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 Hizb Allah, Party of GodPosted on Oct 3, 2006
By Nir Rosen In the wake of Israel’s 33-day war with Hizballah, the 24-year-old Islamic movement has become the most popular political party in the Middle East. Here’s why that shouldn’t worry us. Over 1 million Lebanese gathered in a vast square in a southern Beirut suburb on Sept. 22 to celebrate their country’s largely successful campaign against Israel. Seyid Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Hizballah, risked his life by appearing in public after Israeli leaders had sworn to kill him, and spoke to his adoring supporters in Lebanon and around the world. Many children were given the day off from school, and buses ferried supporters from all over Lebanon for the victory celebration. Lebanon had endured 33 days of war, and not only was the Shia Hizballah movement undefeated, it had achieved a near parity of casualties with the Israeli military—a first in the history of Arab-Israeli wars. In an Arab world whose leaders were dictatorial, mendacious and corrupt, who made false promises and were beholden to the United States, Nasrallah was renowned for his integrity and for maintaining his movement’s defense of Lebanon at all costs. It had made him the most popular leader in the Arab world. Women, children and men waved the flags of Lebanon and Hizballah from outside the windows and sang in jubilation as they waited in traffic. Also on display were the flags of Palestine and Palestinian movements, Lebanese Christian movements, the Communist Party, Sunni and Druze movements, as well as secular nationalists. Although many of the celebrants were men with beards or women whose hair was covered, many were not. There were youths in trendy attire, girls in tight jeans with hair exposed and who had turned their Hizballah T-shirts into stylish form-fitting fashion statements. Stuck in the crowds with my seven-months-pregnant American wife, we opted for a better view from the balcony of an apartment building above the crowds. When the singing of Hizballah songs and the Lebanese and Hizballah anthems had ended and Nasrallah began his speech, the women on the balcony with us shrieked as though at a rock concert and ran into the living room to confirm on the television screen that it was indeed him. They waved their arms and started to cry, and a frisson of emotion ran through the men in the room. Nasrallah not only spoke to his natural constituents, the Lebanese Shia, but he also singled out the inhabitants of Palestine, Syria, Iran, Kuwait and Bahrain. He told his audience that they were sending a political and moral message to the world that Lebanon’s resistance was stronger than ever. Their victory was a victory for every oppressed, aggrieved and free person in the world, he said, and an inspiration for all who rejected subjugation or degradation by the United States. He mocked Arab leaders for not using their oil resources as a strategic weapon, for prohibiting demonstrations, for not supporting the Palestinians and for kowtowing to Condoleezza Rice. He extended his people’s hearts, grief and empathy for the Palestinians who were being bombed and killed daily, and whose homes were being destroyed while the world, and in particular the Arab world, was silent. Surveying this massive crowd of boisterous people—the men and women, the teenagers and the small children, celebrating their identity and their steadfastness together with music—I knew this was not the stuff of religious fundamentalism or terrorism. I was struck by how the reality of Hizballah differed from its distorted image in the West. For although Hizb Allah, the Party of God, is undoubtedly of Shia origin, it is in fact a secular movement, addressing real temporal issues, its leaders speaking in a nationalist discourse, avoiding sectarianism and religious metaphors. They participate in politics, compromising and negotiating, and do not seek to impose Islamic law on others. Proof of this is readily available in Hizballah strongholds, where many of their followers are secular, supporting Hizballah because it represents their political interests and defends them. Throughout the country, women in chadors walk beside scantily clad beauties. Along Lebanon’s highways, or what is left of them, billboards celebrating Hizballah’s “divine victory” over Israel share advertising space with posters depicting half-naked women wearing jeans or lingerie. Hizballah may have preferences, but unlike the authoritarian leaders of the Taliban or Saudi Arabia, it does not impose them. Nor has the movement shown a long-standing inability to reconcile with its enemies. Most strikingly, in 2000, after Israel’s withdrawal from the Lebanese territory it was occupying, the thousands of Shia and Christian collaborators suddenly found themselves vulnerable to retribution and street justice from understandably aggrieved Lebanese. On strict orders from Hizballah, however, the vast majority were not touched. Rather they were handed over to the Lebanese army, dealt with by the Lebanese government and imprisoned and amnestied prematurely, in a move that offended many Lebanese. Nevertheless, today they can be spotted in towns in the south; everyone knows who they are, and they remain unharmed. Hardly the actions of a violent fundamentalist terrorist organization. And what was so unreasonable about Hizballah’s demands? The movement insisted it wanted Lebanese prisoners to be freed by Israel, all of Lebanon’s territory to be evacuated by Israel, and for the Lebanese army, which had never defended Lebanon, let alone its south, to come up with a national defense plan. Thirty years of proven Israeli brutality and 60 years of Lebanese government neglect of the south gave Hizballah a raison d’etre its leadership insisted it did not want.
