Falling in the Mud of Madness

[barb162]

http://www.ipcri.org/

Falling in the Mud of Madness

Khaled Duzdar*
November 17, 2005


At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. "Aristotle"

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Islamic Governments and Islamic scholars must not remain passive. They must take stand up now and plan how to cure this madness within our societies from the wide spreading of this disease. They must not close their eyes and ears from the growing danger. They must not say it isn't our problem and it does not affect us. These insane missionaries are now knocking on our doors. They are trying to take our children and to wash their brains. They are now killing us. Governments should act immediately to uproot them from our societies. Serious actions should be taken to cripple their ability to influence and to curb their freedom of movement. Governments should cease from providing them shelter. Governments should implement plans to cut them off from their financial sources and capabilities to recruit people. Mosques should be prevented from being used as schools for terrorism. Islamic scholars should draft plans on how to defend Islam from the enemies within. They should raise public awareness that today our enemies are amongst us.


Education systems and curricula have to be evaluated and reformed to teach tolerance and peace and schools and universities, teachers and parents should take part of this responsibility. Youth clubs and cultural centers should be used in taking the necessary precautions to educate the youth on the real values of Islam. The media should be deployed to raise awareness in the public as well. There should be real actions and plans to address the core and symptoms of the disease and just in diagnosing it.


Muslims and Arabs should act in concert with the global struggle against terrorism. Muslims should work together with Christians and Jews towards the same goals, to secure the world from extremism and fanaticism that does not distinguish good from evil.


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As a Palestinian I accuse these false prophets of Islam of damaging our cause and destroying years of struggle for freedom. They can not use our cause as an excuse for their evil and mad beliefs. No matter where they are acting - in Baghdad or New York, in Istanbul or Paris, in Madrid or Amman, in Cairo or London, in Beirut or Jerusalem, or even in Bali - it only causes more damage to us. Especially in these times when we Palestinians are asking for more international support to bring to life the long hoped for Palestinian State.


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Khaled Duzdar is the Palestinian Co-Director of IPCRI’s Strategic Affairs Unit

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. The concept stands equally

if you replace Islamacist with .. well, whatever we are calling the fundie-future-fascists.

Both our cultures are in danger of being assimilated by the extreme. And woe be both if they succeed and then take on each other.

Not good.

[pelsar]

2. theres a difference...

the fact that a muslim palestenainin is saying it is a major difference. Too many non palestenains, non musims have no idea of the damage done by the suicide bombers to their own societies....

more so, when a "whity" critiszes it can easily be shoved aside as a racist..when a palestenain muslim says it....its a different story. The question is will all those nice people who excuse suicide bombers, make up excuses like "what choice do they have" etc..and play other intellecutal games with other peoples lives..will they listen to a palestenain muslim who is saying that their education is destroying themselves....and admitting that their education system is aiding in the creation of these monsters?

[barb162]

3. Pelsar, I agree and really liked the comments on education

Get 'em when they're young!