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The War 1
Size: Large, Medium, Small Wed Mar 12, 08 07:51 PM | Category: War
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There's a "War on Terror" going on, says President George W. Bush. Sometimes we're even told it's a war against "evil." But regardless of nomenclature, the Bush administration takes great pains to emphasize that this is most certainly not a war on Islam. Is it?
The short answer is "no." We're not battling Islam, because there is no such thing as one Islam. One Islam cannot be extracted from the numerous offshoots, branches, and sects that make the world's 1.3 billion Muslims as ideologically, religiously, and politically fractured as the other two monotheistic faiths, Christianity and Judaism.
Still, all of the 19 hijackers on September 11 were Muslims. Every one of the FBI's 22 most wanted terrorists are Muslims. Nearly all the groups and individuals listed in President Bush's executive order blocking terrorist funds were Muslims, too. So how is this not a war on Islam?
Correction: Militant Islam
The "War on Terror" should really be called the "War on Militant Islam." The terrorists of September 11, Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the Taliban all adhere to an ideology we have come to know as militant Islam, a minority outgrowth of the faith that exudes a bitter hatred for Western ideas, including capitalism, individualism, and consumerism. It rejects the West and much that it has to offer (with the exception of weapons, medicines, and other useful technologies) seeking instead to implement a strict interpretation of the Koran (Islam's holy book) and shari'a (Islamic law). America, as radical Muslims see it, is the primary impediment to building an Islamic world order.
Accordingly, militant Islam directs its venom towards America and the West. The Taliban's supreme leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, said after September 11 that "the plan [to destroy America] is going ahead and God willing it is being implemented, but it is a huge task beyond the will and comprehension of human beings. If God's help is with us, this will happen within a short period of time."
Sheikh Ikrama Sabri, a Palestinian Mufti (Islamic religious authority) said in a radio sermon broadcast in 1997, "Oh Allah, destroy America, her agents, and her allies! Cast them into their own traps, and cover the White House with black!"
"The American regime is the enemy of [Iran's] Islamic government and our revolution," said Iran's religious leader, Ali Khameine'i, in 1998. "It is the enemy of your revolution, your Islam, and your resistance to American bullying."
Accordingly, radical Muslims back up their words with deeds. They have a history of violence against American, Western, and even Muslim interests. But the movement did not appear spontaneously. Rather, it has taken 14 centuries to evolve.
I am going to post their history in 'The War 2'. Check it out if u are interested in this post. you can always leaves a comment and vote for this freely. I am a freethinker so don't be afraid that your comment might offend me. Thanks for reading.

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monti_84 Thu Mar 13, 08 02:05 AM

W. Bush is an idiot...and the so called "War on terror" is an excuse to gain more military control in the east. What the fuck did they found in Irak?: answer: absolutely nothing because it was nothing there to find in the first place...USA international politics of fear and military oppresion will cause its fall eventually...i hope i would be still alive to see it...

"To define is to limit" Oscar Wilde
elizawood Thu Mar 13, 08 05:19 AM

thanks buddy 4 d comment.they are searchin 4 oil.but i pity the americans. always bush character becomes theirs too in the world eyes. they hate the war too coz their loved ones died in iraq, just so that bush felt good-owns oil domination.hmmm....american's should kill bush.

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monti_84 Thu Mar 13, 08 02:06 AM

Good post by the way...got my vote...

"To define is to limit" Oscar Wilde
Ichisanno (Michi) Fri Mar 14, 08 01:41 AM

Peace of World.

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