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By fo, January 24 at 3:58 pm # Re:thank you!
By fo, January 24 at 3:53 pm # from a Muslim...first of all, i think it’s very offensive calling Muslims, actually ANYBODY, a terrorist. First off, Muslims are believers in Islam, and Islam is belief in peace...and terrorist??? isnt that the exact OPPOSITE of Islam??!! By the way, this is OUR war, what was your purpose of entering it anyways?? Israel wil soon stop...us Muslims never treated them badly. THE NOTSIES DID!! ADOLF HITLER DID!! We’re totally AGAINST all of this. Our tears have shed and so has our lives. But our faith, belief in God, and courage is greater than ever. We will not break down…
By ali saleh, October 11, 2007 at 5:34 am # i love nassrallah
By misawi, June 21, 2007 at 7:00 am # alah akbar
By sarah, June 4, 2007 at 11:01 am # lets start from the beginning.Israelies were officially planning to bomb lebanon before those 2 soldiers were captured.It was great coincidence that the 2 soldiers were captured a day before the plan.then automatically the israelies found an excuse to use in the media to all the people and say that they’re threatening to bomb lebanon if Hezbollah does not return their soldiers and even though there was a fair deal given by Hezbollah, to exchange their prisoners kept in israeli prisons for years with the the 2 israeli soldiers they refused the offer and decided to kill innocent civilians however, Hezbollah had a brain to only aim at the attacking soldiers for self defence.Israel has ALWAYS and will be jealous of LEBANON, it beauty, power and people.that is the true story of the war that took place between israel and Lebanon in 2006, july.
By kayla, April 18, 2007 at 3:39 pm # what are we talking about again? oh whatever lets just talk about what i want to talk about i want to talk about cheerleading it is so fun i do stunts i do jumps i do cheers i’ll tell you one of them j-a-m we got to jam j--a--m we gotta gotta jam whooo i also so want to talk about school i made alot of honor rolls one time i got straight A’s i got about 40$ so anyways i’ll get back with you somewhere,somehow,someway goodbye
By Spinoza, November 28, 2006 at 5:17 pm # Watch Nir Rosen on Democracy Now
By Needlerdamus, October 21, 2006 at 9:18 pm # nihado & other people who think they’re special: Do not separate yourself from the rest of the world. You’re gonna give yourself cancer carrying all that hatred around. How’s that working for ya?
By Rosen Opponent, October 21, 2006 at 5:54 am # Rosen, you have absolutely no journalistic objectivity. This could have appeared in PRAVDA. I believe in the values of my own culture, like the Lebanese do, and I have no doubts I would rather be here than there.
By nihado, October 12, 2006 at 6:06 am # hizballah is the best . he staned agnist isreal all the time . let god save him and make him the nomber 1 all over the world . above the all .and crash isreal on his hands
By John, October 10, 2006 at 4:16 am # Hezbollah are the only Arabs who have succesfully managed to defy Israeli plans. Israel wanted to get its kidnapped soldiers without any condition. Which is why it launched the war. It failed to release the soldiers. Israel vowed to destroy or disarm the militias. It neither destroyed nor disarms Hezbollah. Israel then vowed to end Hezbaollah’s presence in south Lebanon and push them beoynd the Latani river. It again failed to do either. In humiliation it is now making a deal through the UN to secure the release of two Israel soldiers. It is giving in to demands made by Hassan Nasrallah. Hezbollah vowed never to release the Israel soldiers unless Israel releases hundreds of Lebanese men and women which Israel abducted and still hold Israeli jails. It seems that Hezbollah’s aims are fulfilled and Israel’s objectives all lie in ruin. Hezbollah even destroyed American plan for ‘new middle east’. Nasrallah is problably the only leader who simultaneouly slapped Olmert, Blair and Bush. He has declared that even the most powerful army in the world - the US military - has no incapable of taking guns from hands of Hezbollah fighters. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5372622.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5370038.stm
By big AL, October 9, 2006 at 6:24 pm # Hey,
By Dan, October 9, 2006 at 6:16 pm # Hating Nazirallah killed our children as he killed Jews, Muslims and Christians in Israel, just to free his murderous buddy out of prison. I pray for his arrest/death. Amen.
