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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 02:44 PM
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Uh oh, the Muslims are speaking out
Edited on Tue Aug-30-05 02:49 PM by ck4829
You ever wonder what RW'ers were talking about when they said "Moderate Muslims must speak out against terrorism if they want to prove that Islam is a religion of peace and not violence, blah, blah."?

Guess what? You can blame Bush because it's not that Muslims are being silent, but they are being silenced.

"The Bush administration is neglecting American Muslims in the fight against terrorism, undermining a potentially priceless resource that could be used to root out militants at home, major Muslim groups say.

Community leaders such as Salam al-Marayati, who heads the Muslim Public Affairs Council advocacy group, say that to isolate terrorists political leaders from President George W. Bush on down must embrace the U.S. Muslim mainstream, rather than exclude them from serious debates on security.

"For some reason, it's very difficult to get the high-level officials to come down to the community at this point. I think a decision has to be made: are we going to be partners or are we going to be suspects?" Marayati said.

Muslim American groups say that only by visibly engaging the community can officials undermine militants' charges that Muslims are left out of American society, and ensure Muslims do not feel alienated and become targets for recruiters."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050830/wl_nm/security_usa_muslims_dc
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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 02:49 PM
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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 03:07 PM
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2. Muslims Must Speak Out!
I have maintained that in the long haul it is going to be the people who voted for Bush will be the ones to bring him down. It would be the same with the moderate Muslims if the administration will let them. Bush and company have created a theocracy in Iraq. Is Bush a closet Muslim fundamentalist???
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