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2004-09-19 Iraq-Jordan

Video Shows Beheading of 3 Iraq Hostages

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Posted by tipper 2004-09-19 12:19:28 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Beheading a Kurd? Oh, they're in for it now.

Posted by Charles 2004-09-19 1:18:05 PM|| 2004-09-19 1:18:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Does anyone else get the feeling that this sort of ruthless, violent garbage is never going to end, ever?

While thinking on this topic, I came to a stark realization last night. Regardless of the outcome in Iraq, Islamists will persist in terrorism, essentially forever. The Quranic edict to establish their beloved Caliphate will always be made to serve as a pretext for terrorism and aggression. I can envision no end to this political struggle disguised as a religion. There will forever be some faction of Taleban or al Qaeda inspired fanatics who will constantly insist that their's is the only pure version of Islam and how, in the absence of any capitulation, it must be installed by force.

Islam has no central authority or doctrine, save the Quran. As we all have seen, its text can be interpreted nine different ways to Sunday. Just as clearly, there will always be those who shall not hesitate in using force of arms to impose their own vision of fundamentalism in the name of their religion.

Calling upon Islam to reform itself is essentially useless. While certain portions of the faith may do so, there will nonetheless remain other sects or individuals who shall refuse such reinterpretation of doctrine and resort to violence in installing their own particular flavor of belief.

The only glimmer of hope is that Islam itself must voluntarily begin a process of cleansing their ranks from within of all violent jihadist types. Every bit of evidence to date in no way supports any such expectation. Quite the opposite seems to be the case. A consistent undertone of tacit or even overt approval for 9-11 and the string of atrocities that have followed it is all that greets us.

Islam's obsession with ideological supremacy attained by force if necessary must be their downfall. Should Islam prove incapable of understanding how substitution of persuasive argument over violent coercion is incumbent upon them, they must one and all be eradicated from this earth. Again, I see no indication of any intention to correct this virulent strain of thought that pervades the majority of Islam's adherents. Should they persist in maintaining this incompatible stance against all other global cultures, it must be their collective death knell.

Posted by Zenster 2004-09-19 1:52:03 PM|| 2004-09-19 1:52:03 PM|| Front Page Top

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