RE: NPR fires Williams over Muslim fears ? GetReligion

> Unproductive and inflammatory at best.  He
> sounds like someone who obviously doesn't
> spend a lot of time around fellow Muslims.

I disagree. I spend plenty of time around Muslims, as someone in my
family married a French-born Arab Muslim. He's a terrific fellow, and
I get along with him and his traditional family very well. I don't
distrust him or eye him with suspicion, because I know him. We spent
Independence Day at his house this year, and had a wonderful time.

**I forgot to mention, in my personal analogy I sent, I should have mentioned
that my best friend my senior year was Mexican, so the taint did not sour me to
all Mexicans.  I was able to see the good in them as individuals, even as a
particular group were bad.


None of which changes how I feel about the Muslim faith, or its
dangerous implications.  I'm growing a bit tired of hearing about how
we can't tar all Muslims with the same brush. No kidding. That much
should go without saying (with regard to *any* ethnic, religious, or
national group). But the war that has been declared on the West is an
explicitly holy war -- devised, funded, and carried out by
self-identified Muslims. This is a fact. Whether or not friendly,
peaceful Muslims endorse their actions is immaterial to how we must
respond.

**well, in part, yes.  We need to be able to keep in mind that some Muslims do
not support it and not condemn all.  That said, it would help if more muslims
actually spoke out against it.


We must not pretend, for the sake of principle, that the next
terrorist attack might come from a group of indignant Scandinavians or
vengeful Navahoe. Our enemy isn't shy about their affiliations or
motivations (which, just to reiterate, are explicitly religious and
specifically Islamic).

**a point that many want to ignore for sure.  This is where Juan's comment on
political correctness was right on the money.


I'm also tired of hearing about how other killers are Christians, but
we don't brand all Christians because of them. It's a worthless point.
People like Tim McVeigh (not a Christian, I know, but a popular
example) are isolated nutjobs who are not claimed by the religious
establishment.

**in McVeigh's example, he also did not claim to have blown up the building
because of any faith.  The fact that Muslims do so and claim they must do so in
the name of their faith is very relevant.


 The Muslims we're fighting are part of a  well-funded,
highly-organized, internationally cooperative network. Their
sympathizers include powerful, influential politicians AND religious
leaders. It's not a handful of crazies, my friends, it's a *movement,*
and a growing one. We ignore these facts at our peril.

**I think that trying to pin them down is a bit hard.  Pamela Geller will make
hay about how the radical islam element *is* the mainstream, but I honestly
wonder.

**I think a certain percent just goes along with it for survival.

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