By go_sleep_jihad.., October 9, 2006 at 3:28 pm # gooooo..#27867 by Who-Is-This-Jihad-TABOULLI
By Who-Is-This-Jihad-TABOULLI?, October 9, 2006 at 2:13 pm # hey Jihad, You SPEAK as you are the leader of all the lebanese??????? U said all lebanese doesn’t want HIZBALLAH...I don’t know where u got that from???Or Maybe You are Saying that ANDDDDDDD are you to say so????
By Needlerdamus, October 9, 2006 at 1:25 pm # #27795 by beijair: The closest to the truth. Real Americans do not push their views on others--this is a trait of a fundamentalist missionary, not a world leader. Shame on you Americans who voted this quack into office. He’s gonna get us hammered on by the world. He needs to resign before his damage is completely irreversible. Why are there not millions protesting for that. If only the Mexicans’ powers of protest could be channeled into impeaching Bush--oh, but that’s right--he’s already got them conned, too. He sprekins Hispanole. What a con-artist--and the wolf in sheep’s clothing has himself convinced of his own lies--MENTAL!
By jihad!, October 9, 2006 at 7:50 am # Lee, I am Lebanese and I love my country… But i feel as if it isn’t mine anymore! I understand why some people like HezbAllah, but this group does what Iran and Syria want...not what Lebanon needs. And to redstate, you ask me where my party was when israel started the bombing… your party is trained by iran and syria, your party is strong, it will take over Lebanon, sadly....
By beijair, October 9, 2006 at 6:38 am # Wow, too much hate! I too am an American and I can understand why so many countries have come to feel that America is evil. We push our view onto others. If Iran or others came to my country and pushed their view onto me, I would stand up and fight. Time for America to get out of the business of world police and focus on their own country. Time to remove religion from government as we all know religion only leads to war. American should be an example against war and torture but instead, our christian (thou shalt not kill) president is able to manipulate the weak minded and remain in power. It amazes me that we can do so much evil in the name of god, even in the usa. I prefer to spend our tax dollars building a stronger america and let some of the other world leaders start to do their share in the world police force. there are many investments we can make in our own country. stop bombing and rebuilding other countries and make jobs for americans.
By Alhassan Sulaiman, October 9, 2006 at 5:10 am # Lallai wannan ‘ko’kari danaga kunayi Allah yasaka maku da Alkhairi amin domin kuna fe’de gaskiya iya yadda take illa dai kuma ina mai’kara maku da addu,a Allah yabaku sabatin cigaba da fa’din gaskiya yabarmu tareda Hizbullah, yakuma ba musulmin duniya nasara kan Abokanan gabansu Allah ya gaggauta bayyanar Imam Al,qaim AS yasanyamu daga cikin mataimakanshi amin summa amin ‘dan,uwanku Alhassan daga Nigeria kaduna.wannan itace lambar wayata nagode sainaji daga gareku +2348029011578.
By redstate, October 8, 2006 at 8:08 pm # long live the army of god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By redstate, October 8, 2006 at 7:59 pm # long live the army of god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Lee, October 8, 2006 at 7:40 pm # This so called jihad! Is an Israely. Speaking as Lebanese. Don’t hide behind these pages, thinking people wouldn’t read your lies....
By Ali, October 8, 2006 at 6:59 pm # My English is not good Ali
By Pito, October 8, 2006 at 4:06 pm # Pump it hotiies!!!!!!!
By ed_tru_lib, October 8, 2006 at 3:35 pm # Rosen reminds me of the liberal, or at least mainstream pundits in america in the days, which stretched into years, after 9-11, falling all over themselves to sing Bush’s praises, finding whole new avenues even fox “news” would have been shamefaced (then at least) to come up with, to remind us of how great our leader was, how he had “found his voice” and how we should unite “behind” him. (just parentetically, why is it always uniting “behind” somebody; never beside or on top of them?}
By jihad!, October 8, 2006 at 1:36 pm # and by the way… many of those people who were in hizb allah’s rally were brought from Iran…
By jihad!, October 8, 2006 at 1:27 pm # Lebanon doesn’t want Hizb Allah, they don’t take in consideration other parties… Why my country is the only one to have 2 armies???? Why are they the only party that has the right to have weapons in Lebanon? They have put posters of iranian politicians all over Lebanon… so where is the independance that we seek? To you all, Lebanese prefer to have a country that looks like France or the US than to have a country that is like Iran, we don’t want to be a “freedom killer” country.
