Chronicle says "fatwa" speaks for all religions
The Chronicle editorial board writes a very bizarre thing in an editorial about the one year anniversary of the al Qaeda bombing in Madrid. The editorial also mentions the "fatwa" issued by Spain's Islamic Commission against Osama bin Laden:
Commission Secretary General Mansur Escudero declared that any group that invokes Islam to justify terrorist attacks places itself outside Islam. Such declarations speak for the vast majority of Muslims, of course, not to mention adherents of all other great religions, and for that reason it is essential for such declarations to be made and heard.
(Emphasis added)
When the editorial board says that "such declarations speak for the vast majority of Muslims," what does that mean? A declaration against bin Laden highlights the problem -- Muslim extremists. The problem is not with the vast majority of Muslims.
And what "other great religions" do the editors think need to piggyback on the Islamic Commission's fatwa denouncing bin Laden? Judaism? Christianity? Buddhism? Hinduism?
Spain's Islamic Commission said something else that isn't included in the editorial:
The Commission has also drawn up a document designed to 'thank the Spanish people and the government for their attitude towards Muslims' since last March 11, in particular for not taking 'disproportionate' measures similar to those which the Sept 11 attacks sparked in the US.
Yes, the members of the Islamic Commission applaud Spain's pulling out of Iraq, essentially caving to terrorism, after the Madrid bombing. They certainly don't applaud the liberation of 50 million people from tyrannical oppression. THAT is a "disproportionate" measure in response to 9/11.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 03/13/05 01:20 PM | Print | Comments (1)
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