Mansour El-Kikhia, a Libyan who fled the Gadhafi dictatorship
Posted on 07/29/2005 7:12:56 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Perhaps you could stop blowing things up in order to kill us? That would sure be a definite plus.
Thanks!
Interesting article.
My response would be to the author of this trash:
Up yours and good bye !
That suspicion is what makes the need for American Muslims to speak out against terrorism so pressing. Their silence on the matter sends a message loud and clear...
Another set of lies condoned by the Koran. We must remember that there are NO moderates in the Mosque.
Mansour El-Kikhia, a Libyan who fled the Gadhafi dictatorship
"And for the benefits of those who do not know, 95 percent of Middle Easterners are Muslims."
For the benefit of Mansour El-Kikhia, there was a time when there were precisely zero muslims in the Middle East. I wonder if he's thought about how that transformation happened?
Maybe then we can talk more about who's conquered whom, or been enslaved, or brutalized, at the hands of foreign occupiers.
Or maybe I can distill it all down to one question: why can't I worship at the Hagia Sophia?
Dead
Thank you.
Get a load of this - ping!
Warning, the article's author is doing a real shuck and jive job, keep Pepto handy!
Get a load of this! Ping!
I guess I just imagined Arab women cheering when the twin towers were destroyed. Please forgive me.
The muslims have been spilling blood for centuries, it's part of their religion.
Their stated aim is world domination, our stated aim is freedom from domination.
It is not possible for American muslims to declare neutrality on this one.
This guy either doesn't understand or identifies with the fanatic mindset behind terrorism.
What causes fanaticism and why is it dangerous?The fanatic has an elitist view of himself. He holds a firm belief that he is "special" and has something that others, not like him, do not and that this unique "something" imparts an unquestionable and unassailable power to himself. Because of this basic self-view any disagreement with the elitist or any resistance to his actions causes anger. This "supreme" view of himself is an excuse for justifying his anger and thus justifying any act from deception to murder against those who disagree or refuse to comply with him. He is comfortable with hatred, revenge, lying or any gross deception in defense of his "superior" position and will act out against those who do resist or refuse to validate his view.
It is impossible to reason or negotiate with someone who holds the POV that they are morally and/or ethically superior by virtue of the belief that they are inherently so. Everything you do to accomodate his "concerns" (demands), short of complete capitulation, will be discounted due to your "inherent" inferiority. Any resistance to him, anything other than complete submission, becomes self-evident proof of his superiority. The elitist's POV presupposes the rationale of rightness and righteousness as inherent to himself by virtue of his personal belief not as a measure of the quality of his actions or the resulting consequences. His belief that he is superior may hang on an ideology or philosophy but regardless of whether the doctrine supports his view or not he is simply never wrong about himself. Of course the opposite is true for non-elites in the fanatic's mindset. You can never be right if you're not one of the "righteous" simply because you are not. More precisely; you are not "him."
It should be obvious why a fanatic is dangerous. Any and all negative and evil acts can be justified on the basis of any disassociation with his self-view and the "inherent authority" he carries with that. The intent and motivations of an outsider are irrelevant no matter how positive. The results of an outsider's actions are irrelevant no matter how accomodating or constructive. The non-elites are always wrong because they don't hold or submit to the fanatic's view.
The world is full of fanatics of every kind and they can base their elitist self-view on any pretext. Some belong to large groups of "like-minded" fanatics and some are individuals who cling to the delusion that they alone are "special."
In today's world the United States in particular, and western civilization in general, is under a concerted assault from two separate groups of fanatic elitists. Fundamentalist Muslims and leftists. The Islamo-nazis and the Marxists. Both leftists and Islamo-fascists hold a firm belief that they have something that rednecks and infidels don't have that carries a special authority with it. For leftists it is "intellect" and "social sophistication" and for Islamo-nazis it's a "call from Allah," a "holy annointing."
Both groups are manifestations of a mass psychological disorder resulting in fanatic elitism. Both are extremely unstable and are unfounded upon and unaffected by reasoned logic. Convinced of their own "inherent" superiority they will both press their respective agendas as far as they can without regard for the consequences to themselves or to others. In both cases the blame for all of their actions will "logically" fall on the shoulders of others, the "outsiders." Negative consequences of their actions simply become another tool for self-vindication.
The fanatic elitist mindset is the same as the mindset of the rabid dog. Nothing else exists for them except for their personal perception of themselves. Nothing else can; their POV is, by design, unaffectable by outside influence. Change can only occur from within and this means a change in the "prime directive." Change requires the abdication of their most basic point of reference, their self-view, the view that they are unique in a superior, inherent and authoritarian way. This is a view that reasonable people must either completely reject or ultimately submit to. Those are the only choices the fanatic will leave to "the others."
"America's experience in the Middle East is no different from its Southeast Asia stint, and look at the mess it left in that region. "
El-Kikhia ... is that arabic for FONDA?
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What strikes me is his appeal that it's not pleasant to be a Muslim in America today. If it's so bad, he would leave. They came here for a reason: things are better here. That's why people are willing to risk death to smuggle themselves across the border. Hell, how many people even DRIVE into Iran or Saudi Arabia, seeking asylum or a better life?
You want to take about a hard life? Try being a Christian (let alone a Jew) in Saudi Arabia. Or Syria. Or Jordan. Or the "West Bank". Or Iran. Or Yemen. Or Qatar. Or UAE. Need I go on?
So do I! I'm sick of the pandering to Islam and the "religion of peeeeece" mantra and the excessive hand-wringing about "racial profiling" and the whining and moaning over "backlash" that never happened.
Oh--that's not what he was talking about.
Never mind.
I don't remember any Vietnamese coming to the U.S. to commit terrorist acts.
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