Seattle: Local Muslim leader reluctantly expresses sympathy re terrorist attack @ Jewish Federation

Sound Politics ^ | August 7, 2006 | Stefan Sharkansky

[Stoat]

Local Muslim leader reluctantly expresses sympathy over terrorist attack at Jewish Federation

Regarding the recent terrorist attack at the Seattle Jewish Federation by a Muslim man motivated by anger with Israel, a leader of a local Muslim organization sent this letter to the Jewish Transcript (published August 4, 2006). I'm underwhelmed.

It is with deep sorrow that we note the one dead and five injured people in the mindless act of cruelty by a hate-filled man. Our hearts go out in sympathy to the injured and to the families of victims.

 

We struggled for some time about whether a statement should be sent out or not, because we would like this to be recognized for the grievous crime that it is, rather than an event that calls for an explanation or apology by Muslims.

In the end, it was decided that we need to extend our sympathies and good will to those who were victimized by this crime because it would prevent misunderstandings between the faiths.

Muslims, Jews and Christians have been working long and hard in this area, to build relationships of respect and trust that have so far endured many tests.

We look forward to the future in which this test, too, shall be endured and people of the three Abrahamic faiths will have come closer in spite of this tragedy.

We would like to close with this hadith from the Prophet Mohammed:

"Those in whose hearts is no mercy for others will not attain the mercy of Allah." (Bukhari and Muslim)

Jeff Siddiqui

American Muslims of Puget Sound, Lynnwood

This is consistent with Siddiqui's ongoing refusal to recognize that Muslims, acting as Muslims, sometimes commit acts of aggression in the name of Islam. He seems to feel that Muslims are only ever victims, persecuted by the government and the targets of a paranoid US. But Siddiqui's letter does clear up any misunderstandings about where he's really coming from, as did his statement in Louis Farrakhan's Final Call website: "

The pro-Israeli spin doctors are in full battle-cry, sending e-mails, articles and making phone calls wherever necessary. The radio and television hosts make a great pretense of 'journalistic inquiry' as they skew their shows against the Arabs and in favor of the poor Israelis," writes Jeff Siddiqui, of American Muslims of Puget Sound, in Seattle, Wash

, not to mention his statement to the P-I the day after the Seattle terrorist attack:

Siddiqui said his organization and several other groups had announced a silent march today to demand a cease-fire in Lebanon and Palestine and to protest Israeli bombing.

 

That march, which starts at 11 a.m. at the Kirkland Marina and ends at Houghton Beach Park, should have no relation to the Seattle shootings, Siddiqui said.

Siddiqui seems to have difficulty acknowledging that the Muslim world suffers from violent anti-Semitic and anti-western pathologies , whether it manifests itself as airplanes flying into office buildings in New York, as a spontaneous shooting in Seattle or in the form of 3,000 rockets fired by Hizbullah on innocent Israeli civilians.

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[Eastbound]

Please dis-regard my reply # 9. Jumped the gun without reading the post. (Slaps head!.)

[Mila]

"Why is it so hard for Muslims to come to grips with something this simple?"

Because in their mind they are NEVER wrong! NEVER. It is always the fault of the other guy. Basically, I think that they really don't see a big problem with atrocious acts committed in the name of Islam. They perceive themselves to be superior in every way and they are arrogant enough to expect others to see them that way too. Hence this lame apology.

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The MMM (something akin to the KKK) believes it is thousands of "lone nuts" doing this.

It is a supremacist political ideology. Ask them if they are equals of kufir.

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The Middle East airs programming akin to Germany's "The Eternal Jew" regularly but the media is silent. Prerferring instead to tell us any time a publisher dares to publish any of the "12 cartoons".

If people would like to see some examples, they should watch http://www.obsessionthemovie.com/ which is coming out on DVD now (I've already sent Netflix a request to stock it).

[Kakaze]

" We struggled for some time about whether a statement should be sent out or not, because we would like this to be recognized for the grievous crime that it is, rather than an event that calls for an explanation or apology by Muslims. "

Nice , don't apologize because it's wrong and against the laws of man and civilization. Apologize because it could look bad.

Well don't worry about my mis-understanding you or your intent. I know your the enemy. The 10 % you claim to be "radicalized" and the 90 % who are complicit through their silence and allow those butchers to hide in the plain site of your masses.

No Mis-understandings here.

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[Alouette]

because it would prevent misunderstandings between the faiths.

"because it will negatively impact our taqqiya campaign" not "BECAUSE IT IS MORALLY WRONG, EVIL, AND A CRIME"

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[Alouette]

He should consult Mel Gibson on how to craft a decent apology.

Here's my answer to your "apology" Mr. Siddiqui: NIDFOK OTCHA

[Convert from ECUSA]

"We struggled for some time about whether a statement should be sent out or not, because we would like this to be recognized for the grievous crime that it is, rather than an event that calls for an explanation or apology by Muslims. In the end, it was decided that we need to extend our sympathies and good will to those who were victimized by this crime because it would prevent misunderstandings between the faiths." [snip] We look forward to the future in which this test, too, shall be endured and people of the three Abrahamic faiths will have come closer in spite of this tragedy." [snip] Jeff Siddiqui

Gee, he and his cohorts must have really strained themselves very hard in their "struggle" to apologize, sounds like they barely got it out from their pinched cheeks! Oh, and BTW, Siddiqui, it is TWO Abrahamic faiths, Judaism and Christianity. The ROP (so called) is from another origin.

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[DoughtyOne]

Seems to me that just for P.R.'s sake, they would voice objection even if they didn't fully mean it. As it is, it's obvious their gutt feelings don't match their half-hearted appologies or expressions of sorrow. It's this that makes me wonder if it wouldn't be best to start deporting some of these folks back to the camel farm.

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[Paperdoll]

>Where did this guy get the hate that filled him?<

With all due respect, this is the first time I've heard a Muslim apologize for what one of his own did. That said, this guy, and all "the guys" who are hate filled, got it on his father's knee, in bedtime stories, in morning prayers, in school. He practically got it from his mother's milk. And it came from the Koran. There is but one God, and He is not hate filled. Satan fashions himself as a God, thus Allah is praised by his fervent followers. To keep in control, Satan divides with hate. IMHO.