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Aljazeera Comments on the London Terrorist
Aljazeera English Web Site ^ | Thursday 07 July 2005, 22:28 Makka Time, 19:28 GMT | Aljazeera

Posted on 07/07/2005 6:53:32 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon

Excerpted from Arab world condemns London blasts.

The Director of the Institute of Islamic Thought in London, Dr Azam al-Tamimi, while condemning the bombings as barbaric, took the opportunity to criticise leader Blair.

Some blamed the British leader's policies for the blasts "If there is some party that should be held accountable for killing the innocent and spreading terror and chaos among the British people, it should be the government of Tony Blair," al-Tamimi told Aljazeera.

He said it was a combination of what the British prime minister and his government had done that led to this disaster.

Britain's role in Iraq and Afghanistan, the abuse of Muslim detainees by British soldiers in Belmarsh prison in London and Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, and even the latest utterances of Blair on his return from Singapore after winning the bid for 2012 Olympics, against "extremists", which al-Tamimi said was a veiled reference to Muslim organisations, all contributed to the blasts.

"This blow was expected any time," al-Tamimi said. Aljazeera + Agencies


Excerpted from British Muslims condemn blasts

However, the British branch of the Islamist movement Hizb ut-Tahrir warned Muslims against blaming fellow believers for the bomb attacks.

"Condemnation with scant information will only aid the leaders of the West who want to use fear as a tool as well as allow them to arrest more Muslims unjustly under draconian terror laws," it said in a statement on Thursday.

Some London Muslims fear they will be targeted after the blasts

"Yes, the rules of Islam do not allow the harming of innocent civilians, but at the same time the rules of Islam do not allow us to condemn Muslims with little evidence in order to remove the pressure from ourselves."

The organisation criticised the Group of Eight leaders meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland.

"The world's leaders congregating at the G8 summit in Gleneagles have quickly taken the opportunity to further their rhetoric to justify their 'war on terror'," the statement said.

The group told British Muslims to beware of revenge attacks after the blasts.

"It is possible in the days ahead that symbols of the Muslim community such as mosques and schools may be targets for vandalism," it said.

"It is also foreseeable that our Muslim sisters may be at the forefront of verbal abuse or even attack."

Galloway reaction

In his reaction, firebrand UK lawmaker George Galloway said Londoners had "paid the price" for Britain sending soldiers into Iraq and Afghanistan and warned there was more to come.

Galloway(C) said the blasts were despicable, but predictable

"We argued, as did the security services in this country, that the attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq would increase the threat of terrorist attack in Britain," Galloway said in a statement on Thursday.

Later, the Respect Party MP told parliament the attacks were despicable but entirely predictable.

"Let there be no equivocation: the primary responsibility for the bloodshed this morning lies with those who carried out the acts."

"But it would be utterly crass to ... separate these acts from the political backdrop against which they took place."

"They did not come out of a clear blue sky, any more than those monstrous mosquitoes that struck the twin towers and other buildings in the United States on September 11, 2001."

A fierce critic of the March 2003 US-led war to remove Saddam Hussein, Galloway was expelled that year from Prime Minister Tony Blair's governing Labour Party, which he had represented in parliament since 1987.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: aljazeera; arabmedia; london; terrorists
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As far as I can tell, the only reason any Muslim's are condeming these horrible deeds is because the are afraid of the backlash.
1 posted on 07/07/2005 6:53:32 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon
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The Director of the Institute of Islamic Thought in London, Dr Azam al-Tamimi

This guy and Galloway should have their home addresses published in the Mirror or the Sun so the average Joe Six-Fish+Chips could find them and discuss the matter.

2 posted on 07/07/2005 6:58:56 PM PDT by leadhead (Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.)
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Have you ever noticed that when they condemn a terrorist attack, it is always followed with a "but"


3 posted on 07/07/2005 7:00:30 PM PDT by dc27
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To: Jeff Gordon

Ask me if I care. Al Jazeera sucks, Al Qaeda sucks, and most of my liberal fellow Americans suck.


4 posted on 07/07/2005 7:01:13 PM PDT by popdonnelly
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Director of the Institute of Islamic Thought in London, Dr Azam al-Tamimi, .... "If there is some party that should be held accountable for killing the innocent and spreading terror and chaos among the British people, it should be the government of Tony Blair," al-Tamimi told Aljazeera.

He is still allowed in Great Britain?????

Calling Commander Bond, Commander James Bond. M has a message for you.

5 posted on 07/07/2005 7:02:13 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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In a way it's funny how the left will believe these morons, but Bush is a liar.


6 posted on 07/07/2005 7:03:36 PM PDT by Stayingawayfromthedarkside (The stink you smell are the liberals fuming after Ann speaks!!!)
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Excerpted from British Muslims condemn blasts


However, the British branch of the Islamist movement Hizb ut-Tahrir warned Muslims against blaming fellow believers for the bomb attacks.


"Condemnation with scant information will only aid the leaders of the West who want to use fear as a tool as well as allow them to arrest more Muslims unjustly under draconian terror laws," it said in a statement on Thursday.


Some London Muslims fear they will be targeted after the blasts

"Yes, the rules of Islam do not allow the harming of innocent civilians, but at the same time the rules of Islam do not allow us to condemn Muslims with little evidence in order to remove the pressure from ourselves."


