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| Queen Noor Appeals to Muslim Moderates |
| 2004-10-25 |
| Queen Noor of Jordan is urging Muslim moderates to speak out against the "ranting" of extremists who use Islam to justify beheadings and suicide bombings against the United States and Westerners. The American-born widow of King Hussein, who perhaps more than any other prominent figure represents a fusion of the United States and the Arab world, also told The Associated Press in an interview that Washington should tone down its militaristic approach to the Middle East. Noor denounced the twisting of Islam preached by extremists, who are waging what they say is a holy war against the West. "What I believe are the vast majority of moderate Muslim clerics ... do not at all subscribe to the distorted ranting of these militant extremist groups and abhor the form that their zealotry has taken in terms of beheadings and suicide bombings and the killings of innocents, because these are forbidden in Islam," the queen said Sunday in her hotel suite in Bogota, where she is campaigning against land mines. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 uncomfortable clash of |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-25 11:21:16 PM |
| #7 One and only one question: Why wasn't this statement issued three years ago? End of story. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-10-25 11:16:45 PM |
| #6 I'd hit it..... couple drinks, Lisa? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-25 10:31:00 PM |
| #5 ..also told The Associated Press in an interview that Washington should tone down its militaristic approach to the Middle East. This may happen the day that large numbers of people over there knock off their loudmouthed rhetoric about killing "infidels" (read: us) and purge from their systems their seeming ingrained propensity to blame others for their own self-inflicted problems. Any seeming "militaristic" approach to the Middle East has come about for a reason; it didn't materialize out of thin air. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-10-25 10:28:33 PM |
| #4 I've never met Her Majesty, the honest-to-god Queen of England, but I did meet Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, a very friendly and likable chap who is not above a joke at his own expense. He is a pilot and sometimes flies for KLM. One time a lady came up to him after a flight. Apparently assuming that he was British, she asked in English, "Sir, did you know that you are the very image of our Dutch Crown Prince?" He responded, "You flatter me ma'am, but I am sure that a prince would be more handsome." |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-10-25 9:20:38 PM |
| #3 I was disinvited from a reception for this self-same Queen Noor (formerly Lisa Halaby) a few years ago after I let it be known that I would address her as "ma'am" rather than as "your majesty" if the opportunity arose. Our printed instructions had specified the latter form, even though "ma'am" is perfectly acceptable for the honest-to-god Queen of England in casual conversation. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-10-25 9:05:43 PM |
| #2 Say it in Jordan in Arabic. Then we can talk. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-10-25 8:52:21 PM |
| #1 The queen appeals to Muslim moderates. Shouldn't take long. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2004-10-25 8:47:23 PM |