Re: NPR fires Williams over Muslim fears » GetReligion

> **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.

I completely agree.

> 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.

Sure, but the freedom to ignore political correctness doesn't grant  
one the right to make ignorant statements.

> **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.

But is the terrorists faith the same as the typical Muslim's faith?  I  
submit it is significantly different.

> 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.

Probably.

regards,
-Lance

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