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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epsteinbd who wrote (15909)	5/29/2002 12:46:21 PM
From: Nikole Wollerstein	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

This is some politically incorrect opinion about Islam: Where are the voices of the "moderate" Muslims in the world? We keep being told that the current terrorist attacks are the work of a fanatic few that are inspired by radical Islamic mullahs. If this were the case, why don't the moderates expose these "people" and clean up Islam's act? I believe I have the answer. Here is a passage from "Among the Believers" by V.S. Naipaul that sheds some light on this phenomenon. He was talking to some Malays about the ethnic Chinese in Malaysia that do well in the business world. "The Chinese try to monopoly [sic] our economy. They are good businessmen. We are left behind. It isn't true what they say about Malays being lazy. We know it isn't true, but it hurts us to hear these things. If we don't have the Chinese we could be good business people." The "moderate" Muslims in the world are looking at the fanatic Islamics as a way to a better life. It's not because they think Islam is any better than any other philosophy or religion. It is because they know that if the fanatics take over, they will eliminate the competition in the world to their better life. A classic example of this in history is Krystalnacht (Crystal Night) in 1939; the night of broken crystal, when there was a sweep of the state-empowered police and young Nazis through the Jewish sections of the German cities. Every pane of glass that was in any way related to the Jewish culture -- be it the window of a store, a synagogue, or a private home -- was shattered. While most of the German people did not participate in the carnage, they benefited from its results. This benefit included removing Jewish competition for German-owned businesses. Wouldn't the German grocer across the street privately be happy if his Jewish competitor was driven out of business? German doctors in these cities just got a whole new set of clients taken from Jewish doctors who were driven out of business or killed. Jewish real estate was confiscated and given to Germans. The "moderate" Muslims are thinking the same thing. Wouldn't it be nice to own that palatial estate in Virginia? Wouldn't it be nice to plunder the riches of the West? Wouldn't be nice to have that Director's position in the local corporation? They don't have this now but they look to the Islamic movement as a means to get it for them. These folks are actual cowards. They will take the side of the winner in the struggle between Islam and the West. If the West wins, they will declare that Islam is Peace and they never supported terrorism. If Islam wins they will declare that God is Great and grab their share of the spoils. In either case they should be detested for the hypocrites that they are. From:http://www.straightcrap.com/article.php?sid=70