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| 2003-03-16 |
| Islamic scholars in the United States who oppose calls for a religious struggle against America say the United States has succeeded where even bin Laden has failed: US policies in the Middle East have united a myriad of factions across the Muslim world to create the kind of umma, or community of believers, bin Laden has evoked. ''Why do Muslims think this is a war against the entire Muslim world?'' said Taha al-Wani, president of the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences in Leesburg, Va. ''There is a concept of umma. Umma will not lead to the foundation of a huge Islamic state. But it is the feeling that brings Muslims together when they face a threat or a problem. Since Sept. 11, America has gone too far. It has lost whatever sympathies there were in the Muslim world.'' Even those Islamic scholars who believe that a rebellion against the United States is a political — not theological issue — have been under pressure to adopt the language of extremists to remain in step with public opinion, Wani said. Guess they've chosen which side they're on, huh? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #7 If you want to see how morally unbalanced these "scholars" are, check out: http://www.mediamonitors.net |
| Posted by: Anonon 2003-03-16 22:23:23 |
| #6 RW and the anti-americans arguments he deals with. Their motto: "Don't confuse me with the facts." |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-03-16 20:27:07 |
| #5 Why do statements like "US policies in the Middle East have united a myriad of factions..." always seem to go unchallenged? It isn't our policies in the Middle East that have led to Muslims lining up against us; it's their policies in the Middle East. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2003-03-16 16:34:04 |
| #4 It's always the generalizations: "US policies in the Middle East". Ask any anti-american psychopath what specific policy they are against and you get "those ones. the middle east ones." I deal with anti-americanism on a daily basis because two of my co-workers are staunchly anti-american. The more I grill them to get to the root of their arguments, the more I hear things like "the US wants to dominate the world economy", "Bush doesn't want the dollar to fall below the Euro", "the US has WMD why can't Saddam", and of course the standard "it's about the oiiiillll". Nothing they say is based on logical deductions or inferences. |
| Posted by: RW 2003-03-16 14:25:44 |
| #3 Uniting all hostile Muslims is what the US Army Artillery corps calls a target rich environment. |
| Posted by: badanov 2003-03-16 14:08:46 |
| #2 I do not think that we ever had much sympathy in the Muslim world. The sooner we bring these guys to the light of day, just like Bush as done with the UN while trying to do a favor for Blair, the sooner we will root out this evil and get it cleaned up and out of the civilized world. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-03-16 13:28:53 |
| #1 I think the Islamic scholars must have a macro written for this. Every event produces the same 'this is why we hate you so it must be your fault' press release. |
| Posted by: mhw 2003-03-16 13:13:13 |