Posted on 07/30/2005 4:52:49 PM PDT by quesney
Mr. El-Kikhia said this in a column in the San Antonio Express-News:
I am fed up with the ceaseless requests by columnists, religious personalities and other American public figures for Arabs and Muslims to apologize for terrorist acts committed by thugs and murderers in the name of Islam.
As far as I am concerned, the final straw came a couple of weeks ago when the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, paid for a national advertisement repudiating terrorism in the name of Islam.
As soon as the advertisement was broadcast on America's media, I read a column by one of the nation's most ardent Islam-phobic columnists, Cal Thomas, now also a FOX News personality, which plowed into CAIR's reconciliation efforts. Long before 9-11, Thomas' writings were full of venom for Arabs and Muslims. He represents a despicable and ignorant attitude that, unfortunately, a sizable segment of America has come to share. There is nothing American Muslims can do to satisfy this group short of packing up and leaving the United States.
I disagree with what CAIR did, and I also disagree with this groveling and begging for forgiveness, as though American Arabs and Muslims are responsible for those atrocities. CAIR knows better, and those running it know that Islam rejects all acts of violence outside self-defense. Arab and Muslim Americans are responsible for neither the twin towers nor the London subway bombings, and as Americans they should never accept responsibility for actions they did not instigate, commit or condone.
It is rejection of U.S. and British policies in the Middle East, not Islam, that has promoted terrorism against America. And for the benefits of those who do not know, 95 percent of Middle Easterners are Muslims. Hence, it is only natural that those opposing the United States and Britain in the region would be Muslims. In India, they would have been Hindu; in Latin America or Northern Ireland, they would have been Catholic.
More important, it was the British and the United States that drew first blood. The Middle East didn't come to America or go to Britain; rather, America and Britain went to the Middle East. Both powers used and abused regimes, toppling some and keeping others in power. They never thought that the people they were helping suppress were human beings with needs, beliefs and emotions. They didn't care as long as their interests were served.
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(click link above for full article) http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/columnists/melkikhia/stories/MYSA072905.02O.mansour.1c2094ec.html
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I e-mailed him this:
On Jul 29, 2005, at 6:17 PM, Quesney wrote:
These responses to your recent article in the San Antonio Express-News may interest you:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1453453/posts
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This was his response:
--- "Mansour O. El-Kikhia" wrote:
> And you talk about HATE? The love is overflowing. > And quite honestly > I don't give a damn what you and your fellow > hate-mongers think or > write. >
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My response:
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:18:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: a link to responses to your recent article To: "Mansour O. El-Kikhia"
Sir, I think you better start giving a damn, because a growing number of average Americans are moving toward these conclusions. We all have problems and grievances -- muslim, christian, american, african, asian, young, old, fat, ugly, whatever. Everyone has grievances, but a growing number of Americans who never gave Islam a second thought are wondering why it is a disproportinate number of Muslims think their grievances justify the systematic killing of unsuspecting, unarmed, defenseless civilians for the sake of terrorizing multitudes on a scale and scope unprecendented in modern history. This carnage is ruining the image of Islam, and attitudes like yours, which border on complacency, will only make things worse. This country, and indeed the entire West, is approaching a tipping point and we may be one devestating terror attack -- perhaps a major bio or nuke attack -- away from being pushed over the edge toward dranconian measures none of us want unless those who profess Islam is a religion of peace make a greater effort to clean up their own house. Mark my words, sir, you'd better give a damn.
". . . Islam rejects all acts of violence outside self-defense."
And the tooth fairy brings you a coin if you place your tooth under your pillow. . .
did he reply to your 2nd email, or has he left it at playing the victim?
Nice reply other than the glaring spelling errors. People that can't spell should use a spelling checker.
Well said.
Go For It !!!
"Nice reply other than the glaring spelling errors. People that can't spell should use a spelling checker."
Oops. Yeah, you're right.
There are no requests for Islamic apologies in Syria or Saudi Arabia. Perhaps, this fellow would be much more comfortable there?
"did he reply to your 2nd email, or has he left it at playing the victim?"
He left it at playing victim, for now at least.
Frankly, I just don't give a damn what any of them think or say.
Do they make a grammar checker? I know there used to be a chubby checker.
Islam is the turd in the punchbowl of religions.
Is there any -- and I ask this sincerely -- possible analogy with people who kill abortion practitioners claiming they are serving God by doing so?
And it follows that all acts of violence committed by Muslims are therefore self-defense. No matter what the act, since any other act is not allowed by Islam. The circle is squared. They can justify any violent act this way. 9/11 was just self-defense. Beslan was self-defense. Bali was self-defense. 7/7 was self-defense.
See how it works?
Actually, that would be okay with me. And I didn't start out thinking that.
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