By Patrick Walker, October 8, 2006 at 8:39 am # “Would someone please explain to me why the majority of cruelty, suffering, terrorism and war in the world today always has Islam involved?” No, it doesn’t. Want to read about barbarity on the scale of WWI that took place during the late 1990s? Check out Congo. What happened there at the time made Rwanda look small. It made Darfur into a small joke. Southern Africa is not Islamic. 5000 were dying each day (on average) for years and it never made the papers. Why? Because they were a) black, and b) didn’t involve Islam. Islam has become the surrogate for the Soviet menace. It had to be made the New Evil Empire to keep the armaments industry going. China couldn’t become Enemy #1, unless you wanted to make WalMart your enemy. Muslims are the new boogeymen. Peru has had terrorism problems for years, yet it is not Islamic. The reason you think that is because Islam is being singled out.
By A Norwegian, October 8, 2006 at 6:04 am # What about Nasrallahs speaches where he encourages
By redstate, October 8, 2006 at 3:01 am # Long live the Party of God! The people of south Lebanon have stayed true to thier warrior roots and have both suffered graet losses and achieved a great victory, shame on those who label a freedom loving people as terrorists, if Americans want a new more peaceful middle east then just get the hell out of there and stop starting wars. Oh yeah I also agree with 27545, that guy named shawn PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By big al has a beautiful mind, October 7, 2006 at 9:03 pm # big al you certainly have a beautiful mind to come up with such a warped conspiracy theory about the dangerous liberals who are really communists. get with the times, red-baiters are now terror-baiters, you have to call liberals terrorists now not communists. maybe your automaton mind hasn’t been plugged into the fascist radio programs of the right-wing nuts enough to realize that. you are a paradox waiting to implode from your red-faced, fascist, spastic, hot head, wet fart stained tighty whitey un-reality.
By yours truly, October 7, 2006 at 2:16 pm # Hizballah may be just what the Middle East has been looking for; Islam, open, tolerant and free. As in Spain before the Inquisition. Perfect timing too, what with the U.S.A. already well into its “Sorry, but we gotta destroy you in order to make you over in our image” brand of colonialism.” And what a break for humankind should Hizballah prove to be not just ready and willing, but able to do the heretofore unthinkable - Lead us away from this abyss and on to the ascending slopes of freedom’s majestic heights. Way to go, Hizballah.
By yours truly, October 7, 2006 at 2:11 pm # Hizballah may be just what the Middle East has been looking for; Islam, open, tolerant and free. As in Spain before the Inquisition. Perfect timing too, what with the U.S.A. already well into it’s “Sorry, but we gotta destroy you in order to make you over in our image” brand of colonialism. And what a break for humankind should Hizballah prove to be not just ready and willing, but able to do the heretofore unthinkable - Lead us away from this abyss and on to the ascending slopes of freedom’s majestic heights. Way to go, Hizballah.
By big AL, October 7, 2006 at 10:16 am # become the media-i can no longer argue w/the fools of this site(all people w/brains who have the capacity to think beyond sound-bites,and you had some real good ones in there,my friend)who seemingly have lost the ability to think for themselves.if you had this ability, you would see that the lib movement is communism in disguise(not all that good of a disguise even).and,yes,islam has declared war on America several times and the libs play on your heart to win your allegiance.of course we want peace thats why islam must be destroyed!so anyway ill end this with the old saying,"never argue long with a fool,lest you be percieved as one”.libs are so stupid!
By shawn, October 7, 2006 at 9:02 am # All I know is the one on the right at the top of the article is a smokin hottie.
