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To: GST who wrote (156473)	4/25/2003 8:29:27 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

Did you know that Turkey considers itself an Islamic state? So do the small gulf states that are our allies, some of which are also very democratic now. Do you have a problem with their religion or just their right to decide for themselves what should replace decades of dictatorship? Keep grasping for straws, GST, but they won't keep your failed anti-Bush bullshit afloat. Do read these articles or just the headlines? Did you know headlines are designed to grab your attention and often overstate the issue for just that purpose? From your article: Clerics from both of Islam's main groupings — Sunnis and Shiites — called for unity and equality in a new Iraq. ... Although Shiites and the Sunnis often disagree, the sermons in Baghdad's mosques on Friday were of a piece, calling on the faithful to pull together in restoring the disorderly and troubled country. Said Sheik Moayed al-Aathami, who led the prayers at the Sunni Abi Hanifah mosque in the neighborhood of Azamiya: "We want brotherly people, who help each other in times of difficulties." "We want Muslim people equal in rights and duties — Kurds, Arabs and minorities. We want Muslim people with no sectarian sensitivities," al-Aathami said. In Baghdad's al-Mansour neighborhood, Shiite Muslims held prayers at the al-Rahman mosque, still under construction, and chanted in one voice, "Muslims. Not Sunnis or Shiites." In Nasiriyah, Al-Nasseri said clerics should play a constructive role in postwar Iraq without overstepping their bounds. "We have to preserve this country by respecting the professionals and not interfere in their work," he said. As an example, he said clerics can help reopen hospitals without presuming to tell doctors how to treat their patients. He also urged his followers to end the orgy of looting and lawlessness that has plagued Iraq since the fall of Saddam's government earlier this month. "Looting is forbidden in our religion. The people of Iraq must make it a priority to preserve this property," he said. This all sound very alarming to you, for some reason. Not to me. Try getting a clue, GST. Your hatred of Bush has gotten the better of whatever intellect you possessed.