The way to stop is to stop killing each other. When they learn that, they
may then learn to live with others. But not while they teach each other
hate and issue their Fatwas and conduct their Jihads.
Hank
On Thu, 5 Jul 2007, Sumerian.. wrote:
> September 11 was created by Rumsfeld / Cheney.
>
> We can't change Islam to suit the sick mind of Bush. He is a war
> criminal and a weapon industries salesman than a president.
>
> Real threat of Islam is its alternative Financial system that may
> abolish the banking system that runs the world as slaves.
>
> You have to know that American and English Administrations are the main
> supporters of extremists and "crazy" people in the Muslim world, to
> demonstrate a deformed Muslim reputation.
>
> Black water kills Iraqis in Baghdad, and blame Iraqis for it.
>
> S1000+
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> How to End ''Islamophobia''
>
> Tawfik Hamid
>
> Islamic organizations regularly accuse non-Muslims of "Islamophobia," a fear
> and disdain for everything Islamic. On May 17, this accusation bubbled up
> again as foreign ministers from the Organization of the Islamic Conference
> called Islamophobia "the worst form of terrorism." These ministers also
> warned, according to the Arab News, that this form of discrimination would
> cause millions of Muslims in Western countries, "many of whom were already
> underprivileged," to be "further alienated."
>
> In America, perhaps the most conspicuous organization to persistently accuse
> opponents of Islamophobia is the Council of American Islamic Relations. CAIR
> has taken up the legal case of the "Flying Imams," the six individuals who
> were pulled from a US Airways flight in Minneapolis this past November after
> engaging in suspicious behavior before takeoff. Not long ago, CAIR filed a
> "John Doe" lawsuit that would have made passengers liable for "malicious"
> complaints about suspicious Muslim passengers.
>
> In an interview at the time, CAIR spokesman Nihad Awad accused Rep. Peter
> King (R., N.Y.) of being an "extremist" who "encourages Islamophobia" for
> pointing out what most people would think is obvious, that such a lawsuit
> would have a chilling effect on passengers who witnessed alarming activity
> and wished to report it. We can only assume that Mr. Awad believes flyers
> should passively remain in a state of fear as they travel and submissively
> risk their lives. In this case, Congress is acting appropriately and
> considering passing a law sponsored by Mr. King that would grant passengers
> immunity from such lawsuits.
>
> It may seem bizarre, but Islamic reformers are not immune to the charge of
> "Islamophobia" either. For 20 years, I have preached a reformed
> interpretation of Islam that teaches peace and respects human rights. I have
> consistently spoken out - with dozens of other Muslim and Arab reformers -
> against the mistreatment of women, gays and religious minorities in the
> Islamic world. We have pointed out the violent teachings of Salafism and the
> imperative of Westerners to protect themselves against it.
>
> Yet according to CAIR's Michigan spokeswoman, Zeinab Chami, I am "the latest
> weapon in the Islamophobe arsenal." If standing against the violent edicts of
> Shariah law is "Islamophobic," then I will treat her accusation as a badge of
> honor.
>
> Muslims must ask what prompts this "phobia" in the first place. When we in
> the West examine the worldwide atrocities perpetrated daily in the name of
> Islam, it is vital to question if we--Muslims--should lay the blame on others
> for Islamophobia or if we should first look hard at ourselves.
>
> According to a recent Pew Global Attitudes survey, "younger Muslims in the
> U.S. are much more likely than older Muslim Americans to say that suicide
> bombing in the defense of Islam can be at least sometimes justified." About
> one out of every four American Muslims under 30 think suicide bombing in
> defense of Islam is justified in at least some circumstances. Twenty-eight
> percent believe that Muslims did not carry out the 9/11 attacks and 32%
> declined to answer that question.
>
> While the survey has been represented in the media as proof of moderation
> among American Muslims, the actual results should yield the opposite
> conclusion. If, as the Pew study estimates, there are 2.35 million Muslims in
> America, that means there are a substantial number of people in the U.S. who
> think suicide bombing is sometimes justified. Similarly, if 5% of American
> Muslims support al Qaeda, that's more than 100,000 people.
>
> To bring an end to Islamophobia, we must employ a holistic approach that
> treats the core of the disease. It will not suffice to merely suppress the
> symptoms. It is imperative to adopt new Islamic teachings that do not allow
> killing apostates (Redda Law). Islamic authorities must provide mainstream
> Islamic books that forbid polygamy and beating women. Accepted Islamic
> doctrine should take a strong stand against slavery and the raping of female
> war prisoners, as happens in Darfur under the explicit canons of Shariah ("Ma
> Malakat Aimanikum"). Muslims should teach, everywhere and universally, that a
> woman's testimony in court counts as much as a man's, that women should not
> be punished if they marry whom they please or dress as they wish.
>
> We Muslims should publicly show our strong disapproval for the growing number
> of attacks by Muslims against other faiths and against other Muslims. Let us
> not even dwell on 9/11, Madrid, London, Bali and countless other scenes of
> carnage. It has been estimated that of the two million refugees fleeing
> Islamic terror in Iraq, 40% are Christian, and many of them seek a haven in
> Lebanon, where the Christian population itself has declined by 60%. Even in
> Turkey, Islamists recently found it necessary to slit the throats of three
> Christians for publishing Bibles.
>
> Of course, Islamist attacks are not limited to Christians and Jews. Why do we
> hear no Muslim condemnation of the ongoing slaughter of Buddhists in Thailand
> by Islamic groups? Why was there silence over the Mumbai train bombings which
> took the lives of over 200 Hindus in 2006? We must not forget that innocent
> Muslims, too, are suffering. Indeed, the most common murderers of Muslims
> are, and have always been, other Muslims. Where is the Muslim outcry over the
> Sunni-Shiite violence in Iraq?
>
> Islamophobia could end when masses of Muslims demonstrate in the streets
> against videos displaying innocent people being beheaded with the same vigor
> we employ against airlines, Israel and cartoons of Muhammad. It might cease
> when Muslims unambiguously and publicly insist that Shariah law should have
> no binding legal status in free, democratic societies.
>
> It is well past time that Muslims cease using the charge of "Islamophobia" as
> a tool to intimidate and blackmail those who speak up against suspicious
> passengers and against those who rightly criticize current Islamic practices
> and preachings. Instead, Muslims must engage in honest and humble
> introspection. Muslims should--must--develop strategies to rescue our
> religion by combating the tyranny of Salafi Islam and its dreadful
> consequences. Among more important outcomes, this will also put an end to
> so-called Islamophobia.
>
> __________________________________________________________
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> Dr. Hamid, a onetime member of Jemaah Islamiya, an Islamist terrorist group,
> is a medical doctor and Muslim reformer living in the West. The Wall Street
> Journal
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> http://www.wataninet.com/article_en.asp?ArticleID=13737
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