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| Fine words cannot disguise it: the clash of civilisations is real |
| 2005-11-08 |
| Via DhimmiWatch Excerpt: President Bush, Tony Blair and John Howard, the Australian Prime Minister, have been commendably unflinching in their determination to eradicate the pestilence of Islamist terrorism. Other governments are trying a different tack, which smacks of appeasement. Last week in Madrid, I attended a âDialogue between Cultures and Religionâ, organised by a foundation with links to Spainâs ruling socialists. Here, talk of âdialogueâ between faiths effortlessly mutated into the separate notion, promoted by Spain and Turkey, of âan alliance of civilisationsâ spanning the Mediterranean world. Countries can ally; civilisations generally donât. A banquet in the government quarter elicited the intelligence, from a Moroccan diplomat, that not only was âEuropeâ morally superior to a US symbolised by Bushâs Texas, but that a distinctive âfusionâ culture was emerging in the Mediterranean, âdifferent â from that of northern Europe. One doubts whether the Italians feel that way. The conference opened with protestations of goodwill from Mohammad Khatami, Iranâs former president, delivered by an ambassador who was not among those recalled for failing to reflect the crazed views of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Felipe González, the former Spanish premier, chose to overlook Ahmadinejadâs rant, preferring to contest the notion of a âclash of civilisationsâ, as if this were US policy. At least Miguel Ãngel Moratinos, the Spanish Foreign Minister, managed condemnation of an elliptical sort. He has been a prime mover of the claim that you cannot âfight evil with evilâ, a formula begging many questions about moral equivalences. He favours marginalising extremists through a dialogue with Muslim âmoderatesâ. These included Dr Tariq Ramadan, an Egyptian intellectual, who is on an FBI watch list and banned from France, but welcome in Spain. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #4 It's that bastard manners thing Barb. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-11-08 16:22 |
| #3 He favours marginalising extremists through a dialogue with Muslim âmoderatesâ. Miguel is dead wrong. This nothing more than a child's game. The muzzies always push the "moderates" forward to jabber with the infidels. They know we love to grin and do the diplo-dance thing. Meanwhile they are laughing wildly, whacking their carrots, cutting charges, and preparing for the next round of murder and suicide bombings. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2005-11-08 13:06 |
| #2 RANT: Re: the banquet. I've got an idea. Why don't Westerners (non-moslems), every time they attend any kind of meal put on by or around moslems, start loudly protesting about how insulted they are that the meal didn't include wine and pork, which non-moslems are accustomed to, and whine about how the moslems aren't "culturally sensitive" to the non-moslems? That gate should swing both ways. Hopefully it will hit the whiny-assed "we're special" islamonazis in the ass. (Which would cause massive brain damage, but how would anyone know?) |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-11-08 12:57 |
| #1 "A banquet in the government quarter ..." Wonder if wine was served at that banquet? Maybe with the pork dish? Nah, I doubt it. Gimme a 'D', gimme an 'H', gimme an 'I',...... |
| Posted by: AlanC 2005-11-08 10:54 |