A Moderate Voice
I have long felt that the protests that some people make about Muslims ring false. The usual cry is that the “terrorists don’t speak for the majority of Muslims” or something along those lines.
But where are the voices of the moderates? All we hear, day after day, are cries of hatred, calls for death and justifications of barbaric acts done in the name of Allah. But moderate voices? Nothing but crickets.
So when I do come across one of them, I try to publish it. I did it earlier with the manifesto from Rushdie and his fellows. Here is another one, actually published in the New York Times. (Their Editors must have had the day off, it isn’t an anti-Bush diatribe).
A moderate Muslim voice calling the Israeli wall a good thing. As it is. It saves both Israeli AND Arab lives. I would rather a wall was not needed, but it is the most humane way to deal with the situation.
UPDATE: Mike’s comment made me realize the link to the article somehow hadn’t made it into the original post. I told you I was still learning this software! Here’s the article I was posting about.
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By Mike's America, Sunday, 19 March , 2006 @ 12:22 am
“How I learned to love the wall” was an interesting read:
http://www.muslim-refusenik.com/news/newyorktimes-2006-03-18.html
I note that the woman who wrote it is also at Yale. I wonder if she’s bumped into that Taliban loon yet? I’d like to hear THAT conversation.
By Gauis Arbo, Sunday, 19 March , 2006 @ 7:10 am
I was shocked to find that the NYT had published this. They have been ranging further and further into outright lies.