"London Mayor Ken Livingstone's Defense of Islamist Cleric Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi," from MEMRI, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist:
This past summer, Islamist cleric Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi visited London to establish the International Council of Muslim Clerics. He was hosted by London Mayor Ken Livingstone at City Hall. The visit was surrounded by criticism of Mayor Livingstone for hosting the sheikh, who is considered a spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, and who also heads The European Council for Fatwa and Research.In response to the continued criticism, Mayor Livingstone called a January 11, 2005 press conference, at which he released a report defending Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi and demanded that the British media apologize for condemning Al-Qaradhawi's visit.
In other words, don't report what Qaradawi actually said about supporting jihad and suicide bombing ("It's not suicide, it is martyrdom in the name of God, Islamic theologians and jurisprudents have debated this issue. Referring to it as a form of jihad, under the title of jeopardising the life of the mujahideen. It is allowed to jeopardise your soul and cross the path of the enemy and be killed.") Just ignore it. Remember: there is no such thing as Islamic terrorism. That WTC thing, it was all in your mind.
Definitions of naive on the Web:
marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances"
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or how about
callow: lacking experience of life; "a callow youth of seventeen"
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Livingstone is neither naive nor callow. He is fully aware of the sort of people he is dealing with. This would not worry him because he regards these Islamic extremists as useful allies in the destruction of capitalism. As a communist he believes in the eventual inevitable triumph of his ideology.
What Ren Ken and other Leftist lack is the foresight to perceive that Islam makes one much more fanatical than communist does, and that once they take power no workers' uprising would oust it.
Does he fail to see that if they were in power, he would have to submit to Islam? So the communists and the Islamists are uniting on their common enemy? (or should I say the communists arse-licking the Islamists?) .. No I will stick to niave, though I could think of some other words to describe him!!
Pandering to the Muslim vote and upholding the new Hate-speech law. hmmmmm.
Appeasing the Muslim voters is pathetic and cowardly! Churchill would be turning in his grave!
There's no single greater retro-grade force in the world than Islam - Sir Winston Churchill
Islamaphobe? Well you f*** started it with your savage Jihads!
The Theo van Gogh Psy-op murder has worked and even in Canada people in the media avoid being critical of Islam or even opining an offensive
perception by Muslims that will kill for Allah.
What's a real tragedy is that most media people that have had death threats from Muslims can't even talk about it in public because it will incite another death threat by a Peaceful follower of Islam and Muhammed.
Islam can GOGH to hell.
ala-sux-
Speaking of lily livers.
Why don't some elderly journalists, artists, writers, politicos and philosophers in the West at least speak out against this tyrannical Islamic intimidation- since they have less life to lose.
And at least go out heroically in a good cause, as Socrates let himself be sacrificed so that his example might stir the conscience of the world.
Theo Van Gogh was far too young.
Where is someone like world-saving Ted Turner? Or posturing Clint Eastwood? Or scoop-monger Dan Rather (in need or redemption)?
What do they have to fear that nature, in a few years, won't grant them more meaninglessly?
Stand up for Civlization you old junkyard dogs!
Or can't you learn any new tricks?