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| Cleric Says More Support For Islam Will Stem Extremists |
| 2004-01-25 |
| Bosniaâs most senior Muslim cleric has warned that European governments must do more to support Islam if they are to curb Islamic extremism. Mustafa Ceric, the grand mufti of the estimated 2 million Muslims in this former Yugoslav republic, said in an interview in early January that Europe was failing to engage with Muslims, allowing militants to step in and create the kind of groups that have been used to recruit terrorists. In the interview, he called for European governments to help finance Islamic schools as well as to contribute to building mosques. Europe, he said, needs to âinstitutionalizeâ Islam, to give it âan official voice.â The grand mufti said government involvement in institutions like Islamic schools and mosques would help Muslims feel part of the state, as well as limit the growth of extremists. See, itâs so simple, help us in our Islamic takeover of Europe, because if you donât, you will get violence. |
| Posted by:TS |
| #8 Beautiful, isn't it? |
| Posted by: .com 2004-1-25 9:20:36 PM |
| #7 Mark covered this sucker with a wet anger blanket. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-25 6:18:25 PM |
| #6 More support for Islam will stem Extremists. More support for neo-nazis will stem anti-semitism. More support for Iranian mullahs will stem theocracy. More support for Yasser Arafat will stem suicide bombings. More support for the KKK will stem racism. |
| Posted by: Mark 2004-1-25 3:32:06 PM |
| #5 Institutionalize Islam, make speech that defames it against the law, require funding from taxes for it, bow down to it, praise it, require everybody to study it. There is plenty of room in Iran for these guys. After Bam! |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-1-25 1:43:22 PM |
| #4 This is so depressing. The Bosnian muslims were once amongst the sanest muslims around -- cultured, urbane, tolerant. Even when they and the Serbs and Croats were at each other's throats you didn't hear this nonsense. Sounds like the wahabbits have spread their influence. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-1-25 12:51:47 PM |
| #3 Ceric is recommending the Saudi methodology for dealing with violent kooks. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-1-25 10:50:26 AM |
| #2 Seething already? Perhaps those Serbs need military aid? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-1-25 10:22:37 AM |
| #1 well said, TS |
| Posted by: B 2004-1-25 9:46:25 AM |