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To: Cage Rattler who wrote (1307)	9/22/2006 8:43:53 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Islam moderates: Just shut up The Washington Times ^ washingtontimes.com Just shut up By Diana West September 22, 2006 Shut up. When all is said and done -- when protesters junk their placards, when burning churches cool, when a murdered nun's grave grows grass -- "shut up" is the underlying message of Pope Rage, the latest fulmination to come from Islam, this time over Pope Benedict's recent lecture on faith and reason. When the pope argued, quoting a Byzantine source on Mohammed, that the practice of forced conversion -- key to Islamic expansion over the centuries -- is inimical to both faith and reason, the reaction of anger and violence was instantaneous. Just shut up, the umma exclaimed. Or, to put it more elegantly, as did Daniel Pipes: "The Muslim uproar has a goal -- to prohibit criticism of Islam by Christians and thereby impose Shariah norms in the West. Should Westerners accept this central tenet of Islamic law, others will surely follow. Retaining free speech about Islam, therefore, represents a critical defense against the imposition of an Islamic order." (Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ....