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"We usually celebrate Ramadan at the end of the month," says taxi driver Abdullah Hissein in Iraq, in a story about Iraqis cheering the downing of a U.S. helicopter there yesterday. "Now we are celebrating in the beginning after these infidel Americans were shot down." (Thanks to Little Green Footballs for this one.)
Meanwhile, in Riyadh, "Saudi security forces shot dead two militants in a clash in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, the interior ministry confirmed." Said an unidentified interior ministry official: "Saudi authorities were able to prevent a terrorist attack being prepared by terrorists, which did not respect the sanctity of the holy city of Mecca and the month of Ramadan."
So is murder and mayhem in keeping with the spirit of Ramadan, or isn't it? Unfortunately, there are many in the Muslim world who consider that to wage jihad during Ramadan is wonderfully in keeping with the holy disciplines of the season. This is the kind of thinking within Islam that moderate Muslims must confront and refute before the war on terror can possibly end.
Posted by Robert at November 3, 2003 12:28 PM
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"moderate Muslims" ???
Are there moderate Muslims, really?
Maybe Islam should rename Ramadan the Arabic equivalent of "Bloodfest".
What is happening in Iraq and other Muslim hotspots around the world right now certainly doesn't mirror the various descriptions of the Islamic holiday that I've read about on various Muslim sites.
Bloody orgies in the name of Allah... I wonder if "he" is proud of "his" people?
Moderate muslims?
Make me laugh. The sooner the multi-culti Civilized World wakes up to the fact that islam is The Enemy, the better.
Moderate muslims? Make me laugh.
Posted by: Simon at November 3, 2003 9:03 PM
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