Posted on 09/08/2002 1:51:19 AM PDT by sarcasm
Not nearly enough....
We can only hope.
Islam, the "religion of peace," can be defeated most easily: just let its adherents keep showing the world what they really are.
Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
Visit the Palace Of Reason: http://palaceofreason.com
Stopped reading right here since it means : How do we lie about the true nature of our goals?
Rejected.
Why, this article's just chock full of 'buts':
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Sept. 11 was a terrible human "tragedy" but it also had the effect of exposing millions of people around the globe to the true teachings of the Islamic faith
Mr. Niaj expressed sadness over the immense loss of human life wrought by the terrorist attacks a year ago. But he criticized how many people in western nations have cast the U.S.-led military campaign against Afghanistan, and the seemingly imminent assault on Iraq, as battles of good against evil.
The imam did not mention Afghanistan or Iraq, but made a brief reference to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
"Muslims had wisdom and strength in the past, but these days we beg the United Nations and the United States to stop the Israeli aggression against the Palestinians,"
"Muslims should support the weak whether he or she is a Muslim or not. The clearest example of the weak who should be supported now are the Palestinians," he said. "I am not talking about Palestinians in particular, but I am taking them as an example to remind people of the principles of Islam," he added.
"I believe most Arabs do not approve and have condemned the attacks. Islam is against such violence and against targeting civilians in war. We all know that from the history of Islam. But also," he added, "I wish people around the world would think about why these men killed themselves."
"We condemn what happened, but we, as Muslims, suffered as a result of that incident,"
Imam Shaadam Sherif condemned the Sept. 11 attack as terrorism against innocent people, saying true followers of Islam are not terrorists. But Mr. Sherif said more people have died in Iraq from Western attacks and in Palestine at the hands of Israel. He suggested that violence is also terrorism because it kills innocents.
He said Allah sets out a principle of freedom and justice that does not allow for innocents to die by violence. "Those who truly follow Islam are not terrorists." But there is a misconception in the West that they are terrorists, he said, speaking in Arabic through an interpreter.
"We find that maybe 4,000 people died in the World Trade Center. That was an injustice. "But isn't it an injustice to have two million people killed in Iraq over 10 years?" he asked, referring to the Gulf War and a subsequent trade embargo blamed by many Muslims for causing starvation.
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So many 'buts'. There is no author credit given, but from the number of 'buts' in here I'll go out on a limb and guess that it was written by some Muslim 'but'-muncher...
Islam, the "religion of peace," the only major religion whose founding documents exhort its adherents to violence and deceit against the non-believer, must constantly change the subject, issue flat contradictions of well-established facts, and challenge the presumptive soundness of the evidence of one's own senses. If it did not do these things constantly, it would all too quickly be found out for what it is: a program of totalitarian oppression with a thin theological veneer.
It's possible that there are some sincere and benevolent Muslims out there. But given the dictates of their creed, it's unwise to extend them the benefit of the doubt. Far better that they be regarded warily until they've proved their bona fides. If that causes them some discomfort, they can become Christians, and learn firsthand how Islam treats those who spurn its "gift."
Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
Visit the Palace Of Reason: http://palaceofreason.com
9/11 showed us the fruit of this demon seed. What's to understand?
When you look at it's founder's life ---Mohammed, it would be hard to see it in a positive way. The truth hurts but Islam was started by a pedophile polygamist ---probably not all that different than David Mitchell --aka Emmanual. Some self-annointed profit who made little girls his "wives". If Mohammed was living in the US, we'd have had him imprisoned for what he did to that 6 year old girl he called a "wife".
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