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Arabia
The Jihadists and Where They Come From
2003-05-14
Khaled Hamed Al-Suleiman also wrote in 'Okaz: "Blaming the extremist phenomenon of people who blow themselves up to harm others on our curriculum is not objective or fair, because this phenomenon is new, and it is inconceivable that it is the product of the curriculum that has served our society for half a century...!! Ideological extremism is merchandise that was never manufactured or sown in this land; it is merchandise imported to this land, duty-free, and the one who exported it got nothing for it, except the pure souls harvested by indiscriminate acts of terror..."
Yeah. It had to come from somewhere else. Couldn't have originated in Soddy Arabia...
"Today, Saudi Arabia is paying the price for decades of tolerance and flexibility in its [religious] message, after it has worked since its inception to support Muslims everywhere in the world... No country in the world has been spared terror... and therefore we must not go overboard in analyzing these practical ramifications and present them as the elimination of the foundation of stability of our society. On the contrary; these are threats we can deal with as long as we believe that we bear responsibility towards our religion, our homeland, and ourselves. The fact that the extremists of terror reached the point of turning into human bombs attests to the tyranny of despair and frustration in their souls... There is no doubt that these are terrorists in the stages of dying, like their ideology..."
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#9  One correction: I meant "where believers ACT on their suicide/murder mythologies."
Posted by: R. McLeod   2003-05-15 01:48:58  

#8  Ok Aris, how about: Islam is the only religion were believers ACT on their mythologies? And how about, Islam is the ONLY major religion were high ranking "respected" religious leaders call for murder?

Now I want you to work on this assignment: find me the religious leader of a major religion who has called for the murder of others. Note: I said the murder of others, as in death, not saying they don't like some religion or they think the other religion is heretical. I said call for the MURDER of other people.

I'll await your response.
Posted by: R. McLeod   2003-05-15 01:38:01  

#7  Wasn't Samson praised for dropping that temple on his enemies and his own self too?
Posted by: Aris Katsaris   2003-05-14 20:48:16  

#6  Islam is the only religion that approves of believers blowing themselves up and taking others with them.
Posted by: Ptah   2003-05-14 17:31:50  

#5  "no country in the world has been spared terror"
is only a slight exaggeration. Many countries had citizens in the twin towers. Many others have citizens who live and/or work in diplomatic areas in countries that are in the terrorist cross hair. The larger point that the Soddies still can't bring themselves to say is that Islam is the only religion where institutions (mosques and schools) incite murder on a large scale and regular basis.
Posted by: mhw   2003-05-14 16:17:11  

#4  Hit the wrong button. Clarification: If you're a Muslim, you get a green Igama, brown if you're non-Muslim.

Remarks about Morocco, etc. mean that even these relatively tolerant societies, just by the fact that churches, synagogues(Morocco) exist there, make their leaders less Muslim in the eyes of these Wahibite murderers.
Posted by: Michael   2003-05-14 15:28:59  

#3  Spare me, Khaled. "...decades of tolerance and flexibility in its religious message..."

That's why workers in Saudi are given different residence permits (igama) based on Muslim (green), non-Muslim (brown). No open worship is permitted by any other religion other than Islam. In his mindset, the flexibility and tolerance are only within the Muslim community.

Morocco, Tunisian, Egypt, UAE, etc. are much more open. This openess on their parts, other Muslim countries, are what the killers are after.
Posted by: Michael   2003-05-14 15:24:56  

#2  "No country in the world has been spared terror"

He's talking out his ass. There are a lot of countries out there and I'm sure there are many that haven't been struck by suicide-bombing religious fanatics!

Canada comes to mind... and Singapore... and Belize... and Tahiti... and Finland... and Romania... I could continue, but I won't.
Posted by: Scooter McGruder   2003-05-14 15:04:03  

#1  He can say whatever he wants, but the truth is most of the terrorists lately have held Saudi passports.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2003-05-14 14:36:20  

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