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November 21, 2007
"Islam should not be blamed for terrorism"
"Islam should not be blamed for terrorism," UN conference
The international community should counter the spread of Islamophobia partly due to "misinformation and misperceptions", participants at a UN counter-terrorism conference said.
Speaking at the 3-day conference, experts said there is a need for the international community to counter the spread of Islamophobia, which they noted has been growing in recent years partly because of misinformation and misperceptions about the religion.
The emergence of "misguided groups" that have deviated from the straight path to fanaticism, violence and extremism, attributing their acts to Islam, in no way justifies associating this phenomenon with the Islamic faith, they said during the conference titled "Terrorism: Dimensions, Threats and Countermeasures" in Tunis.
"It profits from weak State capacity to maintain law and order," said co-chair and Tunisian Culture and Preservation of Heritage Minister Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour, during the concluding session on November 17.
"These vulnerable areas are exploited by terrorists to mobilize recruits and justify violence. None of the religions are a cause of political radicalism and extremism. Religious doctrine may be 'tools of mobilization,' rather than a direct cause," he said at the conference which was jointly organized by the UN's Department of Political Affairs and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
Participants agreed that terrorism flourishes in environments where there is discontent, exclusion, humiliation, poverty, political oppression and human rights abuses, as well as in countries engaged in regional conflicts.
Wild Thing's comment........
Well isn't this special, the UN counter-terroism conference sponsored & attended by Islamic states decree: "Islam should not be blamed...". sheesh!
Um, the Islamofacists clearly STATE that they are doing acts of terror in the name of Islam. The UN is giving them time to reload again. Most of the UN, of the 190 countries there are muslim and have histories from islam. Evil grows from evil.
Posted by Wild Thing at November 21, 2007 12:47 AM
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Yeah right... and the Nazi's shouldn't be blamed for their Final Solution extermination death camps, and the Chicoms shouldn't be blamed for slaughtering millions of female babies during abortions ( and the Americans as well in over 48 million abortions since 1973), and TWINKIES and HAPPY MEALS shouldn't be blamed for obesity either!
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at November 21, 2007 05:59 AM
You know, I set upset that those Crusaders and Knights Templar did not eradicate this scourge from the face of the Earth while they had the chance.
Posted by: SSgt Steve (USMC Die Hard) at November 21, 2007 09:09 AM
You know, I set upset that those Crusaders and Knights Templar did not eradicate this scourge from the face of the Earth while they had the chance.
Posted by: SSgt Steve (USMC Die Hard) at November 21, 2007 09:09 AM
Charming. Just Charming.
Posted by: GUYK at November 21, 2007 09:28 AM
Just because 99.9% of terrorist acts throughout the world are preformed by Muslims in the name of Islam, doesnt mean Islam is responsible. That's like saying criminals are responsible for crime when we all know it's the evil gun that did the crime.
The UN Building needs to be off US Soil. Move it to Europe or Venezuela.
Posted by: BobF at November 21, 2007 09:58 AM
What scares me is the number of leaders who decide to follow this bullshit doctrine of not blaming islam.
islam is the enemy of freedom in World War Four. Saudi Arabia is the heart of the islamic movement and should have been dealt with on 12 Sep 2001.
No one in the developed world, especially the West and especially America should take the UN seriously in any way other than as an enemy of democracy.
Posted by: TomR at November 21, 2007 12:15 PM
The seeds planted by those named below are bearing fruit.
Alger Hiss
Nathan Gregory Silvermaster
Harry Dexter White
Harold Glasser
Virginius Frank Coe
Victor Perlo
Noel Field
Irving Kaplan
Laurence Duggan
Solomon Adler
Henry Julian Wadleigh
Abraham George Silverman
John Carter Vincent
William K. Ullman
David Weintraub
William H. Taylor
Dean Acheson
This nation was asleep then and they still are.
Posted by: Jack at November 21, 2007 12:46 PM
It is not surprising that the Useless Nations would come up with such crap. What really sucks is that Democrats are promoting this same distortion of reality with their radical left teacher unions and "educators" force feeding it to K-12 public school children and students in colleges.
It is interesting that "Islam should not be blamed for terrorism", but it is OK to blame it all on George Bush, Republicans, and the United States.
Posted by: Les at November 21, 2007 05:38 PM
If I had one wish... how about ~AA11~ and ~UF175~ targeting the UN instead of the WTC on 9-11-01! - Operation Don't Worry Be Happy!
PS: What if the 19 islamomaniac hijackers were Catholic or Baptist instead of Muslim?
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at November 22, 2007 12:18 AM
Darth, exactly let's blame everything but what it realy is.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 22, 2007 12:28 AM
SSgt Steve (USMC Die Hard), I agree it sure would be a different world if they had been destroyed.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 22, 2007 12:34 AM
GuyK, that name for your blog and also as a statetment speaks volumes. Yes your right GUYK thank you so much.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 22, 2007 12:35 AM
Bob, I hope one day they do move it far, far away like you said.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 22, 2007 12:36 AM
Tom, yessss it is amazing how many leaders go for this and dont' say enough is enough.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 22, 2007 12:40 AM
Jack thank you for that list, your are so right it has not changed.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 22, 2007 12:42 AM
Les, exactly that is so true and just what they do too. What a bunch of baloney and they keep hating the wrong thing ( person) instead of the UN.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 22, 2007 12:47 AM
Darth, good point, if that was the case then the media would be attakcing them daily. But since it is Islam we get, we just have to get along. grrrrr
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 22, 2007 12:48 AM
Bush states that he's raping Iraq in the name of Christianity. You'll notice that most Christians around the world aren't raping Iraq. Can you not see that Jihadists are a tiny minority?
Posted by: Nigel Greyman at November 26, 2007 05:20 PM
