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| Hirsi Ali: Osama bin Laden is a Typical Muslim |
| 2007-02-05 |
| You were brought up a devout Muslim. What made you turn against the religion? I knew no better than to follow the path my parents had laid out for me. I didnÂ’t question it seriously until after 9/11. Bin Laden defined the world into Muslims and non-Muslims, and these had to either be converted or killed. I asked myself where I stood after I saw the pictures of people jumping out of the World Trade Center. As a Muslim I had to ask if I agreed with that. I was saddened to see Bin LadenÂ’s citations were from the Koran and were consistent with the Islam I grew up with. It is just that we were passive until then. Now we had to take sides. I had completed a political science degree and could no longer use ignorance as an excuse. I had to make my own path. The 9/11 attacks made you renounce your faith but radicalised other Muslims. Why? The 74 per cent of Muslims under 24 who said in a survey that women should wear the veil and want Sharia law to be introduced have gone for the consistency that Bin Laden offers. Others have taken my path. Liberal society hasnÂ’t paid attention to what has been happening. Radical Islam was dismissed as a fringe movement but what starts small can grow. When you look at some Arab Islamic countries, radical Islamists are in the majority. Why do we kid ourselves it canÂ’t happen in Europe? |
| Posted by:Sneaze |
| #5 "Osama bin Laden is a Typical Muslim" okay, let's all say it together.........no shit. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2007-02-05 21:27 |
| #4 Lest we fergit, CNN > HUNT FOR BIN LADEN > Osama surrounded by Party boyz [paraphrased] - "We will use any means necessary to bring about the death and destruction of the USA", or words to that effect. ALSO, NEWSJOURNAL > Osama is still believed to has possessed a large number of SUITCASE NUKES [1000-ton approxi yield?] from the Russian black market/network, of which SEVERAL WERE COVERTLY FORWARD DEPLOYED TO THE USA, WAITING FOR THEIR DAY OF DETONATION. All together now, wid feelings, " THEY'RRREEE HEEEERRREEE"!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-02-05 19:56 |
| #3 And Australia and Canada and New Zealand and Communist China and... and... and... |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-02-05 16:01 |
| #2 Why do we kid ourselves it canÂ’t happen in Europe? It's already happening. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-02-05 14:15 |
| #1 Nice to see Hirsi getting some publicity. There was a nice article in both the NYTimes and WaPo yesterday about her. Her position at AEI gives her a good 'in' with the media. Also the fact that she is very pretty might help get her a frequent commentator position on CNN or FOX. |
| Posted by: mhw 2007-02-05 11:27 |