Some sanity at last in the anti-jihad movement
Khaled Abu Toameh from the Jerusalem Post provides the sanity and fair-mindedness we need in this article, instead of the usual anti-muslim vitriol from the so called “anti-jihadists”.
ALMOST every day, a new atrocity is committed in the name of Islam.
One can understand why so-called “moderate” Muslims living under Arab and Islamic dictatorships are afraid to speak out. But what about those living in the West? What are they afraid of?Radical Islam is on the rise. It has become a tsunami that is threatening many countries. As long as “moderate” Muslims continue to sit on the fence and turn a blind eye to the threat, they, too, will be swept away by the flood.
It is time for those who really care about Islam to take action. The time has come to move from defence to offence. “Moderate” Muslims need to launch a counter-attack on the terrorists and jihadis before it is too late.
These “moderates” need to understand that Hamas, Hezbollah, al-Qa’ida and the rest of the Islamic terror organisations will kill them first on their way to murder the “Zionists”, “Crusaders” and “infidels”.
These atrocities are being committed by a dominant minority of terrorists and thugs, who are waging jihad to conquer the world, and who the “moderates” claim have hijacked Islam.
But as this minority continues to grow, the question that needs to be asked is: “What about those who describe themselves as ‘moderate Muslims’ who oppose violence and terrorism?”
True, some brave Muslims have raised their voices in condemnation of al-Qa’ida, Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic jihad, Hezbollah and Tehran’s extremist mullahs.
But these voices have not been loud and strong enough.