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ONE ARAB'S APOLOGY
NY Post ^ | 12 September 2006 | EMILIO KARIM DABUL

Posted on 09/12/2006 2:32:50 PM PDT by shrinkermd

September 12, 2006 -- WELL, here it is, five years late, but here just the same: an apology from an Arab-American for 9/11. No, I didn't help organize the killers or contribute in any way to their terrible cause. However, I was one of millions of Arab-Americans who did the unspeakable on 9/11: nothing.

The only time I raised my voice in protest against these men who killed thousands of innocents in the name of Allah was behind closed doors, among the safety of friends and family....

Well, I'm sick of saying the truth only in private - that Arabs around the world, including Arab-Americans like myself, need to start holding our own culture accountable for the insane, violent actions that our extremists have perpetrated on the world at large.

Yes, our extremists and our culture.

Every single 9/11 hijacker was Arab and a Muslim. The apologists (including President Bush) tried to reassure us that 9/11 had nothing to do with Islam, but was a twisting of a great and noble religion. With all due respect, read the Koran, Mr. President. There's enough there for someone of extreme tendencies to find their way to a global jihad.

There's also enough there for someone of a different mindset to find a path to enlightenment and peace. Still, Rushdie had it right back in 2001: This does have to do with Islam. A Christian who bombs an abortion clinic in the name of God is still a Christian, at least in his interpretation, and saying otherwise doesn't negate the fact that he has spent a goodly amount of time figuring out his version of the one true and right thing to do....

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Good letter by a courageous man.
1 posted on 09/12/2006 2:32:51 PM PDT by shrinkermd
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To: shrinkermd

As one who was slow to come around on many issues and life lessons, I whole heartedly accept what is in this man's heart.


2 posted on 09/12/2006 2:36:02 PM PDT by lormand (May the guns of one million AC-130s infest Islam-0-land)
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To: shrinkermd
That's one.

Who's gonna be number two?

3 posted on 09/12/2006 2:36:06 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: shrinkermd
Thank God and thousands of brave American men and women who paid with their lives, that he can say this and live.

The Arabs in other countries must step up to the plate to cleanse their culture.

Silence implies consent.

4 posted on 09/12/2006 2:36:11 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: shrinkermd

Wow. I admire this guy's courage.

I fear that he'll gain a bullseye on his back now for having made those comments.


5 posted on 09/12/2006 2:36:17 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: Izzy Dunne

Number two is the Arab guy in San Fran whose op-ed was read on Mark Levin's show yesterday. I'll try to scare up a copy...


6 posted on 09/12/2006 2:37:02 PM PDT by cammie
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To: shrinkermd

Here's hoping you won't be the last Emilio!


7 posted on 09/12/2006 2:38:03 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: shrinkermd

For as long as I live, the image of those towers falling, as I watched in horror and disbelief from the corner of 40th and Fifth, will be for me my Pearl Harbor, for in that instant I recognized that not only was our city under attack - so was our freedom.

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Seems to me that was the day he realised he was an AMERICAN!


8 posted on 09/12/2006 2:39:21 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (ENEMY + MEDIA = ENEMEDIA)
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To: shrinkermd
May the author be the first drop of water that passes through a weakening dam.
9 posted on 09/12/2006 2:41:13 PM PDT by Sergio (If a tree fell on a mime in the forest, would he make a sound?)
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To: shrinkermd

God bless you, Mr. Dabul.


10 posted on 09/12/2006 2:45:41 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: shrinkermd

After watching United 93 and The path to 911 it's pretty clear that distance won't isolate us from Europe's problems. Since Clinton and Bush have effectively opened the immigration door to everyone - we are all in jeopardy of losing our lives, our childrens lives and any peaceful future on this continent.


11 posted on 09/12/2006 2:48:25 PM PDT by x_plus_one (Muslim immigration breaks democracy into a self-defeating system .)
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To: shrinkermd

Dead man walking!


12 posted on 09/12/2006 2:58:29 PM PDT by AndrewB
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To: shrinkermd

Truth always defeats fear. Thank you EMILIO KARIM DABUL.


13 posted on 09/12/2006 3:00:46 PM PDT by Earthdweller (All reality is based on faith in something.)
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To: shrinkermd

Wish there was a way to contact him with congratulations and a 'thank you'.


14 posted on 09/12/2006 3:01:47 PM PDT by hardworking (Please elect Comrade Clinton so that I can go on the dole too. Thank you.)
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To: shrinkermd

bttt


15 posted on 09/12/2006 3:02:39 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: shrinkermd

We ought to be praying not only for Mr. Dabul's safety from the rabid Islamofascists who will want to give him the Nick Berg treatment for what they will consider blasphemy, but we should be praying that God (the REAL God whose Name is Jesus!) will open his eyes and ears and his heart so that he might see the lies that are the foundation of Islam, and the REAL Truth that shall set him free indeed.

That Truth is Jesus Christ, King of kings and Lord of lords.


16 posted on 09/12/2006 3:04:09 PM PDT by mkjessup (The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
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To: shrinkermd; lightingguy

Wow, well said.


17 posted on 09/12/2006 3:05:56 PM PDT by agrace
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To: shrinkermd

Another good article can be found at

yourarmstoisrael.org

select "sermon notes"
pull up "The Final End Time Beast"
print and save for future reference.


18 posted on 09/12/2006 3:07:21 PM PDT by Lewite (Praise YAHWEH and Proclaim His Wonderful Name! Islam, the end time Beast-the harlot of Babylon.)
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To: shrinkermd

I'd like to buy ths guy a beer ..er.. whatever he drinks.


19 posted on 09/12/2006 3:07:27 PM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: shrinkermd
" Good letter by a courageous man. "

No arguement here.

Thats one Brave American.

20 posted on 09/12/2006 3:07:43 PM PDT by Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and Apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
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