By Fadel Abdallah, October 7, 2006 at 8:40 am # Another Physical and Psychological Israeli Barrier to Peace! The latest 33-day Israeli all open war against Lebanon resulted in the killing of some 1000 people, most of them civilians, children, women and old. The number of injured and crippled runs in the thousands. This barbaric war left the south of Lebanon in total ruins. However, this is not the end of the story about Israeli savagery. In the last day of the war, Israel dropped what is estimated to be between a million and a million and half cluster bombs. These bombs are killing and maiming Lebanese, again mostly children and women, at a rate of 5 people per day. Of course, the mainstream Israeli-cheering American and Western media would not consider this ongoing slow killing news worth reporting. Therefore, one has to look for the few alternative free news media outlets to learn about this tragic situation. However, God (or nature for those who don’t believe in God) has a way to send conscientious human beings to expose, document and record for history the horrible crimes of the Zionist entity. At Stop the War’s CEASEFIRE NOW demonstration on August 5, they asked people to bring children’s shoes to lay at the Cenotaph in Whitehall to signify the high proportion of fatalities among young children resulting from Israel’s barbaric attacks on Lebanon’s civilian areas, then taking place. The response was extraordinary and very moving and after the demonstration Stop the War collected a huge number of shoes. They have now given the shoes collected at the CEASEFIRE NOW demonstration to Handicap International UK, which is organizing the 2006 PYRAMID OF SHOES in Hyde Park on Saturday 14 October, to support the international campaign against cluster bombs. The main focus of the event is the construction of a PYRAMID OF SHOES, each shoe representing a life or limb lost to a cluster bomb. The Pyramid of Shoes event has added significance for Stop the War, given the many protests that they organized against Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon. One of Israel’s innumerable war crimes was the carpet bombing of southern Lebanon with more than one million cluster bombs, which it is predicted will kill and maim hundreds of civilians in the months, or even years, to come. Members of the public are asked to participate in the Pyramid of Shoes event in Hyde Park on 14 October by bringing a pair of shoes to show their support for victims and populations under threat of cluster bombs worldwide. Thank you Nir Rosen and thank you CEASEFIRE NOW group for being among the few warriors for peace and justice in a world constantly shifting to neofascism, with the drunk behind the weel, Satanic Bush, leading the merchants of death camp!
By Hicham (Sud Lebanon), October 7, 2006 at 5:46 am # بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم, أشكر صاحب هذا المقال وأتمنى عل كل صاحب ضمير في هذا العالم أن يدعم المقاومة اللبنانية الباسلة لانها فخر و اعتزاز لكل المصتضعفي ن وخاصة العالم العربي و الاسلامي وما النصر الا من عند الله.
By z., October 7, 2006 at 3:33 am # Thank you Nir for this article and my best regards for u and for all Lebanese people mainly those in the south. And in response to the lady who called the entire terrorist Muslims just one thing Aerial Sharon was a terrorist, a war criminal and he is not Muslim. And for those who r asking them selves what is terrorism and who are the terrorists look in and read the history of Israel and u’ll know the answer.. Those who kill mercilessly children while sleeping by weapons signed by their own children I believe to be terrorists..
By big AL, October 6, 2006 at 7:01 pm # Become the media-im sorry i worded that wrong for all of you pc"s out there.no you are right the muslims are not the enemy.and most of those people over there really just want to live their lives.they are not the enemy any more than the german people were in ww1 or 2.no more the enemy than the japanese in ww2.however , these people(and you)it seems have allowed their land to be taken over by extremists.it is not the people who wage wars on nations,it is their governments.and islam does not allow for a secular government(why dont you do some reading yourself instead of ranting about big brother,little brother or whatever that useless diatribe was)islam has waged a war on America,and it is morons like you who,if ever left in charge at the gates of our great nation that you constantly ridicule,would give it away to tyrants just like the hesbollah who are trying to decieve the world in order to strike at the weakness of our nation which is soft-hearted people like you.please,wake up.yes islam has waged war on America and they are the enemy,and they think its great that people like you dont believe it.you should really try making sense sometimes.
By Become the Media, October 6, 2006 at 2:12 pm # In response to the comment by Big AL - #27346: No, I’m sorry Al, your viewpoint is horrendously shortsighted and just flatly wrong. “The Muslims are the enemy”??? What, did all Muslims just suddenly get up out of their chairs and declare war on you Al? Muslims are not the enemy. I’m not sure how all of a sudden, the bombing of a country by an aggressive force makes the defending force our enemy. How did this twisted bit of logic come about in your head? Have you been brainwashed by Fox News or something? I’d like to continue to smash your viewpoint to hell rationally, but unfortunately this ridiculous idea of George Bush wagging his fingers at those he deems, “The Evil Ones” keeps coming into my head whenever I read your post over, and I am just dumbfounded and don’t think it’s worth any more of my time.
By Cullen, October 6, 2006 at 1:19 pm # I had no idea Lebanese girls were so hot! Make love not war. Clearly these girls are just like teenagers everywhere. Fuck all you adults and your stupid governments. Owning things sux.
