At 19:12 26-10-2002 -0400, Jim Sharkey wrote:
>>I would like to believe "it's just a few fanatics who give IslamThe point is that Joe's statement is a gross over-generalisation. If you are going to condemn an entire group of people, merely because they do not take to the streets in millions to hold worldwide protests when a few members of that group mess up bigtime, you can find a reason to condemn *any* group of people.
>>a bad reputation". However the roaring silence of the so called
>>majority speaks volumes about where their sympathy lies.
>
>Bullshit. In the US, fanatical pro-life "Christians" have been
>murdering doctors and blowing up abortion clinics to make their
>point; following your reasoning, we would also have to condemn all
>Christians because "the silence of the majority speaks volumes
>about where their sympathies lies".
The difference is that the murderers and bombers are arrested, tried, and put in jail if found guilty by their fellow citizens, without pressure from the international community.
Has a member of Hamas, for example, ever been arrested by fellow Muslims for assisting in blowing up a busload of children, for example?The Palestinian Authority has been accused of releasing Hamas members from prison. To be released, those Hamas members first had to be arrested. If they ended up in a PA prison, it is quite likely that they were arrested by the Palestinians. Given the tactics of Hamas, it is likely that those members were engaged in terrorist bombings. And given that most Palestinians are Muslims, I think we can say with accuracy that Hamas members have in fact been arrested by fellow Muslims for setting off explosive devices.
That is something I cannot tell with any accuracy; I do not have access to the prison records of the Palestinian Authority. Maybe you will get an answer if you e-mail mr. Arafat.And if so, how often has it happened?
Jeroen "Intolerance towards intolerance" van Baardwijk
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