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John Dhimmi Esposito: I Love Jihad; I Hate Islamophobia
by John Esposito, al-GuardianOur common peace and security depend more on mutual understanding than demonisation. We, Muslims and non-Muslims, have all been victims of global terrorism, in New York, Madrid, London, Bali and Amman. And yet, five years after 9/11, the war on terrorism is seen by many Muslims as a war on Islam. As Islamophobia and xenophobia grow, the critical distinction between religious extremism and mainstream Islam is increasingly blurred. How do we break out of this cycle of ignorance? ...Anti-western feelings result from what we do, our policies and actions, not from our way of life. Globalisation and an increasingly multicultural west test the mettle of our values. Islamophobia is a threat to our democratic way of life. This cancer should be as unacceptable as anti-semitism. Pluralism and tolerance demand greater understanding and respect from non-Muslims and Muslims alike. The more we learn about each other, the more we will see beyond our differences to a reservoir of common concerns, values and interests. --------------------- We must learn to love: the parasitic class of welfare collecting mullahs, who leach off the West while promoting hatred of it; the compulsory spousal battery, as prescribed by the Koran; jihad terror, and hate promotion; accomodation of Muslim prayer farting, by using public funds to build facilities; honor Murders; worthless economies sandbagged by injunctions against profits; male license to rape, where 4 male witnesses are not available; hacking limbs off thieves; be-heading videos; prison recruitment of terrorists; Saudi bribery of our academics; bad breath during the Fast; removal of pig symbols; revision of the Crusades; polls that tell us how much Muslims hate us; costly cleansing of food preparation places, to accomodate the pork-haters; etc. John Espositio has made a fortune, shilling the Muslims are benign snakeoil. The fact that he does it in a UK publication of 7-7 reveals the depth of his depravity. Posted by: Anginens Threreng8133 2006-07-08 |
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