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Islamic Democrats

by Charley Reese

Somebody ought to tell President George Bush something he obviously doesn't
know. He keeps talking about wanting democracy in the Middle East and reform
in general as an antidote to extremism.

What apparently his staff members have not told him, probably because they
themselves don't know, is that most of the reformers in the Middle East in
recent years have been Islamists, and sometimes the Islamic fundamentalists.
It is they who have provided social services the government neglected to
provide. It is they who have often demanded democratic elections and honest
government.

In Algeria, for example, an Islamist party was on the verge of sweeping the
board in a free election. The Algerian army stepped in and stopped the
election. Unfortunately, the United States backed the army rather than
democracy and the Islamists. A bloody civil war was the result.

In Afghanistan, the Taliban came to power as reformers, driving out the
warlords, who were corrupt and brutal. We, of course, have brought the
warlords back to power, and Afghanistan is now once again one of the world's
greatest sources for opium.

Islam is an interesting and lovely religion, as highly moral and peaceful as
Christianity or any other. Americans should read some books about it, rather
than listening to ignorant demagogues or people with a secret agenda. The
Oxford History of Islam is a good place to start.

Of course, Bush is preaching democracy because that's the platitude
generated by the neoconservative, pro-Israeli ideologues who have dominated
his administration. It's an excuse to avoid facing the truth, which is that
our problem in the Middle East is our one-sided support for the terrible
mistreatment of the Palestinians by the Israelis. That's it. It's not the
conditions in the Arab world. It's not the Islamic fundamentalists. It's our
own policy, stupid.

How can we legitimately put pressure on Iran about its nuclear program while
we remain dead silent about the nuclear arsenal Israel has already built?
All of the Arab countries and Iran have repeatedly called for a nuclear-free
Middle East, but we won't back it, because we won't confront Israel about
its weapons of mass destruction.

How can we talk about obeying United Nations resolutions when Israel is in
defiance of more than 60 of them? How can we talk about the rule of law when
Israel's occupation and illegal settlements are a violation of international
law? How can we talk about respect for human rights while staying silent
about the abuses of Palestinian human rights?

It would serve George Bush right if there really were free elections in the
Middle East. After that, we wouldn't have one single friend in the region –
for our only friends are these very authoritarian and undemocratic rulers he
seems to stupidly want to depose.

As for Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia whom some people are trying to blame for
terrorism, that's pure bunk. The Wahhabi movement was founded by Muhammad
ibn Abd al-Wahhabi, who lived in the 1700s. It is to Islam what the Puritans
were to Christianity. Wahhabis believe in literalism (as do Southern
Baptists), strict observance of Muslim rituals and the condemnation of the
cult of the saints.

It has always been the religion of Saudi Arabia, and we have had good
relations with that country since World War II, based on its oil and our
greed for it. In all those decades, the Wahhabis never gave us any trouble.
Why should they now? I submit to you they haven't. Don't confuse Islamic
fundamentalism with terrorism, as the pro-Israel crowd wants you to do. And
don't commit the racist fallacy of concluding that a particular few
terrorists represent the whole of Muslims.

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Moslem cartoon character · Guest

geovani_the_italian@yahoo.com wrote:

Moslem cartoon character · Guest

The shitskin moslems condone bestiality - we'll it was an obvious move
considering that their false prophet mohammad was a goat fucker -
mohammad had his own harem of goats and camels, that in addition to him
sexually molesting young children

Moslem cartoon character · Guest

Moslem cartoon character mohammed was a paedophile 6th century warlord
and goat fucker who cooked up a false religion in order to supplement
brutality as a means of bringing people under subjection wrote:


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