The organisation criticised the Group of Eight leaders meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland.

"The world's leaders congregating at the G8 summit in Gleneagles have quickly taken the opportunity to further their rhetoric to justify their 'war on terror'," the statement said.


The group told British Muslims to beware of revenge attacks after the blasts.

"It is possible in the days ahead that symbols of the Muslim community such as mosques and schools may be targets for vandalism," it said.

"It is also foreseeable that our Muslim sisters may be at the forefront of verbal abuse or even attack."


Galloway reaction


In his reaction, firebrand UK lawmaker George Galloway said Londoners had "paid the price" for Britain sending soldiers into Iraq and Afghanistan and warned there was more to come.


Galloway(C) said the blasts were despicable, but predictable

"We argued, as did the security services in this country, that the attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq would increase the threat of terrorist attack in Britain," Galloway said in a statement on Thursday.


Later, the Respect Party MP told parliament the attacks were despicable but entirely predictable.

"Let there be no equivocation: the primary responsibility for the bloodshed this morning lies with those who carried out the acts."


"But it would be utterly crass to ... separate these acts from the political backdrop against which they took place."


"They did not come out of a clear blue sky, any more than those monstrous mosquitoes that struck the twin towers and other buildings in the United States on September 11, 2001."


A fierce critic of the March 2003 US-led war to remove Saddam Hussein, Galloway was expelled that year from Prime Minister Tony Blair's governing Labour Party, which he had represented in parliament since 1987.





7 posted on 07/07/2005 7:04:12 PM PDT by Ethyl
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Yes, the rules of Islam do not allow the harming of innocent civilians,

yea riiight, just infidels! We got it from the muSlimes actions Ahmed! Watch out for lost cruise missile landing on Al-Jerkzeera, or Mecca, or ..... (guess)

8 posted on 07/07/2005 7:04:41 PM PDT by Leo Carpathian (FReeeePeee!)
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In a way it's funny how the left will believe these morons, but Bush is a liar.


9 posted on 07/07/2005 7:06:40 PM PDT by Stayingawayfromthedarkside (The stink you smell are the liberals fuming after Ann speaks!!!)
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"If there is some party that should be held accountable for killing the innocent and spreading terror and chaos among the British people, it should be the government of Tony Blair," al-Tamimi told Aljazeera.

No, it should not. The party that should be held accountable is the one who plotted and executed the cold-blooded murders, and further, the Moslem leaders who advocated it and who provided moral and logistical support. I think that Great Britain would be thoroughly justified in bombing certain prominent imams who reside in Saudi Arabia. This is the fruit of their poisonous garden.

10 posted on 07/07/2005 7:07:00 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Stayingawayfromthedarkside

ooops!!!


11 posted on 07/07/2005 7:07:14 PM PDT by Stayingawayfromthedarkside (The stink you smell are the liberals fuming after Ann speaks!!!)
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To: dc27
Have you ever noticed that when they condemn a terrorist attack, it is always followed with a "but"

That's why I call them the "but" people.

12 posted on 07/07/2005 7:07:48 PM PDT by umgud (Comment removed by poster before moderator could get to it)
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>"Have you ever noticed that when they condemn a terrorist attack, it is always followed with a "but"

That's cause they allah follow buttheads



13 posted on 07/07/2005 7:12:06 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("If it's brown, drink it down. If it's black send it back." Homer's guide to drinking in Springfield)
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To: leadhead

Usually the nonsense Galloway spout is sick, but in wartime his idiocy is life-threatening.


14 posted on 07/07/2005 7:12:46 PM PDT by FreeRep
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To: Jeff Gordon

"Institute of Islamic Thought".

I spent 24 months in ever day contact with our ROP's friends. I promised to write a book entitled
"THE ARAB MIND".

The book will have 50 blank pages.


15 posted on 07/07/2005 7:13:02 PM PDT by TaMoDee
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This guy is saying it was Barbaric , but he is glad they did it.


16 posted on 07/07/2005 7:14:10 PM PDT by sgtbono2002
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To: Jeff Gordon

Al Jazeera's a bunch of queeras. They have about the same credibility as Sandy Berger at the National Archives.


17 posted on 07/07/2005 7:17:12 PM PDT by tobyhill (The war on terrorism is not for the weak!)
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To: Jeff Gordon

condemn but approve.

It seems the vast MAJORITY of islams followers do approve of the actions.


18 posted on 07/07/2005 7:17:59 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: Jeff Gordon
They do not fear enough, IMHO.
This must change.
What Islam needs is their own "Jim Jones" style suicide leader.
They should all just kill themselves off to show the rest of us how superior and correct they are, and deny us evil infidels the grace of their existence.
Surely it is written somewhere in their noxious book?
19 posted on 07/07/2005 7:20:49 PM PDT by sarasmom (Attrition levels are acceptable and lower than expected. War is an ugly thing.)
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Muslim jihadists perpetrate a series of cowardly and ignominious attacks, and all the Muslim population can come up with is to whine about their fear of being targeted for retaliation, a backlash? How truly pathetic. Make the perps into the victims. Let's see who'll fall for that.
20 posted on 07/07/2005 7:22:01 PM PDT by ArmyTeach (Pray daily for our troops...)
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