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The Beslan Silver Lining

Aniruddha Bahal October 11, 2004

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#6 Posted by MoJo on October 11, 2004 7:01:13 am
While Muslim scholars try to defend Muslims by isolating Islam from terrorism, terrorists have enough arguments to recruit more suicide bomber. Today, world has more suicide attacks than it had before the start of war against terrorism. Clearly, Islam does not encourage the civilian murder in war; let us consider the situation without involving Islam. The fact is, it started when Islam was used to exploit the illiterate Muslim recruits for Afghan war. And today, Islam is used to arrange the suicide missions against USA and Russia.

America and Russia have a long lasting record of crime against humanity, and regretfully, most of the time, Muslims have been the sufferers. These two superpowers, USA and Russia, are in fact defending each other on every ground by keeping silence and by ignoring each other’s brutality. The countless civilian casualties in Chechnya and Iraq are recruiting more and more suicide bombers and terrorists to behead the American or Russian civilian. It is an endless loop, each party killing other party’s civilians. Will it every end? May be, if the two superpower account themselves.
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#5 Posted by MoJo on October 11, 2004 7:01:13 am
While Muslim scholars try to defend Muslims by isolating Islam from terrorism, terrorists have enough arguments to recruit more suicide bomber. Today, world has more suicide attacks than it had before the start of war against terrorism. Clearly, Islam does not encourage the civilian murder in war; let us consider the situation without involving Islam. The fact is, it started when Islam was used to exploit the illiterate Muslim recruits for Afghan war. And today, Islam is used to arrange the suicide missions against USA and Russia.

America and Russia have a long lasting record of crime against humanity, and regretfully, most of the time, Muslims have been the sufferers. These two superpowers, USA and Russia, are in fact defending each other on every ground by keeping silence and by ignoring each other’s brutality. The countless civilian casualties in Chechnya and Iraq are recruiting more and more suicide bombers and terrorists to behead the American or Russian civilian. It is an endless loop, each party killing other party’s civilians. Will it every end? May be, if the two superpower account themselves.
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#4 Posted by MoJo on October 11, 2004 7:01:13 am
While Muslim scholars try to defend Muslims by isolating Islam from terrorism, terrorists have enough arguments to recruit more suicide bomber. Today, world has more suicide attacks than it had before the start of war against terrorism. Clearly, Islam does not encourage the civilian murder in war; let us consider the situation without involving Islam. The fact is, it started when Islam was used to exploit the illiterate Muslim recruits for Afghan war. And today, Islam is used to arrange the suicide missions against USA and Russia.

America and Russia have a long lasting record of crime against humanity, and regretfully, most of the time, Muslims have been the sufferers. These two superpowers, USA and Russia, are in fact defending each other on every ground by keeping silence and by ignoring each other’s brutality. The countless civilian casualties in Chechnya and Iraq are recruiting more and more suicide bombers and terrorists to behead the American or Russian civilian. It is an endless loop, each party killing other party’s civilians. Will it every end? May be, if the two superpower account themselves.
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#3 Posted by insatan on October 11, 2004 7:01:13 am
While I totally abhore violence of any kind, I should point out that most muslim `terrorists` around their world are fighting for freedom - against the Americans, Israelis and Chechnyans.

These violent acts have nothing to do with RELIGION. It is entirely to do with POLITICS.

Why should nt newspapers carry headlines like ` Jewish terrorists kill innocent Palestine schoolgirl`?

Unfortunately, the media has played up the hype that `Islamic` terrorists are active in some places, while ignoring the wounds inflicted on them.

After all, that is not only the truth, but will balance the incorrect perception perpetrated by the western media - that these political acts are acts of religious `extremism` - They are not!
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#2 Posted by joieya on October 11, 2004 7:01:12 am

You will never succeed in your battle of terrorism until and unless your masters start practicing socil justice. You must keep on expecting the Beslan`s till the air raids on Grozny keep killing the Chechan Kids in schools@9000 per day. Reaction does not come before the action.
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#1 Posted by veeresh on October 11, 2004 1:57:35 am
Author writes ``Beslan might be a catalyst for that introspection—on both sides. ``

It might be, but only if the world media gives Beslan the same mind-bending constant recall that September-11 got. That the gas chambers get. That hostages in Iraq are getting. Or maybe even Princess Diana gets.

Truth is that we don`t see that happening.

I wonder why?
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