If you want us to believe, don't be silent
Muslim Group: Bush Distorts 'Islamic' Friday, September 1, 2006 The Associated Press By CARLA K. JOHNSON
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — The newly elected head of the largest Muslim group in North America called President Bush's recasting of the war on terror as a "war against Islamic fascism" inaccurate and not helpful to people of her faith.
Then tell them to renounce Islam or terrorism, We don't care which, but your silence in denouncing them gives your consent to their acts.
Ingrid Mattson, the first woman president of the Islamic Society of North America, said Friday that labeling terrorism as "Islamic" only adds to a misunderstanding of the religion.
But that's what it is, Islamists committing terrorists acts
Mattson acknowledged that terrorist groups "do misuse and use Islamic concepts and terms to justify their violence. But I think that when we then bestow that term upon them we only make the situation worse and somehow give validity to their claims which we need to deny and reject," she said at the opening of the group's 43rd annual convention.
Make it worse? How can it be made worse? You shouldn't just "deny and reject", you should actively be turning these animals in. Until then, "Islam is a religion of peace" is an outright lie!
Bush and other Republicans have been using the wording in recent speeches. White House aides and outside Republican strategists have said the new term is an attempt to more clearly identify the ideology that motivates many organized terrorist groups.
"I'm convinced that it is not only inaccurate, but unhelpful," she said. "If our major concern is security, security of this country, this is a term that has very bad resonance in the Muslim majority world and makes us feel uncomfortable here."
Good. You should be uncomfortable. Horrid acts are being committed in the name of your religion. Until you actively oppose these animals, you deserve no consideration.
Mattson said her group would argue to eliminate the use of the phrase. U.S. officials, including Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England, are attending the meeting.
"We're hoping that there can be some adjustment to this language and we're trying to voice that opinion to those who have been using this, circulating this term," she said.
OK, dissent is an American right, but if you were in most Islamic countries, you wouldn't have it, much less be a woman in a large Muslim organization
England did not address the issue during a Friday afternoon panel, but said American Muslims will play an important role as the Pentagon improves its training of the military on Islamic culture."They understand their culture, obviously, much better than we do," England said. "We have not done a very good job in the past and we need to do better."
Yes, we Americans do need to do better. We need to do our best to root these animals from their holes, find their nests and destroy them utterly and completely. And Muslims the world over need to actively support our efforts, if they want us to believe that they are a religion of peace. Why are we even having this debate? When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, we didn't quibble whether or not that Shintoism was a peaceful religion, we sent as many to meet their Kami as it required to make sure they were peaceful Until Muslims the world over actively oppose terrorism, they are all complicit. Silence gives consent.
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — The newly elected head of the largest Muslim group in North America called President Bush's recasting of the war on terror as a "war against Islamic fascism" inaccurate and not helpful to people of her faith.
Then tell them to renounce Islam or terrorism, We don't care which, but your silence in denouncing them gives your consent to their acts.
Ingrid Mattson, the first woman president of the Islamic Society of North America, said Friday that labeling terrorism as "Islamic" only adds to a misunderstanding of the religion.
But that's what it is, Islamists committing terrorists acts
Mattson acknowledged that terrorist groups "do misuse and use Islamic concepts and terms to justify their violence. But I think that when we then bestow that term upon them we only make the situation worse and somehow give validity to their claims which we need to deny and reject," she said at the opening of the group's 43rd annual convention.
Make it worse? How can it be made worse? You shouldn't just "deny and reject", you should actively be turning these animals in. Until then, "Islam is a religion of peace" is an outright lie!
Bush and other Republicans have been using the wording in recent speeches. White House aides and outside Republican strategists have said the new term is an attempt to more clearly identify the ideology that motivates many organized terrorist groups.
"I'm convinced that it is not only inaccurate, but unhelpful," she said. "If our major concern is security, security of this country, this is a term that has very bad resonance in the Muslim majority world and makes us feel uncomfortable here."
Good. You should be uncomfortable. Horrid acts are being committed in the name of your religion. Until you actively oppose these animals, you deserve no consideration.
Mattson said her group would argue to eliminate the use of the phrase. U.S. officials, including Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England, are attending the meeting.
"We're hoping that there can be some adjustment to this language and we're trying to voice that opinion to those who have been using this, circulating this term," she said.
OK, dissent is an American right, but if you were in most Islamic countries, you wouldn't have it, much less be a woman in a large Muslim organization
England did not address the issue during a Friday afternoon panel, but said American Muslims will play an important role as the Pentagon improves its training of the military on Islamic culture."They understand their culture, obviously, much better than we do," England said. "We have not done a very good job in the past and we need to do better."
Yes, we Americans do need to do better. We need to do our best to root these animals from their holes, find their nests and destroy them utterly and completely. And Muslims the world over need to actively support our efforts, if they want us to believe that they are a religion of peace. Why are we even having this debate? When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, we didn't quibble whether or not that Shintoism was a peaceful religion, we sent as many to meet their Kami as it required to make sure they were peaceful Until Muslims the world over actively oppose terrorism, they are all complicit. Silence gives consent.
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