Monday, May 22, 2006

Action not words against terroists

I keep reading, on other blogs, that most Muslims do not want terrorism and are against it as much as the Israelis, Americans and other victims, yes Muslims are victims of terrorism as much as non-Muslims. But I noticed some problems in that their actions do not correlate with their statements.
When people are getting beheaded; we hear of no protests from the Muslims countries or people.
When cartoons show their icon in a bad light; we hear of plenty of protests from the Muslims countries or people, even death threats.
When planes are crashed into buildings; we hear of no protests from the Muslims countries or people.
When a country puts up a road block after her civilians are murdered by a bomb; we hear of plenty of protests from the Muslims countries or people, even death threats.
When a bomb goes off and kills children; we hear of no protests from the Muslims countries or people.
When they elect a terrorist organization to run your government and the rest of the world balks; we hear of plenty of protests from the Muslims countries or people.

It seems, to some of us, that Muslim protest only when they are directly effected. But when their own people commit crimes against non-Muslims not a word. It is one thing to write that you are against terrorism, but there does not seem to be any action to back up the statement.

When Israel or the US does something wrong there are lots of Israelis and Americans that will protest or write or complain. But I do not remember hearing the same thing from the Muslim countries. What we hear is complaints about racism or bigotry. We see propaganda from the governments to try and steer us in other directions. If Israelis started to commit crimes like car bombings, human children bombs, teaching hatred…, even if not government sanctioned I would protest, loud and clear. I would not make excuses. I would protest, I have protested.

It seems that the Palestinians are allowed to commit atrocities because they are oppressed. They are not murdered, they are not deprived of food, of work, of hospital care, of education of nothing. To want a separate country is great, but that is no reason to murder. No attempt was made to negotiate. No attempt was made to come to an understanding. Israelis were murdered from the beginning. Even the charters of the different terrorist groups proclaim the death of all Jews and Israelis. Yet no protest from the Muslim countries or people about this either.

When do humanist begin to protest the murder of Israelis as much as the protest the plight of the Palestinians?
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