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| The Muslims – Not bin Laden – are Responsible for the Hatred Towards Them in the West |
| 2006-04-13 |
| The following are excerpts from Al-Baghdadi's article: [1] The Muslims are the Ones Who Failed to Present a Positive Image of Islam "Osama bin Laden is a terrorist, criminal, murderer and villain, and every other inhuman description applies to him as well. However, he is definitely not responsible for the rising [level] of hatred towards Muslims in the West. This hatred is reflected in numerous new measures that have recently been adopted by Western governments in an effort to stop the stream of Muslims entering America and Europe. The governments also implement laws that limit freedoms and violate human rights as another precaution, to protect the safety of their citizens... "Even though Muslims boast that Islam is the [fastest]-growing religion in America and in the West... it is [actually] the religion that is most incomprehensible to the Europeans and the Americans. "What is truly saddening is that Islam is being associated with terrorism due to the terrorists' frequent use of Koranic verses and hadiths to justify their terrorist actions... "Statements made by preachers in the mosques, in articles and on various media channels accusing non-Muslims of heresy, the [preachers'] curses, and their characterization of Jews as the descendents of apes and pigs - [all these] cause Westerners to perceive Islam as an intolerant religion that rejects religious pluralism. "The Muslims, therefore, are responsible for the distorted image of Islam prevalent in the modern West, and they are the ones who failed to present a positive image of Islam. Thus, they are responsible for the problems experienced by the Muslims today... "Among those who incite to jihad, have you seen a single one who set out [to wage jihad] himself, or sent one of his sons to wage jihad for the sake of Allah? On the contrary - while encouraging innocent people to wage jihad in Iraq and in Chechnya, they themselves take additional wives..." "What Do You Expect the West to Do When it Sees its Citizens Being Murdered in the Name of Religion?" "Osama bin Laden didn't force anyone to go to Iraq, murder its people and destroy its institutions. He didn't force anyone to murder innocent people in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, America and Europe. Bin-Laden did not tell the Muslims in the West: 'Hate the country that gave you shelter when you fled [from your homelands], made you rich when you were poor, fed you when you were hungry, gave you freedom after the bondage you suffered in your Muslim countries, and educated you when you were ignorant.' "You caused all these catastrophes out of your own choice and your own free will... and failed to repay the kindness [shown to you]. So what do you expect the West [to do] when it sees its citizens being murdered in the name of religion, when it [experiences] hatred in the name of religion and suffers the damages of terrorism [perpetrated] in the name of religion? It is only natural that the West should hate you and tighten the rope around your necks, so you do not 'invade it from within' as you declare in your announcements and sermons... "The truth that we must deal with today is that people in the West no longer trust Muslims in general. The Muslims in the West must therefore sever their ties with the Muslims in the east, and repair their relations with the Western societies by announcing that they accept the humane values on the basis of which they were received in the West. They must also sever their ties with the religious clerics and their fatwas... "If they fail to do this, they must bear the consequences and the difficulties that will ensue. They must not blame bin Laden and Al-Zarqawi, but [only] themselves for being driven, in ignorance, by the views of the clerics..." |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 The Muslims are the Ones Who Failed to Present a Positive Image of Islam Don't be so hard on 'em - you can put a dress on a pig, but it's still a pig. |
| Posted by: BH 2006-04-13 16:23 |
| #6 You would have thought that someone would realize that the white/black thing isn't working very well. Loser. |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-04-13 11:36 |
| #5 Somalies, yet. You would have thought that someone would realize that the white/black thing isn't working very well. Why do learned men (and women) continue to fool themselves about integration and bigotry ? Worldwide prejudice is winning over tolerance by about 99 to 1. Open your eyes, every day, shia and sunni Arabs kill each other by the dozens. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-04-13 11:32 |
| #4 "recently been adopted by Western governments in an effort to stop the stream of Muslims entering America" There is no effort...I'm told by a highly respectable source that approximately 2000 Somalies enter the USA at Newark International Airport as permanent residents each month and I don't think they are catholics. |
| Posted by: HammerHead 2006-04-13 10:52 |
| #3 Poor fellow realizes that things have gone past the tipping point for trust in this generation. He also, perhaps, may have studied enough of the history of Western civilization to realize what lies beyond the next tipping point, the one where Muslims are perceived as the enemy instead of just an annoyance. Beyond that point lies only a lonely wind blowing over the salted fields of their former homes. |
| Posted by: RWV 2006-04-13 10:19 |
| #2 no mo uro, You state that Only a small and mostly powerless percentage truly want coexistence. I would say that those people actually want out of Islam and to pursue a normal lifestyle, however, they will be murdered if they leave their beloved Islam, so they keep quiet about it. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-04-13 08:54 |
| #1 It has become apparent that while the actual extremist element in Islam is only about 10 % of the whole deal, that a plurality or possibly a majority of the rest are either giving the bad actors aid and comfort or are quietly hopeful that they achieve their goal of taking out the West. Of the remaining 30-40%, most don't give any of this a moment's thought one way or another. Only a small and mostly powerless percentage truly want coexistence. The lack of loud, pure condemnation from most Muslims and from organizations like CAIR speaks volumes. Wan criticism of the acts of extremism which turns out to be nothing but a platform upon which a huge "BUT" can be placed (followed by a list of whiny grievances) is neither useful nor sincere nor deserving of trust. When groups like CAIR make strong unqualified critiques of the acts of murderous terrorists without adding on their own lists of real or imagined grievances for a period of five years or so, I'll start believing in the concept of a large Muslim majority which is moderate and has no designs on destroying the West, and not one moment before. Until then, I'm forced to believe that the number of Muslims who are committed to coexistence and peace is a tiny minority of the entire lot of them. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2006-04-13 06:03 |