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| Jeff Jacoby Bitch-Slaps Islam |
| 2005-05-19 |
| Via RealClearPolitics. From the Boston Globe - A righteous bitch-slap! IT WAS front-page news this week when Newsweek retracted a report claiming that a US interrogator in Guantanamo had flushed a copy of the Koran down a toilet. Everywhere it was noted that Newsweek's story had sparked widespread Muslim rioting, in which at least 17 people were killed. But there was no mention of deadly protests triggered in recent years by comparable acts of desecration against other religions. *snip* Of course, there was a good reason all these bloody protests went unremembered in the coverage of the Newsweek affair: They never occurred. Christians, Jews, and Buddhists don't lash out in homicidal rage when their religion is insulted. They don't call for holy war and riot in the streets. It would be unthinkable for a mainstream priest, rabbi, or lama to demand that a blasphemer be slain. But when Reuters reported what Mohammad Hanif, the imam of a Muslim seminary in Pakistan, said about the alleged Koran-flushers -- ''They should be hung. They should be killed in public so that no one can dare to insult Islam and its sacred symbols" -- was any reader surprised? *snip* But what disgraces Islam above all is the vast majority of the planet's Muslims saying nothing and doing nothing about the jihadist cancer eating away at their religion. It is Free Muslims Against Terrorism, a pro-democracy organization, calling on Muslims and Middle Easterners to ''converge on our nation's capital for a rally against terrorism" -- and having only 50 people show up. Yes, Islam is disrespected. That will only change when throngs of passionate Muslims show up for rallies against terrorism, and when rabble-rousers trying to gin up a riot over a defiled Koran can't get the time of day. Preach it, brother! Read the whole thing at the link. Seething in 5, 4, 3.... |
| Posted by:Barbara Skolaut |
| #14 The globe sports section aint all that anyway. Cafardo and Borges suck. Ryan and Shaugnessy are elitist pricks. The only columnist I can stomach is Jackie MacMullan |
| Posted by: domingo 2005-05-19 15:46 |
| #13 Raj: Wow, thanks for the info - I wasn't aware of that last little tidbit. And I thought I couldn't despise the Globe any more than I already do. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2005-05-19 15:43 |
| #12 X-Man - I kinda weaned myself off it. I bought Globes for two months, pulled the Sports section out and threw the rest in the garbage, as many times as possible in front of the paperhawker, then transitioned to the WSJ.. One other thing re: Jacoby & the Glob |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-05-19 14:47 |
| #11 I, for one, can not get past the idea that millions of Western Progressives would rather see a nation re-enslaved, or erupt in civil war, or have twenty thousand of their countrymen come home in boxes than admit that they were wrong. And more--their reckless words and position against the War have changed the outcome in ways that cannot be recaptured and corrected. Just think-had the lefties here and abroad seen the value of deposing Saddam, seen the enormous and lasting value that promotion of democracy in the region would have had, the dynamics in Iraq today would NO DOUBT be much different. Instead, they pushed negative public opinion so effectively that the people in the ME are panicked, suspicious, leaderless, gullible and self-doubting--and not about the right things--possible culminating at some point in a civil war. They fostered such anti-Americanism in the "intl community" that it will take decades to correct miscomprehension of our intent. I feel that it's nearly impossible to measure the consequences of their misbegotten politics against deposing a murderous tyrant. BTW-A wonderfully written article. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2005-05-19 14:36 |
| #10 Jacoby didn't even get in to the other major Islamic disfunction; i.e., the fact that many muslims believe impossible things (e.g., that Israeli pilots flew the 9/11 planes). |
| Posted by: mhw 2005-05-19 14:11 |
| #9 I think somebody oughta call up Newsweak and tell them to come over and watch them take a crap on the koran and feed it to the pigs. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2005-05-19 14:10 |
| #8 comparable acts of desecration Remember when Sharon put his foot on the Temple Mount what violence was launched against the Israelis? Just see how they desecrate their own, Sunnis blowing up Shiite mosques and such. Just give them an excuse and they desecrate the very world they live in. |
| Posted by: Cynic 2005-05-19 13:14 |
| #7 I wonder if Derek Z. Jackson gets a royalty check everytime Jihad Unpsun reprints one of his articles? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-05-19 13:09 |
| #6 BH: Indeed, Whittle's in fine form. Raj: Aside from Jacoby and sports, I stopped reading the Globe about 5 years ago, but I kept my Sunday delivery for the coupons. After 9/11, though, I just couldn't be a party to their crap any longer, so I cancelled, making sure to let them know why. I didn't want them getting any more of my money or using me to boost circulation numbers. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2005-05-19 13:05 |
| #5 And once you've finished Jacoby's piece, high-tail it over to Whittle. He has a new essay, and it is phenominal. Sanctuary (part 1) Sanctuary (part 2) |
| Posted by: BH 2005-05-19 12:37 |
| #4 X-Man - |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-05-19 12:24 |
| #3 When I cancelled my subscription to the Globe, I mentioned Jacoby as the only factor that made me hesitate in reaching that decision. Fortunately, I can get his stuff online. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2005-05-19 11:44 |
| #2 Jacoby's got it right. As much as I loathe Newsweek's behavior, Isikoff is not the enemy. It's those f***ing maniacs who hack off heads in order to preserve the purity and superiority of their one true faith. Perhaps this episode will bring the more rabid Bush-haters-- and maybe some Newsweek-haters, too-- back to their senses and focus us on the true fascist enemy. |
| Posted by: thibaud (aka lex) 2005-05-19 11:42 |
| #1 yeah. and while we flagellate ourselves for possibly disrespecting the religion of peace, at the very same time, the Palestinian Authority TV station broadcasts a vicious attack on Jews and Judaism. Outraged citizens rioting? Nope. We've come to expect it from Islam. Quick to insult, quick to be insulted. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2005-05-19 11:34 |