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| This Is Not a Good Time to Be an Arab in Spain |
| 2004-03-14 |
| Proof that al Qaeda or Islamic militants carried out the Madrid train bombings would be a nightmare scenario for Muslim residents of Madrid who fear it could fuel a new wave of animosity towards them. .... As one of 300,000 Moroccans, Spain’s biggest resident Muslim community, Ahmed said he was deeply saddened by the bombs on crowded trains which claimed 200 lives. "We don’t want it to be al Qaeda, just as the Basques don’t want it to be ETA. But what difference does it make, knowing who it was? We’re all affected," said a 13-year Madrid resident, who declined to give his full name. High Court Judge Baltasar Garzon, an investigating magistrate who has led separate probes into al Qaeda and ETA, has said in court documents he believes al Qaeda had "sleeper cells" in Spain possibly awaiting orders to attack. Spain has jailed some two dozen al Qaeda suspects .... Last May, suicide bombers attacked a Spanish restaurant, a five-star hotel and a Jewish community centre in Casablanca killing 45 people, including 12 suicide bombers. Suspects in the Casablanca bombings and a 2002 synagogue bombing in Tunisia also have been arrested in Spain. Lavapies, the city centre’s most multi-racial district, is no exception to the sombre air enveloping the rest of Madrid. ... Most of those interviewed in Lavapies hardly dared contemplate the possibility that al Qaeda may be to blame. ... "We don’t know who it is, we just have to count the bodies. They attacked the poorest people who were on the train at that time of the morning. Our people were killed too," Mustafa said. Those most willing in Lavapies to fully express those fears came from non-Muslim countries. "Not all Basques belong to ETA, nor all Arabs belong to al Qaeda. But if it turns out that al Qaeda is behind this tragedy people will turn against the Arabs around here," said Gema, a young shop assistant whose parents are from Vietnam. Moroccans said their lives in Spain were pretty good despite a recent crackdown on illegal immigration. Lavapies is often the scene of random police checks for residency cards. Asked if life will get worse if al Qaeda was behind Thursday’s killings, Mustafa said: "I hope not. Maybe they’ll come, and get me and they might get you too for talking to me." .... |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #13 The other major world religions have grown up. They have matured over the years, and become tolerant of people who believe differently. But not Islam, which has progressed little since the Middle Ages. Islam has got a LOT of catching up to do- and time is running out. Unfortunately, the nature of Islam itself prevents it from ever changing. Any change, any acceptance of other points of view, is heresy, punishable by death. Once a Muslim, always a Muslim, or dead. Since those are the only two choices, I suggest "DEAD". I've spent far too much time studying Islam since 9/11, and nothing I've learned makes me any more willing to accept it as a religion of the "one true God". It is nothing but an excuse cult. Islam excuses Muslims from obeying ANY of the 10 commandments. Don't believe me? Read the $#%@$#@ Quran. It's ok to kill. It's ok to lie, cheat, steal, murder, rape, and do anything else you want, as long as it's not to "fellow Muslims" - and oh, BTW, it's ok to do it to them, if they don't believe the way you do. What a piece of unspewed fecal matter. It's time to treat Islam as the asshole cult it is, and destroy the whole damned thing. I said once before on this site, Islam will be the source of the AntiChrist. Nothing in the past two years since I first said that has changed my mind. We need to fumigate the planet - there's a deadly illness out there, called Islam. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-3-14 11:20:07 PM |
| #12 Sounds like they reached the "why do they hate us" phase a helluva lot sooner then I thought they would. They'll live to regret that. If they're lucky. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-3-14 9:28:08 PM |
