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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (1102)	2/21/2002 12:00:50 PM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2926

Only in Canada you say? Don't forget about the forced female circumcision Bill.The Prime Minister of Ontario...whats his name? Oh yah...Jean Cretein, turns his head at that stuff for fear of offending the constituency of Muslims. There really is no mechanism in Canada to fight against this sorded rot.

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (1102)	2/21/2002 12:16:01 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2926

I also wouldn't want my country (America) to become a religious fundamentalist state. But, I don't see Muslims as any threat at all. They are as weak a political group as one can find, even weaker than blacks. The threat of religious fundamentalism in America is almost entirely from Christians, as it has since the days of the zealous Puritans. I look at the current administration, and it seems to be going out of its way to cowtow to the Christian Right, and to offend Muslims. That is a good indicator of the current environment. Tom

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (1102)	2/22/2002 2:10:53 AM
From: Eashoa' M'sheekha	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2926

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf............ has said Islamic countries will remain backward unless they concentrate more on scientific and technological development. Muslim nations are internally involved in fratricidal conflicts and perceived by the outside world as terrorists with little attention being given on their uplift, he said. Today we are the poorest, the most illiterate, the most backward, the most unhealthy, the most un-enlightened, the most deprived, and the weakest of all the human race President Musharraf General Musharraf made his comments in an address to a conference of science and technology attended by ministers from Muslim countries. President Musharraf said the time had come for Islamic nations to take part in collective self-criticism. Once such an assessment is made, it would not be difficult to realise that the entire Islamic world was far behind the developed world, he argued. 'The most unhealthy' The Muslim Ummah, or the Islamic world, he said was presently living in darkness. "Today we are the poorest, the most illiterate, the most backward, the most unhealthy, the most un-enlightened, the most deprived, and the weakest of all the human race," he told the delegates. Musharraf wants to rid Pakistan of extremism President Musharraf then made a comparison of the economic growth in Islamic countries with some developed countries. While the collective Gross National Product of the all Muslim countries stands at $1,200bn, that of Germany alone is $2,500bn and that of Japan $5,500bn. He said one of the main reasons for this disparity was that none of the Muslim countries had ever paid any attention to educational and scientific development. He asked the countries participating in the conference to concentrate on scientific and technological development in order to compete with the developed world. The real jihad The Pakistani leader suggested the setting up of a multi-billion dollar fund for such a purpose. Beside this, he said, there was a need for creating centres of excellence in the field of science and technology. He also called for the creation of scholarships for young scientists to seek knowledge from universities in developed countries. President Musharraf described it as the real jihad, or holy war. Unless this was done, the Islamic world and Muslims would always be perceived as backward, illiterate - those who only indulge in extremism and violence. May God Bless This Man