I was wrong about this particular issue regarding Farrakhan but what I said still holds true. Just take a look at these articles: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,139807,00.html "Last but not least, fundamentalist Muslims. Now, these are the guys you should take special care not to offend. Islamic speakers in the Middle East have claimed that Pokemon is part of a Jewish conspiracy to corrupt and distract Muslim children. They believe that "Pokemon" means "I am Jewish"." taken from: http://www.jref.com/entertainment/pokemon.shtml http://jewishworldreview.com/0802/hate_christians.html These 3 articles were gathered in 30 seconds from google. I do not hate muslims. For the most part, they are kind, respectful and peace loving. But the extremists and their supporters (usually muslims and liberals who jump to defend them just because the word muslim is used in a negative light) continue to be at the root of a majority of the world's major issues. This NEEDS to be acknowledged by the muslim community and they NEED to spurn these radicles and their ideology.
I remember Olajuwon commenting on Louis Farrakhan & the Nation of Islam saying the that is not true Islam but politics. I think it was when Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf ( LSU's Mark Jackson) would not stand during the national athem.
I don't care about Farrakhan's trash, but the rumors of Ray Nagin meeting up with him are more disturbing. How many Muslims does it take to convince you that a majority does? 500 million? You've probably seen or read less than 50 extremist leaders spewing their filth to their constituents. They don't command a base of 500 million or more do they? Yet they're well represented in the media...
Well, Betty Shabazz (Malcolm X's widow) had publicly accused Farrakhan of playing a role in the assasination. Back in the 1960's, Farrakhan was very close to Elijah Muhammad and as you know, Malcolm X became an Orthodox Muslim. After leaving the Nation, Malcolm X publicly revealed Elijah Muhammad's many extramarital affairs with teenaged girls that worked for him. For this, Farrakhan wrote an article in "Muhammad Speaks" (the Nation of Islam newspaper) saying that Malcolm X deserved to die for speaking against the great "benefactor." The people that say that Farrakhan played a role say it because of those statements and because of Farrakhan's allegiance to Elijah Muhammad.
Want me to google something about Christians and Jews? Whatever you feel you feel, there certainly seems to be a lot of 'hateful rhetoric' coming from 'your' side, you should work to quell that as well.
I'm sorry, are Christians and Jews blowing themselves up in order to kill muslims? No. Blind racism is one thing and it can be dealt with. Extremism which results in loss of life and the promotion of fear is another.
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They are not occupied by Muslim armies and they control the most powerful militaries in the world. So no, they don't need to blow themselves up smartie
OMG - stop the presses! FoxNews and JewishWorldReview have articles that claim muslims are all bad! You ****ing tool.
Radicle muslims were being bombed long before American involvement in Iraq. They were also killing innocent Americans in their home. 9/11? Did that have anything to do with being occupied by an army or the possesing of a large army? No. How about the London bombings on 7/7? No. How about the bombing of the USS Cole? No. Or the bombings in Indonesia and then Bali? No. And yet you still defend these radicles, which is exactly where the problem lies.
So 9/11 happened in a vaccum absent of any possible motivation, right? That right there tells me all I need to know about your knowledge of what goes on in the rest of the world. Last I heard the British army WAS actively involved in the Iraq war. Once again your ignorance of the facts is astounding and on display for everyone to see. The bombing of a military target (USS Cole in this case) is terrorism? That's news to me. There is a difference between 'justifying' an action and knowing your history. In my line of work, I can't afford to be as ignorant as you are.
Dude, not to nitpick, but this is spelling error is distracting enough to undermine your entire argument on its own.
Did you like just graduate from high school? Ever hear of a place called Palestine or how about Saudi Arabia?
are you saying the cole bombing wasn't a terrorist act? was there a state of war between yemen and the US i wasn't aware of?
Are you JUSTIFYING the motivation??? The motivation was a hate of western culture. And so they killed thousands of American innocents. Is this justified? Does this not need to be held accounted for by all muslims? And yet muslims defend the extremists. And, uh, yes the bombing of the USS Cole IS terrorism. How is it possibly not? and sorry, I cannot spell. radical. (i hope )
Truth is subject to interpretation and slant. This is hopeless. I am sorry that some muslims apparently don't like your favorite pokemon heroes. I guess I should have advocated bombing a country 15 years ago when christian groups were claiming D&D was satanic.
The reason that militant Muslims do what they do is very simple. It's called U.S. Foriegn Policy's support of Israel. I am certainly not defending their actions, but rather providing with their rationale. But prior to this war, the reason Muslims were involved in terrorist attacks against America is because of Israel. That attention has now diverted to Iraq. After 9/11, you had a major bombing in London (U.S. ally in Iraq) and Madrid (U.S. ally in Iraq). Our two most significant allies in Iraq are the ones that experienced terrorist attacks. In recent history (1960's onward), think of every Muslim terrorist attack. You can directly relate almost every one to Israel. As a matter of fact, prior to our war in Iraq and the forumation of Al-Qaeda, I can't think of a single terrorist attack not pertaining to Israel. The killing of Israeli athletes in Munich. The bombings in Lebanon. Suicide bombings everyday in Israel. Why don't you hear of suicide bombings in France? In Germany? When the first Gulf War started, where did Saddam fire his very first missile? The answer is Israel. Muslim countries hate one another for the most part. However, the one common denominator that almost every one of them shares is their hatred of Israel.
