Yesterday, I read all about the world outrage (Muslim and Non-Muslim alike) over Dutch Member of Parliament Geert Wilders’ anti-Islamist film. Today, I read a story on FoxNEWS entitled, “Report: Non-Muslims Deserve to Be Punished,” claiming that Imam Abdul Makin says it’s okay to kill and rape non-Muslims. Yet, I hear no world condemnation of these remarks.
I watched Wilders’ film, and it smacks of propaganda to me, more for what it didn’t say than for what it said, but it does not condone the killing and raping of Islamists, let alone all Muslims.
I think it’s high time we do away with the double standard that allows others to spew words and deeds of hate against us without some public outcry. Do we hate ourselves that much?
Moreover, the silence from the “moderate” Muslims is almost deafening. Let’s hear it, my brothers… and sisters.
I greatly respect the Muslim dedication to religion and the daily awareness of a higher being. I think these traits are to be commended. But if we’re going to have any chance at a peaceful co-existence among Christians and Muslims, then I think the moderate Muslims are going to have to put a little more effort into convincing their radical counterparts to be a wee bit more tolerant. At least speak out when someone says it’s quite alright to kill and rape non-Muslims.
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Here’s another good one: “Al Qaeda’s Zawahiri: Militant Organization Doesn’t Kill Innocents; Threatens Egypt.” Not only does Al Qaeda kill innocents, it’s killing innocent Muslims in Iraq.
The other day, I was reading an interview with Osama bin Laden in which he was quoted as saying, “God, praise and glory be to Him, has prohibited the killing of women and children unless the women are active fighters….”
Seems to me, his organization is working in opposition to the dictates of its own supreme being.