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Thanks Proud,

Jihadwatch has some more links and info

May 15, 2005

No Islamic Reformation just yet

The Free Muslims March Against Terror went off Saturday with a whimper, not a bang: the Washington Times here says that only 50 people were there. Other estimates have ranged as high as 200, but even that doth not a Reformation make.
A few days ago I expressed my disappointment that this was not a March against jihad terror, since everyone is against "terrorism," even the "terrorists." But if fewer than 200 Muslims -- since there was an untold number of non-Muslims (and reporters) in the crowd -- can come out against nameless unspecified terror, that is extremely revealing.
"Local group leads march against terror," from the WashTimes, with thanks to Kaosktrl:
A local Islamic group led a rally in the District yesterday afternoon against terrorism, which organizers said was just the beginning of their crusade against extremists.
About 50 people converged on Freedom Plaza for the "March Against Terror," an event organized by Free Muslims Against Terrorism, supporters of freedom and democracy in the Middle East and the entire Muslim community.
"We have to be honest; we have a problem with extremism, and the Muslim leadership in this country has totally failed us," said Kamal Nawash, leader of the year-old organization.

True enough.

"While [the leaders] themselves don't support terrorism, they share the ideology of the terrorists, which is this delusion about creating a theocratic Muslim state. ... We're here to offer an ideological challenge to extremism and the ideology that causes extremism and terrorism."...

Best of luck with that. But also, a March is not an "ideological challenge." It may be a challenge, but there is nothing particularly ideological about it at this point. The FMAT is against terrorism. Great. But we have yet to see any ideological challenge to the jihadists from FMAT or any other Muslim group. And of course, there are important reasons why that is so.
Posted by Robert at May 15, 2005 07:42 AM |