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Annan Opens First-Ever Seminar on Islamophobia With Plea Not to Judge Muslims by Acts of Extremists
2004-12-09
What should we use to judge them, Kofi? Forced conversions? Honor killings? Their propensity for intolerance? Their propensity for either tin-hat dictators or rule by holy men? Dropping brick walls on homosexuals? Slavery? Genital mutilation? How about the elevated status of women in Islam as a whole? None of those are acts of terrorism per se. Instead, they're the cultural background that gives rise to terrorism's henchmen.

Like I say, if the fear's justified, it's not a phobia. I don't have a rabid dog phobia, but I'm afraid of rabid dogs.
Posted by:Fred

#11  Annan Opens First-Ever Seminar on Islamophobia ..

what'd he do, bend over?
Posted by: john   2004-12-09 4:44:17 PM  

#10  Annan Opens First-Ever Seminar on Islamophobia ..

Sounds like another colossal waste of UN money to me.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-12-09 11:34:31 AM  

#9  any Joooo representatives?
Posted by: Frank G   2004-12-09 10:50:12 AM  

#8  Kofi's plagiarizing himself. This speech is almost identical to the speech he gave saying we shouldn't judge UN leaders by the amount of money they've stolen.
Posted by: BH   2004-12-09 10:45:58 AM  

#7  This is from Scrappleface, right? How about a seminar on anti-semitism? How about a seminar discussing how Islam might enter the modern world and stop making war upon every one of its neighbors from Nigeria to Holland to Russia to Indonesia?
Posted by: lex   2004-12-09 10:27:24 AM  

#6  SPOD...Of all the many religions of the world including satanism,

It is really a sad statement that Islam - a religion that is practiced by billions of good people (yes, I mean that), is far more deadly and evil than Satanism.
Posted by: 2b   2004-12-09 10:18:37 AM  

#5  How about if we judge Islam by..... the Koran? And the other 'holy' Islamic scriptures?

I think www.prophetofdoom.com does just that. (I may not agree with all of that he says but he does give some good interpretations...)
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-12-09 9:00:57 AM  

#4  Oil for talk.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-12-09 8:37:47 AM  

#3  Cant someone show Annan what a door is , then guide him thro it . Kk , Thanks :)
Posted by: MacNails   2004-12-09 1:55:31 AM  

#2  I don't have anything else to judge them by. Every thing I hear or see about them is not good. Of all the many religions of the world including satanism, Islam is the only one I know of which says that I must consider myself inferior to a muslim, convert or die. It's a religion born of war and murder as far as I can tell. Oh yes I forgot I am supposed to believe it's a religion of peace. They must mean the peace of the dead.

Sorry Kofi I don't trust them anymore than I trust you.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-12-09 12:58:27 AM  

#1  Right. I guess Kofi is looking for a new income source to make up for the oil for food thing which has dried up.
Posted by: Ol_Dirty_American   2004-12-09 12:47:48 AM  

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