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Muslim conference can't seem to come up with definition of terrorism
  • Islamic nations adopted an agreement Wednesday to condemn terrorism "in all its forms," but with qualifications that left room to defend Palestinian suicide bombers. Wrapping up a three-day conference, foreign ministers and representatives of the 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference issued a five-page statement which failed to achieve their main task: defining terrorism. That, delegates said, was a job for the United Nations.
    "Well, we know it when we see it, and if there's a turban involved, then it must not be terrorism. And a keffiyeh. That would make it not terrorism, too. But a yarmulke, now that would make it terrorism. Or a baseball cap. Or a cowboy hat... Now, how do we codify this...?"

    Adil discusses this with less smartassery and more detail.
    Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-04-03
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