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2005-06-05 Afghanistan/South Asia

Qazi says 9/11 was a planned conspiracy to crush Muslims

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Posted by Fred 2005-06-05 13:45|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ....Anyone else here notice you never see Qazi and James Randi (www.randi.org) together?
Just wondering.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2005-06-05 14:02|| 2005-06-05 14:02|| Front Page Top

#2 It's a masterpiece of passive-aggressive moral equivalence.

That said, one question that bugs me... then why haven't we crushed Muslims? We walk around the Islamic world on eggshells while the Chia Iman ^tm has, AFAIK, remained silent about the very real attacks by Sunnis on Shi'ites in his country, and the attacks by the Taliban on Moslems in Afghanistan (even extending to the most recent attack on a Mosque)... and hundreds of similar attacks in Iraq by the alleged holy warriors...

While I'm at it, I'd like to point out something regarding the history of Islam: Mohammed started out with NOTHING and created a religious/political/military movement that by the ffirst century after its founding had conquered a big BIG chunk of the known civilized world at the time. He did it by offering most of the potential new converts ways OUT of the oppressive caste systems and tribal divisions that were prevalent in the world at that time.

It's also a matter of historical record that a lot of the converts Islam made on the subcontinent were from people trying to escape oppressive tribal/caste relationships.

Whenever I see a news item from Pakistan, though, or from a dozen other Middle Eastern countries, it looks as though they've turned their back on that part of Islam's legacy. They've gone ahead and instituted caste systems of their own, even in the greater community of Moslems: they have tribal battles, they have caste systems, they say the Shi'ites aren't "real" Moslems, they have the same problem with Sufis, and the penalties for an individual breaking these tribal/caste boundaries seem to involve the punishment of the clan as a whole, and younger female relatives in particular.

If you've been a frequent reader of this site, you've read about the sort of incidents I'm talking about already; if not, search on "jirga" and "rape" to see what I mean.

The saddest thing is that the man-on-the-street, as it were, knows this isn't the way things are supposed to be, but the governments and mullahs in the area have decided on his behalf that the United States is to blame for all of this, and a lot of people go along with it.

Meanwhile, even if Pakistan didn't have nuclear weapons and military action were an option, it would take a lot more resources than our army has to pacify the country and impose real law-and-order on the place... and a lot of the people who suffer from the lack of real-law-and-order would be our enemies in the venture.

Just a thought.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-06-05 14:22|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-06-05 14:22|| Front Page Top

#3 If we really wanted to crush muslims, we would start with an nuclear carpet bombing of the major cities of Saudi Arabia for starters.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-06-05 18:27|| 2005-06-05 18:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Never thought about it before Phil but you're right. Islam the Amway of Religons.

Posted by Shipman 2005-06-05 19:57|| 2005-06-05 19:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Ahhhh, a conspiracy! Well I never saw that coming. Michael Moore was right then! Man, I've been so naive.

Posted by Unose Whavitle7547 2005-06-05 20:02|| 2005-06-05 20:02|| Front Page Top

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