Monday, September 06, 2004
MUSLIM WORLD RESPONDS TO CHECHNYA TERROR
The horror at a Russian elementary school brought forth a divided reaction from the mostly state-run presss in the Arab-Islamic world. The good news is few papers or public figures gave an outright endorsement of the terrorists ( with the notable exception of a radical Islamist cleric in Britain notorious for his commemorative celebrations of 9/11). The bad news is the reaction contained few outright condemnations either - there were some to give credit where it was due - but the majority reaction appears to have been morally evasive, hairsplitting, qualifications on what constitutes " jihad" and the now familiar lunatic denial " The Israelis did it ".
UPDATE: Daniel Pipes found a good and heartening example of Muslim self-examination in terms of terrorism.
¶ 7:55 AM
The horror at a Russian elementary school brought forth a divided reaction from the mostly state-run presss in the Arab-Islamic world. The good news is few papers or public figures gave an outright endorsement of the terrorists ( with the notable exception of a radical Islamist cleric in Britain notorious for his commemorative celebrations of 9/11). The bad news is the reaction contained few outright condemnations either - there were some to give credit where it was due - but the majority reaction appears to have been morally evasive, hairsplitting, qualifications on what constitutes " jihad" and the now familiar lunatic denial " The Israelis did it ".
UPDATE: Daniel Pipes found a good and heartening example of Muslim self-examination in terms of terrorism.
¶ 7:55 AM
