Posted by
Pete - Editor of Ediblog.com on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 3:14:24 PM
Just for a change, instead of the world's leading Islamic clerics waxing apoplectic over a cartoon or comment, wouldn't they better serve their cause by publicly denouncing jihad.
It would be refreshing to hear these religious leaders-- who, ad nauseum, proclaim that Islam is a religion of tolerance and peace-- openly condemn jihadist organizations such as al Qaeda, Islamic Jihad, Hizballah and Muslim Brotherhood.
After all, it was the ancient Islamic practice of jihad, and not the practice of free speech(cartoons and comments) that fomented the senseless slaughter of thousands on the streets of New York.
Perhaps it is time for clerics from Saudi Arabia to America (instead of throwing temper- tantrums over comic strips and remarks) to direct their ire at those jihadists--who in the name of Islam--butcher the innocent.
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