Even anti-terrorist rallies are not always what they seem to be. On Nov. 21, several thousand demonstrators, some of them Muslim, marched under banners proclaiming "Together for Peace and against Terror" in Cologne, Germany. Marchers shouted "No to terror" and politicians made feel-good statements. But the Cologne demonstration, coming soon after the murder of Theo van Gogh on Nov. 2, served as a clever defense operation. The organizer of the event, the Islamist Diyanet Işleri Türk-Islam Birliği, used it as a smokescreen to fend off pressure for real change. Speeches at the demonstration included no mea culpas or calls for introspection, only apologetics for jihad and invocations of stale and empty slogans such as "Islam means peace."
This complex, confusing record points to several conclusions:
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Islamists note the urge to find moderate Muslims and are learning how to fake moderation. Over time, their camouflage will undoubtedly further improve.
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Figuring out who's who is a high priority. It may be obvious that Osama bin Laden is Islamist and Irshad Manji anti-Islamist, but plenty of Muslims are in the murky middle. An unresolved debate has raged for years in Turkey whether the current prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is an Islamist or not.
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The task of identifying true moderates cannot be done through guesswork and intuition; for proof, note the American government's persistent record of supporting Islamists by providing them with legitimacy, education, and (perhaps even) money. I too have made my share of mistakes. What's needed is serious, sustained research.
Most Muslims who enterred the US have had children, these children have generally had a far more comprehensive education than did their parents.
They know how to articulate, read, write and are able to freely give their opinion.
Phoney-baloney talk, talk shows will never promote putting Jewish Defense League members back to Isreal. Irv Rubin, the chairman of the JDL, and accomplice, Earl Krugel, were planning to blow up the King Fahd Mosque in Los Angeles as well the offices of Lebanese-American Congressman Darrell Issa. And that's just one JDL terrorist story.and even calls for immediate imprisonment or deportation of all persons with questionable ties to terrorist groups.
cobb said:Of all the reasons that Muslims in America are being “mistreated” or shunned, I think that conservative talk radio is among the least important. Let’s take two events and compare them. First, Michael Savage makes multiple references to Islamofascists on his radio program, and even calls for immediate imprisonment or deportation of all persons with questionable ties to terrorist groups. Compare this with a group of individuals flying airplanes into buildings in New York City and Washington DC, killing thousands. It is easy to see why Michael Savage, and talk radio in general, is much more culpable in mistreatment of Muslims.
so for all of you people trying to say that those who support the "war on terror" are somehow anti-Islam or bigoted in some way I'll simply say that this is just a complete fallacy infact I respect the Islamic faith and I like Muslims so much so that I think that they should all be given their freedom and that we should remove the tyrants in power in the middle east (by force if necessary) and replace them with Constitutional Democratic Republics.
My husband has been deployed to Iraq three times now, I have lived on or near a military base for the last twenty years. I have never ever heard the term "Hajjis" before. Where's your source for this?Most Americans over there view the Iraqi people as a lower form of human. How many of them refer to Iraqis as "Hajjis?"
The information is out there for those that want to look. The trouble for many though, is they see only what they want to see.Originally posted by Willow:
My husband has been deployed to Iraq three times now, I have lived on or near a military base for the last twenty years. I have never ever heard the term "Hajjis" before. Where's your source for this?
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