Posted on 12/04/2005 8:20:33 PM PST by setarcos
Indonesians Ask Why Muslims Turn to Bombs By ROBIN McDOWELL, Associated Press Writer Sun Dec 4, 3:45 PM ET
Aip Hidayat was a devout Muslim but showed no signs of fanaticism. He did not force his younger sister to wear a head scarf, chastise friends for skipping prayers or get into fiery debates about the U.S. war in Iraq. Yet the 21-year-old became the seventh person to carry out a suicide bombing in Indonesia, something many said was inconceivable just a few years ago.
Hidayat's mother says al-Qaida-linked terrorists recruited her eldest son as a foot soldier for their "holy war," poisoning his views on Islam so he would take part in triple suicide bombings on Oct. 1 that killed 20 people on the resort island of Bali.
"They used him," Siti Rokayah, 40, said quietly, sitting on a straw mat in a cramped two bedroom hut, photographs of a smiling and carefree Hidayat scattered before her. "I hope whoever did this to my son will be arrested and punished."
Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation, but most people here practice a moderate form of the faith.
Still, militant Islam appears to be gaining a strong foothold, with five deadly attacks targeting Western interests since 2002. More than 240 people have died, many of them Indonesians.
The secular government has responded by launching its first-ever campaign against hard-line interpretations of Islam — something it shied away from doing in the past for fear of being seen as subservient to the United States.
"Why Muslims Turn to Bombs?"
One of those age old questions: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
You simply can't make this stuff up.
Because they are muslims and they just do what koran tells them to do, why it is so difficult to comprehend?
Actually, its the non-fanatical muslims that allow others to soil their religion. When is that last time you heard about a muslim group snitching on, arresting or fighting the fanatics?
Bingo!
Ding! Ding! Ding!
We have a winner!
'Cuz the a$$wipes are interpreting the Ko(ok)ran literally, and are emulating the historic satanic actions of the pedophile false prophet, Moo-HAM-it (piss be upon him).
Duh.
Ahah, you hit on the problem! A bunch of frustrated, horny little barstards whose only hope is death! Islam has got to be the most negative philosophy around.
I am repulsed like you, and equally repulsed at our own pop-culture. Quite equally.
Cause it's the only way they know how to make an impression... on the walls, the ceiling, the pavement???
Muslims turn to bombs because their ideas of "civil" behavior fall as invalid when faced with the ideas of John Payne involving liberty, equality, and the pursuit of happiness. Muslim ideology can't compete with those ideas.
Many Muslim youth and women want to participate in the "grand experiment" exemplified by the USA, and many European nations. Conservative, sharia advocating Muslims cannot compete and rather than accept the enlightened version of an evolved Muslim faith, they refuse to accept the death of Orthodoxy and turn to self sacrifice and the bomb. They would rather be dead than wrong.
Our job at this point is to accomodate as many Islamofascists as we can in this regard. We are way past seeking"common ground."
Sadly, the mooselimbs have some things right, about our culture, or, lack of it, these days!
LOL! What's funny is that there is probably some truth to that faux cover.
"Actually, its the non-fanatical muslims that allow others to soil their religion."
Personally, I don't think the "non-fanatical" muslims participation is as passive as many would believe. I think the majority of muslims support terror as a means to spread their disease....they are just very good at working the media and the liberals to gain sympathy for their "wrongly maligned religion."
Muslims appear to be incapable of civilized behavior.
Do you not believe the following?
Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation, but most people here practice a moderate form of the faith.
The Bible says if your eye offend you (lead you to sin such as lust, etc.), pluck it out. How many Jews or Christians do that? Just because the Koran says it doesn't mean all Muslims follow it or even believe it. It is the few fanatics that terrorize us as well as their fellow Muslims. Not any different from gang bangers who terrorize a neighborhood by killing any who oppose them.
The Bible says if your eye offend you (lead you to sin such as lust, etc.), pluck it out. How many Jews or Christians do that? Just because the Koran says it doesn't mean all Muslims follow it or even believe it. It is the few fanatics that terrorize us as well as their fellow Muslims. Not any different from gang bangers who terrorize a neighborhood by killing any who oppose them.
Hey you mind-numbed
Comparing a bible to koran is an insult to modern civilization, (forget any religious vibes), koran is a product of perverted and criminal individual mohhamed, islam contributed NOTHING to human civilization but violence, suffering, woman "submission" to man etc.
The last "extreme" Christian fanaticism - Inquisition about 400 years ago.
The last "extreme" muslim fanaticism - continuous since pervert Mohamed poisoned minds of millions, lately terrorism, 7/11 murdering of innocent people of ALL FAITHS including muslims, beheadings, rapes, women enslaving and abuse
Latest of any "achievements" or contributions of islam to humanity - NONE.
Latest and historical crimes of islam? Will take 50000 pages of encyclopedia to fill.
You are either a muslim sympathizer, muslim stupid or just a plain ignorant idiot to write crap like you did, why don,t you just say ISLAM IS RELIGION OF PEACE, muslims are peace loving people, muslims respect women, muslims respect all religions, etc etc.
I just hope one of this days we will get rid of all islamic perverts in USA (to start with) and their enablers.
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