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| 'Islamo-fascism' counter-productive term: Mushahid |
| 2007-04-20 |
| The use of the term ‘Islamo-fascism’ to denounce some elements is unacceptable and counter-productive to defeating terrorism, Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Mushahid Hussain Syed said on Thursday. He was speaking at a seminar on the ‘Alliance of Civilisations: Role of Europe and Asia’, organised by the Institute of Strategic Studies (ISS) and the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee. Mushahid said the targeting of Muslims on the basis of religion would affect efforts to achieve a tolerant world. He appealed to the civil society and leaders of Europe and Asia to work for promoting the idea of an ‘alliance of civilizations’. “The idea of the ‘clash of civilization’, projected by Harvard University, should be neutralised with that of an ‘alliance of civilization’,” he said. Extremism and terrorism can only be defeated by democratic systems and the resolution of political and economic problems, particularly in Muslim countries, he said. He said worldwide rallies against the Iraq war had proved that there was no clash of civilisations and the people were against the use of force to tackle issues. He said the world should make sincere efforts to root out terrorism in a peaceful manner instead of creating rifts. He said the European Union (EU) should give membership to Turkey to set an example of reconciliation and to counter the blame that the EU was only a ‘Christian Club’. He said dialogue should continue among governments, civil society and civilisations to develop interfaith harmony. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #16 Yer on the money, anymouse. Make them feel pain, major pain. Only then will they agitate for positive change. Until then, expect more Islamic crapulence. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-20 21:23 |
| #15 Extremism and terrorism can only be defeated by democratic systems and the resolution of political and economic problems, particularly in Muslim countries, he said. Wrong answer. Ask the residents of Tokyo and Dresden. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2007-04-20 19:27 |
| #14 Extremism and terrorism can only be defeated by democratic systems and the resolution of political and economic problems, particularly in Muslim countries, he said. Send money or we'll kill you. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-04-20 19:23 |
| #13 And Lord knows it wouldn't be right do do anything counter-productive, would it? |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-04-20 17:43 |
| #12 Barbara's terminology works for me with the emphasis on the root "terminate." |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-04-20 14:47 |
| #11 Shariaphrenics. |
| Posted by: Sonar 2007-04-20 12:29 |
| #10 Your religion's been hijacked by asshats - deal with it.. Actually not. The Koran specifically calls upon its followers to commit all the various atrocities that terrorists incur. This is Islam and the way it is supposed to be practiced. So-called moderate Muslims are blasphemers whose interpretation of Islam — peaceful as it might be — nonetheless makes them back-slidden slackers. This the central problem regarding Islam; It is a violent, abusive and fanatical creed that breeds up the very worst of human dregs. Zen - you a northerner? Nope, just a huge Python's fan with a good memory. Tiny Dicked The medically correct term is "needle dick". |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-20 11:51 |
| #9 I'll go with "Islamo-Tiny Dicked Goat Fuckers". |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-04-20 11:04 |
| #8 "muslim" is a curse word as far as I am concerned. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-04-20 10:28 |
| #7 Yeah, Jackal. Isn't that often how they refer to themselves? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-04-20 09:53 |
| #6 We could say "True Islam" or "Authentic Islam" when referring to murderers. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2007-04-20 08:45 |
| #5 "Extremism and terrorism can only be defeated by democratic systems and the resolution of political and economic problems, particularly in Muslim countries, he said." Starting to see a declaratory pattern in the solutions pushed by international bodies: give us money (bribes and buyoffs as jizya) and control of governments (thus exterminating any alternative to the ubercontrol of Islam) and we might move to help stop terrorism. Funny he mentiones Turkey-his fellow religionists are proving my second point for me. "Islamo-fascism is as Islamofascism does." Forrest Gump |
| Posted by: Jules 2007-04-20 07:23 |
| #4 He said worldwide rallies against the Iraq war had proved that there was no clash of civilisations and the people were against the use of force to tackle issues. And yet he sits in the government of Pakistan, a government that supports terrorism in Afghanistan, India, and around the world. When did his lips fall off? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2007-04-20 06:59 |
| #3 Thanks Barbs.. ROFL. I'd like to repeatedly slap this clueless fucker's face against the TV screen the next time the blackshirts are marching in Gaza.. Tehran.. Syria.. Lebanon. Too close to the truth for you? Hurts does it? Your religion's been hijacked by asshats - deal with it.. Zen - you a northerner? |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2007-04-20 04:17 |
| #2 Well now, the result of last week's competition when we asked you to find a derogatory term for the Muslims. Well, the response was enormous and we took quite a long time sorting out the winners. There were some very clever entries. Mrs Hatred of Leicester Said 'let's not call them anything, let's just ignore them' ... (applause starts vigorously, but he holds his hands up for silence) ... and a Mr St John of Huntingdon said he couldn't think of anything more derogatory than "Muslims". (cheers and applause; a girl in showgirl costume comes on and holds up placards through next bit) But in the end we settled on three choices: number three ... the Slammers (placard 'The Slammers'), sent in by Mrs Vicious of Hastings... very nice ; number two..... the Child Rapists (placard) ... from Mrs Childmolester of Worthing; but the winner was undoubtedly from Mrs No-Supper-For-You from Norwood in Lancashire... Miserable Fat Islamic Bastards. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-20 00:51 |
| #1 OK - Howzabout "murdering islamic bastards"? These ain't Lutherans or Amish, you know. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-04-20 00:32 |