Posted on 08/15/2006 6:18:32 AM PDT by seasoned traditionalist
Saudi Arabia on Monday rejected linking Muslims with fascism, days after U.S. President George W. Bush spoke of a "war with Islamic fascists".
"(Saudi Arabia) warns of accusing Muslims of terrorism and fascism without considering the history of the pure Islamic civilization," the cabinet of the major U.S. ally said in a statement after a meeting chaired by King Abdullah.
The Saudi cabinet statement said: "What Islam is being charged with today, such as fascism, is primarily the result of Western cultural heritage.
"Terrorism has no religion and no nationality," said the statement, carried by state media. It made no direct reference to Bush or to the United States.
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What planet do they live on?
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I think it's an alternate reality where logic, reason, facts etc. have no representation in that reality.
I strongly agree.
Sadly, too outrageously true, imho.
Comparing Mass Murder today with whatever might have happened in 14th and 15th Century Europe displays such a poverty of thought, that no further reading is necessary.
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Well put.
Thanks.
I prefer Hell's demons, but fascist will work in a pinch.
fas·cism (f²sh¹z m) n. 1. Often Fascism.a. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism. b. A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government. 2. Oppressive, dictatorial control. --fas·cistic (f -sh¹st¹k) adj.
"...the real Islam is not what its philosophers and mystics have inferred but what is in the Quran and that is the Islam of the fundamentalist and the terrorist. The real Islam is the Islam that abuses women, that allows men to beat their wives, that imposes penalty tax on the religious minorities, that wants to dominate the world by subduing all the non-Muslims, that calls for Jihad and killing the non-believers until Islam becomes the only dominant religion of the World."
"The enemy is Islam and that is the target of my attacks. I do that, despite knowing that I have become the magnet of the hatred of fanatical Muslims and my own life could be in danger.
Yet I know that by eradicating Islam we can save the world from the dangers of a catastrophe that otherwise is looming over our heads and could cause more disaster than the 1st and 2nd World Wars combined. Eradication of Islam means restoring peace among humanity and civility, democracy and prosperity in the Muslim world."
I understand why politicians--both elected and otherwise--are loathe to openly state that ISLAM is our enemy, they are and can only be what they are, but why are individual Americans also half-stepping on this BS!?
No, it is not "radical Islam," nor any other individuals or groups within Islam who are the poor, misunderstood, hard-to-find enemy--it IS Islam itself who must be identified, war declared upon, and destroyed wholly by America! All of the various groups of Islam have home countries--the Japanese found Pearl Harbor--surely our Air Force can find these countries too.
Is PC stronger than love of our own country, our intelligence, etc.?
Apparently so.
Hey Abdul, you and mohammed can kiss my hog's @ss!
There is a big difference. At least both Judism and Christianity are both credited with having reform movements.
We shouldn't call them fascists. After all, Saudi Arabia isn't fascist all...neither is Iran, or Syria. (sarcasm)
Viva Bush!!!!
The West, as a Judeo/Christian culture are more civilized. However, if you look back to 14th and 15th century europe, the Christians were also not exactly immune from barbarism in the name of the Church. Between forced conversions and the Arab worlds view of the crusades as Christian barbarism, the Arab culture is still based on 7th century teachings.
This is VERY WRONG.
Crussaders took their warring methods from the Muslims, who invaded parts of Europe. Muslims have no excuse to use the crussaders as a case Christians. The fact is, they are their masters. Every horrible practice the crussaders used, came from the Muslims.
Whenever a Muslim mentions to you the Crussaders, remind them of the fact that if they never invaded Christian lands, the Crussades would have never existed and Christians would have never become barbarics like the muslims. They did so, after they were fed up with all the abuse they suffered in the hand of the Muslim invadors.
Muslims are [SHOULD BE] the very last to complain about the Crussaders. I am so thankful that the crussaders emerged. I believe the Lord used them to stop the spread of Islam. Otherwise, Europ would have been Islamic states already and purhaps we would have remained in the dark ages until now.
I'm keenly interested in your comments.
Islamic Fascists! The ideology of death and destruction is spawned and nourished in totalitarian fascist countries like Saudi Arabia.
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