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To: Cindy
It's Islamic jihad, not extremism Uncle Sam

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Such is the message of a crazy new government guide called "Words that Work and Words that Don't" urging federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, to eliminate all references to Islam when discussing, well, Islamic terrorism.

Not only does that mean no more talk of "Islam," it also means no more talk of "jihad." ("Extremism" is the new "jihad.") And forget about the "caliphate." (Try "global totalitarian state.") Even such politically correct terms as "Islamist" and "Islamofascist," which take the traditional teachings of Islam off the hook, are now verboten. And so, more curiously, is the term "Muslim moderate." Says the government: "The term `moderate' has become offensive to many Muslims, who believe that it refers to individuals whom the USG prefers to deal with, and who are only marginally religious."

News flash for Uncle Sam: Islam, in myriad forms, is at war with the West. And even if we never say the words, we can still darn well lose.

647 posted on 05/16/2008 10:21:46 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: MamaDearest

Adding a note to your post no. 647 MamaDearest.

The jihadis just haven’t got the memo.
They are still calling it “jihad.”

I haven’t seen online any large outpouring of moderate (now called “traditional muslim”) muslims attempting to correct the jihadis in their misperception of “jihad.”

This concerns me greatly.


650 posted on 05/16/2008 10:36:03 PM PDT by Cindy
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