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Why Are Muslims So "Shocked & Awed" By Yassinâs Assassination?
Hark! Is this a real live moderate Muslim? At least he seems to have gotten a clue. Just the first paragraph. Please read the whole thing.By Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of alt.muslim.com 3/25/04 I have to admit that Iâve been taken aback with the level of anger surrounding the killing of Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. Muslims both inside and outside of Palestine seem genuinely shocked - shocked, I tell you! - that Israel would dare to take out the spiritual head of Hamas in such a dramatic and bloody manner. And the loudest cries seem to be coming from those who well aware of, and have no problem with, Yassinâs ideology of the use of violence - including suicide bombings against civilians - as the "only way" to liberate Palestine. The very genuine grievances suffered by Palestinians seem to have nurtured an illogical expectation that both sides are bound to different rules of war, that somehow, if a Palestinian leader calls for young men to blow themselves up among Israeli civilians, a retaliation in kind against that leader is unacceptable. Of course, Iâm told by friends that Israel should have instead arrested Yassin and given him a fair trial if they thought he had blood on his hands. I can only shake my head at the cognitive dissonance. Do these people think that the Muslims of old, after losing a battle, would protest indignantly to the victors? Yasin and Hamas declared war on Israel, an obviously stronger adversary, and they got war in return. Did they really expect a lawsuit instead? Much more at link. But I couldnât resist his closing paragraph. Yassinâs death makes it clear that violent opposition to the occupation will ultimately fail. The tactic of suicide bombing should be buried along with him. If we are to see real progress towards the restoration of Palestinian rights rather than a march towards self-destruction, then Palestine will need more Rachel Corries and fewer Sheikh Yassins. Posted by: GK 2004-03-27 |
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