Ah, if only the West understood Islam better, this sort of thing wouldn't happen. "Police captain killed in southern ambush," from the Bangkok Post (thanks to all who sent this in):
(BangkokPost.com) - A police captain was killed in Yala province by a group of insurgents on Saturday morning.Pol Cap Toranit Srisuk, 28, was ambushed at around 8.40am, when he led 12 police officers to patrol a road along borderline between Ban Sai Surant village and Ban Pakdee village in Bannang Sata district.
People would understand more about Islam if the media stops being politically correct and tells them about the danger they are facing.
(PLEASE POST THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AT OTHER WEBSITES)
The Jihad Awareness Project (to wake up the U.S. Senate) currently has 96 volunteers in 42 states.
WE ARE STILL SEEKING ADDITIONAL CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL 50 STATES, ESPECIALLY THE FOLLOWING 8:
Connecticut
Delaware
Mississippi
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Vermont
West Virginia
THE PROJECT: We're looking for people in every state of the Union who would be willing to purchase, from Amazon or any other source, a copy of Robert Spencer's new book Religion of Peace? Why Christianity Is And Islam Isn't and mail it, on an agreed upon date, to one of the senators in your state. We want to get the book simultaneously to all 100 senators, in order to send a strong message. If we get more than two people per state, books can also be sent to the U.S. House of Representatives.
If you'd like to participate (or you just have questions), please write to me at traehnam@yahoo.com under the subject heading "Senate," and tell me the state your senator represents, and a nickname. No need for your real name. And I will never share your email address with anyone, not even with other volunteers for this project.
And visit jihadawareness.blogspot.com to get more info on this project and to leave comments other volunteers can read. You can also see there the growing list of participants in this project, and the states their senators represent. I've also designed a graphic that might amuse. Scroll down when you get to the site.
Once we have at least two people from every state, we can agree on a mailing date and then each of us can mail a copy of the book on that date.
Right before each of us mails the book, we’ll issue a press release to media outlets in as many states as possible, and in that way announce and explain the mailing. And perhaps we can come up with some other ways of maximizing the effectiveness of this project and gaining as much positive attention as possible.
One of the project's volunteers suggested contacting Rep. Sue Myrick, who started the Anti-Jihad Caucus in Congress. When we reach the goal of having all 100 senators covered, I'll call Rep. Myrick's office and see if she can help. I've called several congressional offices to get advice on how best to proceed.
ah, there's the "insurgents" again.
If the key to stopping terrorism is to "understand" Islam better, then articles like the one above is contributing to the confusion by referring to the terorists as "insurgents" only.
Yes, Islam is indeed greatly misunderstood but most of the confusion is caused by Political Correctness and apologist/taqiyya groups like CAIR.
"People would understand more about Islam if the media stops being politically correct and tells them about the danger they are facing."
Christian
In complete agreement with you but I have no confidence whatsoever that the media will do what you so clearly and correctly see is necessary. The media as presently constituted is overwhelmingly shallow and ignorant. In fact, a good portion of it despises America.
SIOE ENGLAND: STOP KUFFARPHOBIA DEMONSTRATION - LONDON 26th October
http://sheikyermami.com/2007/09/29/sioe-england-stop-kuffarphobia-demonstration-london-26th-october/
Islamicommie lexicon...
"understand"= "submit to"
Guess what? Crowds around the Army bus bombing in
Opiumistan, chanted, "Allah Akbar." That was awfully white of them.
http://clearinghouse.infovlad.net/showthread.php?t=9275
You can trust a Muslim as far as you can spit against a hurricane