Posted on 02/25/2007 8:34:16 AM PST by Kaslin
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - Jordan's Queen Rania on Sunday said Muslims must recognise that much of the terror in recent years has been committed in the name of Islam if they want to be taken seriously by the West.
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"We are right to deplore Islamophobia and the branding of Muslims as terrorists," she told an annual economic forum in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah.
"But we must face up to the horrible truth that many of the worst terrorist attacks in recent years have been committed by people who claim to be acting in the name of Islam," she said.
"We are right to question Western governments when their actions only make it easier for radicals to recruit new followers. But our moral authority depends on our willingness to reject the voices of extremism and violence in our midst," Rania said.
"It is hard to insist the West should embrace us as neighbours in the global village when across the Muslim world we are at war with ourselves, brother against brother -- in Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon and Afghanistan," she added.
The Jordanian queen, whose husband King Abdullah II is a close US ally, was the keynote speaker Sunday at the Jeddah Economic Forum, an annual gathering of business and political leaders billed by organisers as the Middle East's think tank.
Like other VIP guests in Saudi Arabia, she was exempted from wearing the long black abaya which is required for Saudi and foreign women in the conservative Muslim kingdom.
However, a dark glass-screen separated male and female delegates attending the forum in the same hall.
Maybe some wise FReeper can help me understand what she's trying to say here.
King Abudullah for Caliph!
Having a British educated, westernized, liberal (in the classical sense) Caliph would actually be a good thing--it would dethrone Wahhabism as the dominant Sunni sect, and create a rift between the salafists and the rest of the 'restore the Caliphate' types. While we're at it, let's contrive to have the Hashemite king replace the House of Saud as the Keeper of the Two Holy Mosques.
This stuff is straight out of Lord of the Rings but I guess it is what it is. I am fascinated by your idea, & would like to subscribe to your newsletter..
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Translation:
The West should leave us alone so that we can put the Arab street to work destroying the Zionist entity, while we big people wallow in the incredible luxury oil wealth has bestowed on us.
That'll probably get her killed.
I hope she has good security.
It has been noted on FR that the jihadists often take copy from the MSM for use in recruiting. It's not hard to believe since so many of the reported articles from the MSM are negative on America and positive on jihadism.
[...Unfortunately she's softening the sting of
truth with some typical anti western rhetoric...]
Whoever you are, you have the gift of summation.
Yes - and the fact that it is out in the open is Bush's fault! Now let's see ... one way out, assuming they want it to end, is for one side to be the victor, another, much easier way, would be to introduce systems of governance that allow for these "brothers" to co-exist. IraqTheModel.com would seem to be a very perceptively named Iraqi blog.
Why such a pedestrian thinking? Have them converted to Alcoholism instead - being dead drunk they would not be in a position to cause too much trouble, and could then be left to their own devices.
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Well said, I wonder if she'll end up dead because she said it...
Would guess, about the same. Although the Jordanian monarchy is among the most pro-Western in southwestern Asia, so to is the Saudi monarchy. And just many Saudis are vehemently anti-Western (i.e. Osama bin Laden and many of the September 11 hijackers), so to are many Jordanians. There is a big royalty/people disconnect in that region.
Nonsense. The king and queen of Jordan are among the few responsible leaders in that part of the world. They are in a very difficult position and are to be commended, not tarred with a generic anti-Muslim brush.
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