front for CAIR? Will they begin ranting about how we are all being unfair to Muslims? Will the march turn into a chorus of "butt-monkey's" turning it all around on us?
I'll hope for the best, but I'm not going to hold my breath on this one. Islam needs it's own reformation. If it happens this is how it will begin if it is sincere.
I'm wondering why they are marching to Washington and not to one of these Saudi run Mosques that preach hate.
Just to be on the safe side, face recognition software will be used...
Impressive.
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There will be no crowd, large or small. It is ludicrous to think that muslims in America would show up for something like this.
Even a cursory perusal of the Koran and Sunnah/Hadiths will reveal violence and intolerance at the core of Islam's belief system. In particular, Muslims who espouse peaceful practices are held in contempt within Islam. For example, take a look at Qur'an 33:60
"Truly, if the Hypocrites, those in whose hearts is a disease, those who stir up sedition, the agitators in the city, do not desist, We shall urge you (Muhammad) to go against them and set you over them. Then they will not be able to stay as your neighbors for any length of time. They shall have a curse on them. Whenever they are found, they shall be seized and slain without mercy—a fierce slaughter—murdered, a horrible murdering. (Such was) the practice (approved) of Allah among those who lived before. No change will you find in the practice of Allah."
Islamists note the urge to find moderate Muslims and are learning how to fake moderation. Over time, their camouflage will undoubtedly further improve.
The official, politically correct point of view says that Islam is just another monotheistic religion, not that different from Judaism or Christianity.
If that is true, then moderate Muslims must exist, just like moderate members of other faiths.
However, moderate members of other faiths do not require sacrificial mollification -- that's basically how we tell moderates from extremists.
Therefore, either moderate Muslims are mythical creatures, or we need substantially different criteria to identify them.
That dilemma alone should make us suspicious as to whether Islam is "just another religion".
Obviously, it is important that we determine how a moderate Muslim can be distinguished from a Muslim extremist.
Why not ask Muslims themselves?
Irshad Manji, a young Canadian author, has published a book titled The Trouble With Islam.
Since we don't hear too many Muslim voices criticizing their religion, her book deserves our attention.
This is what the author herself says on her promotional Website:
"I appreciate that every faith has its share of literalists. Christians have their Evangelicals. Jews have the ultra-Orthodox. For God's sake, even Buddhists have fundamentalists. But what this book hammers home is that only in Islam the literalism is mainstream."
Apparently, the terms literalism and fundamentalism in the quotation above are used interchangeably, as synonyms of religious extremism. Unfortunately, the author fails to mention the most important difference between "literalists" in Islam and other religions. Evangelical Christians may believe that heaven is reserved for them alone.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews may display intimate understanding of the murkiest places in the Talmud.
I have no idea what extreme fundamentalist Buddhists do that sets them apart from their moderate coreligionists.
What I do know however is that no religion except Islam pursues the idea of physical extermination of those who believe differently.
The concept of holy war is unique to Islam.
Jihad is the absolute monopoly of Muslims.
There is no parallel to it in any other religion in the world. (Yes, I have heard about Crusades, but Christianity does not mandate them, and do you know when the last Crusade ended?)
So, here we have it in plain English, as simple as A, B, C:
1. According to the Koran, holy war against the infidels is a sacred duty of every Muslim.
2. According to Ms. Manji, mainstream Muslims interpret Koran literally.
The conclusion is inevitable:
3. Mainstream Muslims perceive war against the infidels -- meaning you and me -- as their sacred duty.
http://freedomhouse.org/religion/pdfdocs/FINAL%20FINAL%20Saudi.pdf
Lies!! They will go to their mosques later and pray along with these animals. Don't be soooooo niave to believe they want an end to the radicals(who are real muslims) on jihad. The only thing that's sad is the way so many of you think they can be changed. Grow up and accept islam, infidels!
Actually it is pretty impressive. These are either very brave people or very stupid ones. This is sort of like 50 people showing up in 2001 in central Baghdad to protest the outrages of Saddam's regime. The end result will be the same for them.
DARN!
I was expecting at least 55 or 60...
Manji fails to note that in "literalist" "fundamentalist" Christianity, the hermeneutic is such that the Old Testament injunctions that might be said to support violence are vacated by the New Testament dispensation. As for the Jews, the rabbis have the power to reinterpret by their own hermanuetic, and they have done exactly that.
Only Islam is busy trying to carry out a "scriptural" mandate of violence against "unbelievers."
there can NEVER be a justification for terrorism.......what they are doing they do not consider to be terrorism. You always condemn the other side... the moslem movement today is PURE terrorism
Let's see...when the MSM ignores a Conservative, it's called media bias and shows how conservative voices are stifled, but we shouldn't judge the strength of the conservative movement by the obscurity of coverage.
But when it's Muslims speaking out against terrorism--which is exactly what many have tried to do since 9/11, and what the MSM has not covered very well--we suddenly trust the MSM's coverage as a gauge of the movement?
Come on, now. Admit that there's nothing that these people could do to stop the hatred against them, even if the don't believe in the same things the terrorists do.
Non-existent Muslim Ping
http://www.freemuslims.org/march/
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