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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."--C.S. Lewis
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:: Friday, July 08, 2005 ::
Voices of Reason - Arab bloggers comment on the London bombings"We know the pain, sadness and chaos that such inhumane acts may bring to a lot of innocent people and families because we experiencing it on a daily basis from the same thugs, the Wahabi terrorists cockroaches.
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"We sympathize with deep condolences to all the victims and their families in London and the UK and they have to stay vigilant because the thugs may plan more attacks just to show how strong they are." - Hammorabi"...there is NO REASON for any human being to commit such horrific crimes against other human beings especially knowing that the victims are completely innocent... I am sick and tired of hearing people giving religious and/or political explanations for these monstrous crimes... NO religion on earth should even be called a religion if it advocates or leads to killing or harming innocent civilians... religions where created as a way to guide human beings' lives; they are an ethical code, just like laws are but more powerful; they were established as a way for people to seek a higher power when they feel helpless and hopeless with their mere human capabilities. No religion was initially found as a way to destroy humanity or kill human beings." - Beth-Nahrain"It is horrible to harm other people. What took place in London this morning is a cowardly action. No one could ever give any reason or justification for what a bunch of ruthless terrorists did. There is no morality in terrifying & killing peaceful people. I can imagine the disturbance, chaos & fear caused by the incident since we live this situation here in Iraq daily.
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"...but what is more important is to take tougher measures by the European leaders, especially the French & the German, against terrorists. France & Germany try to show courtesy in dealing with the insurgents in Iraq, believing that such conduct may keep terrorists away from their soil. By inference, terrorism, if prevails, will spare no land to invade." - IBN ALRAFIDAIN"The way to beat them is not to give in to them, and more democracy and democratic institutions, a complete overhaul of the education system in the Arab and Muslim worlds and the full separation of Mosque and State.
"The time is now. We have to get this done. Otherwise we will be completely left behind and will suffer much more at the hands of these terrorists.
"My heart and thoughts go to the people of the United Kingdom in this very difficult time." - Mahmood
It's interesting these voices are largely heard only through the blogosphere. I have to believe the vast majority of Muslims would condemn Wahabist fanaticism - if they weren't afraid of getting their heads cut off.
Related: Regarding Arab condolences, Jeff Jarvis has this to say: "And on Global Voices, they're aggregating views from the Muslim blogopshere. They're quoting condolences. I wonder how representative that is. If only it were."
Hearing condolences from a handful of concerned Arab bloggers is encouraging but it's going to take many millions more to drown out the lunatic rantings of the Wahabist fanatics.
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