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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Machaon who wrote (5584)	11/22/2002 10:21:14 AM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

Re:Years of pollution I've been to northern Nigeria, there's not much pollution there( just desert), unless you are talking about the mental pollution of extreme Muslim indoctrination.

To: Machaon who wrote (5584)	11/22/2002 2:29:13 PM
From: David Alon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32591

A Religion of Peace--I The death toll in Nigeria's Muslim rioting has topped 100, the BBC reports, and the violence has spread from the northern city of Kaduna to the capital, Abuja. "The BBC's Haruna Bahago in Abuja says people armed with sticks, daggers and knives set fire to vehicles and attacked anyone they suspected of being Christian." An Associated Press dispatch relays this story: Shehu Sani of the Kaduna-based Civil Rights Congress said he watched a crowd stab one young man, then force a tire filled with gasoline around his neck and burn him alive. Sani said he saw three other bodies elsewhere in the city. What sparked the riots was an article that appeared in the Lagos-based newspaper ThisDay about the Miss World pageant, which is to be held in Nigeria, much to the consternation of the nation's Islamic fanatics. "What would [the prophet] Muhammad think?" wrote Isioma Daniel. "In all honesty, he would probably have chosen a wife from among them [the contestants]." That's it. The paper published a groveling apology, blaming the offending line on an editing error: With all sense of responsibility, sensitivity and respect for all Muslims, the staff, management, editors and Board of ThisDay newspapers apologise for the great editorial error in last Saturday's edition on Miss World Beauty Pageant. We are sorry that the portrayal of the Holy Prophet Mohammed . . . in a commentary written by one of our staff was not only unjustified, but utterly provocative. The supervising editor made an attempt to remove the offensive portion during the editing process. But we must say that this time, technology failed us, and gravely too. Islam, as we keep hearing, is a religion of peace. And if you dare to criticize or make light of it, may you rest in peace. A Religion of Peace--II Bonnie Penner Witherall, a Christian evangelist who worked at a missionary clinic in Sidon, Lebanon, has been shot to death. Although authorities haven't identified the killer, a New York Times report strongly suggests the killing was religiously motivated, the killer was a Muslim--and it was the Christians' fault: The Sidon area has been previously identified by the United States government as home to at least one extremist organization. In addition, the Unity Center where the 31-year-old American worked had been involved in a public dispute in recent months for proselytizing Christianity to young Muslims. "We told her she might be vulnerable to insults or even being hit and she answered that she would consider it an honor," said Bishop George Kwaiter, the archbishop for the Roman Catholic diocese, speaking at a gathering of Christian and Muslim religious leaders who condemned the shooting. "We don't accept this kind of preaching, we reject it totally." In addition, a pastor who knew Mrs. Witherall said that derogatory remarks about Islam and Muhammad made in the United States by the Rev. Jerry Falwell, the Rev. Pat Robertson and some other people on the American religious right had added to the ill-feeling toward Christian evangelists working in Sidon. "I would not think that this is our calling to say bad things about this religion," said the Rev. Pierre Francis, the pastor of Mieh Mieh Baptist Church, where Mrs. Witherall and her British husband, Garry, were members. "They just jeopardize our safety." If Islam is a religion of peace, it seems at least some Christians view their faith as a religion of appeasement. A Religion of Peace--III "The Bali bombers were paid about $10 in blood money for every person who died in the attack on the Sari Club in Kuta last month," the Australian Associated Press reports. " 'They were given the money to say thank you about the Bali bombing success,' police spokesman Edward Aritonang was reported as saying." 'The Same Mentality as bin Laden' Ibrahim Hooper, who heads the Council on American Islamic Relations, says American evangelical Christians who've criticized Islam "have the same mentality as bin Laden." In an interview with radio host Steve Malzberg, Hooper accused Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and Franklin Graham of trying to incite an "unending civilizational conflict." And there's more: When Mr. Malzberg asked whether the Christian leaders would kill Muslims as bin Laden urges Muslims to kill Jews and Christians, Mr. Hooper said: "Given the right circumstance, these guys would do the same in the opposite direction." Sure, and if pigs had wings, Islamic fanatics would fly them into buildings.