To: Law is not justice but process
"And ultimately, it is the good Muslims who must fight the battle. "
Yeah well, how come we hear absolutely nothing from those so called "good" muslims then? In my book of true equality there is no such thing as a good muslim since their backward misogynys religion OPRESSES women...HELLO!
To: SunnySide
Some feminists say the same of the Baptists. Even in the West women were denied the vote until just about 100 years ago. There are Muslims who do not oppress women and those in the west who do. We better appeal to the better elements of Islamic society, those who wish modernization, or be prepared to "liquidate" 1.1 BILLION people.
Why don't we hear from the good Muslims? Because as things now stand, good Muslims who speak out will end up like poor Paul Johnson.
Remember Prime Minister Bhutto of Pakistan? She is a woman. She was elected by the people of Pakistan. She has since been removed from power, but doesn't the fact that a woman was relatively recently elected to lead one of the largest Islamic nations indicate that there must be a substantial proportion of the Pakistani electorate that wants modernization (or is at least willing to tolerate it)? Should we try to make them allies or force them to be enemies?
This issue is what the War in Iraq was (is?) all about. If the Islamic radicals do not defeat this "experiment in democracy and modernization" right in their very midst, they run the danger of the greater part of the Arab population deciding they prefer freedom, modernity, and civil rights. That would be ultimate defeat for them and ultimate victory for Bush, the US, and freedom.
To: SunnySide; Law is not justice but process; Indie; shaggy eel; longtermmemmory
192 posted on
06/18/2004 3:43:07 PM PDT by
familyop
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