| #11 Oh boo efing hoo! This is always the first thing Muslims care about, their own selves and their 'image'. Where's the muslim protests for modern day slave raids done in Islams name, or the myriad of terrorists attacks around the world done by their brethren? You wont see that happening, well, unless they read this and figure they better spiffy up their 'image'.(Of the beast) But boy oh boy will they pull out the droves around the world to protest a head scarf ban at schools in France. Thank you France for that at least, showing what a bunch of hypocritical supremacists muslims are. They should be thanking their lucky stars that that the infidels dont behave like they do. But I bet the reaction will be instead for the Spanish CAIR to start asking the government to make everybody in Spain take sensitivity training. And play the call to prayer throughout Madrid as a show of unity, or some other assorted BS like that. You can rest assured that muslims will once again be the REAL victims, just wait, it will get worse. How long before muslims in Spain start bitching about the detainees who carried out the bombings civil rights? Place your bets. (civil rights including halal means, a quran, and no humiliation of course) |
| Posted by: TS 2004-3-14 7:01:58 PM |
| #10 No - this is a great time to be a muslim in Spain. Spain just voted for dhimmitude. All hail the re-reconquista! |
| Posted by: A Jackson 2004-3-14 4:32:10 PM |
| #9 Actually, if read literally, the Koran is a book of hate speech and should be banned. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-3-14 4:09:22 PM |
| #8 Drag that out and start sawing away at it, and we won't be able to hear all the other sounds of sympathy. Use the femto-violin, instead. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-3-14 3:10:08 PM |
#7 This Is Not a Good Time to Be an Arab in SpainWhere's my nano-violin? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-3-14 2:57:52 PM |
| #6 If they carry on the way there going, Islam will be banned in a few centuries or even decades, this 'religion of peace is just getting more and more like a fuckin death cult by the day.Islam is like something from the dark fuckin ages or even before.If i had my way it'd be banned tommorow,no right now.Hindus,Christians,Jews etc i have no problem with though, something about the way you can trust them and they don't maim and kill kids in the name of allen, sorry allah |
| Posted by: Jon Shep U.K 2004-3-14 2:10:02 PM |
| #5 "Is Islam so fragile that it cannot possibly exist surrounded by people who believe otherwise?" In a sense, this hits the ol' nail right square on the head: it apparently thinks it's that fragile. When I consider this "Allah" the Muslims worship, what I see is an immature, petulant, insecure god who cannot bear the thought of anyone not believing in him; a god who cannot abide human indifference and who craves attention; a god who feels compelled to stamp out all other gods, lest they diminish him. The other major world religions have grown up. They have matured over the years, and become tolerant of people who believe differently. But not Islam, which has progressed little since the Middle Ages. Islam has got a LOT of catching up to do- and time is running out. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-3-14 1:29:12 PM |
| #4 Beware illegal Moslem immigrants of Europe. Soon you will not be allowed to wear hankies on your head to school anywhere on the continent. What a crackdown. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-3-14 1:11:36 PM |
| #3 Is Islam so fragile that it cannot possibly exist surrounded by people who believe otherwise? What is it that Muslims fear that can coax them to acts of violence against innocent bystanders? |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-3-14 11:01:08 AM |
| #2 In January, the Detroit Free Press published an article on the contempt held by the local Arab community for an Arab enlistee in the war on terror. To me, the young man is a hero. Yet American Arabs treat him as a villian. So who are their heros? I learned to support, retroactively, the WW2 policy of interning Japanese residents (only 20% were citizens) in America during WW2. That can happen again, notwithstanding the compensation payback that the Carterites made to greedy Japs. We need disloyal neighbors, like my dog needs fleas. |
| Posted by: Man Bites Dog 2004-3-14 10:52:17 AM |
| #1 Not only is it not a good time to be an Arab in Spain, it's not a good time to be an Arab anywhere in the Western world; and it's going to get worse with each jihadi attack. All Muslims in the Western world need to make one very fundamental change if they are to continue being tolerated: they must elevate their committment to respecting other peoples' rights to their own beliefs above their own committment to the veracity of Muhammed's teachings. That's a real leap for them; it's going to be an extraordinarily difficult thing for them to do, and I'm not too confident they're up to the task. But they'd damn well better do it, just like the rest of us have done with one another, or they're history. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-3-14 10:29:59 AM |