By Anthony, October 6, 2006 at 10:16 am # Thank you Nir for this article. This can’t be a biased article, while the US mainstream media describes people that bother it “Terrorist”. Wake up people, Hezbollah is the fruit of Israeli oppression and destruction, imagine Hezbollah a not bearded christian organisation against Israel, i bet people would call it resistance then , right? Thanks again Nir for exposing the truth that the Olmert/Bush administration don’t want to hear about. Anthony
By big AL, October 6, 2006 at 7:07 am # Andy,the muslims are the enemy!if they treated us like israel,theyd be our allies!we need israel for a military presence there,thats why we support them.they are our allies and hezbollah is our enemy!its as simple as that.and jews and muslims were fighting for israel THOUSANDS of years before 1948.wake up libs!
By Eddie Younes, October 6, 2006 at 6:21 am # You know .. i hate it when the Truth is under some one’s nose and he cant see it nor smell it.. Simply guys.. who are the terrorists here ... What exactly is terrorism? it is the infliction of violence on civilians for political reasons, thats what Nir Rosen said, and if anyone has another Defenition .. ill be more than glad to know about it… This whole War thing that has been going on starting in Palestine (then) Afghanistan and last but not least Lebanon, passing through Iraq..it’s not a new Colonilization nor old ambitions for expansion .. oh and lets not forget its not for oil.. and yeah lets try keep the reliegious part away cuz these wars.. they could never be collison between civilizations or between jesus freak hypocrites and catholics and between Radical sunnis or shiaas.. lets simply go with the Flow and believe what they say that its a war on Terror ... Well who said that this War on Terror has to be from one side?? if terror was the killing of civilans then thanks to Nir Rosen, he described clearly ,beautifully and perceptively what is really going on in the Middle East particularly Israel’s 39 year old brutal occupation and oppression of Palestinians on their own land which continue to be supported and financed by Washington and made invisible by the media. Arabs and moslems also have the right to fight israeli and american Terrorism that is killing their Civilians As much as the israly and the Americans has the right to Fight the Arab and so called moslem Terrorism that killed all these People on 9/11, and ther;s no need to mention who started First Blood, history is Clear. i believe that and eye should be for an eye and a tooth for a tooth and let the best Win. Armageddon is Near and im plannig to get front row tickets to watch the end of Civilization.
By Dr Judi, October 5, 2006 at 5:07 pm # Can someone explain what would happen to Lebanon, specifically South Lebanon, if the Hezbollah were not there?
By saul, October 5, 2006 at 4:31 pm # big Al Like you I don’t like praying five times a day and the suppression of the Muslim religion, however, America if it keeps going the way it is will be run by Jesus Freak hypocrites and Catholics who will have you doing their thing.
By kenial, October 5, 2006 at 2:35 pm # Andy, I am not an American; thank God for that would imply that I am a greedy, immoral, ruthless, slaving owning-sex driven maniancs—right?!! Before I answer your question Andy, would you please explain to me thy the majority of colonialism, occupations (Iraq, Afganistan, India, Libya, Algeria…the list can go on if you’d like), wars (i.e. WWI and II), propaganda, sex scandals (Catholic Priesthood, Bill Clinton), introduction of pornography and every other moral debaucary have been led by the West or to be more precise—the White Man. I’m sure you can add a few more if you look at your own American History. Now, does that mean that every white man is a colonialist, war monger, pornographer or slave owners/a racist bigot—No, but every slave owner, colonialist and a sexual deprived and abused Priest has been white. Is it fair for me to make such a conclusion. I hope you’d answer No….for your sake! Sorry Andy, I hope not to offend you but this issue you raise is understandable but not valid. It is much more complex than that. Please try to look at the context of each situation whether they it is in Iraq, Afghansitan, Indonesia or where ever. Though, I am not condoning the action of the heinous acts done in the name of Islam—for that is undoutblly a perversion of a beautiful faith—but at the same time, such events are not because of a small nail called Islam. Take Care and May God guide you and I to the Truth
By Needlerdamus, October 5, 2006 at 1:41 pm # ...reading this article and then the comments afterward blows my mind. We are knee deep in neo-con BS from US administration. Notice that they are all so very careful not to incriminate themselves for war crimes. That is, afterall, the ultimate price to pay for their denial of failure. Even if their intentions may be dubious, Hezbollah adjusts. US administration should be learning from their example, but they are too busy being megalomaniacs.
By Andy, October 5, 2006 at 1:26 pm # 2 things hit me.
By Nasir, October 5, 2006 at 10:16 am # First why is Israeli hated by the Arab/Islamic Add Your Comment |
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