*Â Two more arrested for Mumbai terror attacks
Delusional Dhimwit: Arthur Waskow, Rabbi & founder of the Shalom Centre
* The WaPo comments section is a veritable moonbat Eldorado. We picked one comment that made sense…
Act Now to Heal Religious Hatred, End “Religious” Terrorism
A new presidential policy on religiously defined terrorism should act in three directions: (1) Work to strengthen those in every religious community — beginning with those in American mosques and Muslim organizations — who oppose religious violence; (2) Treat terrorism as a crime to be policed and punished, not through “war’ that breeds more terrorists by destroying civilian life; (3) Heal the political canker-sores (such as conflict over Kashmir and over Israel-Palestine) that have festered into motivations and excuses for terrorism.
* Good luck with that pipe-dream, Rabbi. Perhaps you should be reading the Koran and the hadith before you start giving BS advice…
Right away — not waiting till January 20 — President-elect Obma should start visiting mosques, speaking in mosques. It is shameful that he did not do so even once during the entire election campaign. At these mosques, he should praise those Muslim organizations — by name , including the Islamic Society of North America, CAIR, and the Muslim Public Affairs Council — for their forthright and vigorous public statements denouncing the Mumbai attacks, and others in the past.
He should make clear that of course they were doing no more than is their responsibility, but it is especially incumbent on the American media to let the public know about these statements, and that he is mentioning them to to aid in that process.
He should be clear that the serious adherents of ALL religions should be condemning the use of violence in the name of their own as well as other religions, and that this should be true when Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, or Buddhists use violence in the name of their faith. He should praise the efforts at Jewish-Muslim inter-education by the Union for Reform Judaism and ISNA, and urge churches and mosques to pursue the same kind of efforts.
And he should urge the governments of India and Pakistan to undertake two joint projects:
(1) Seeking out by means of criminal investigation and police work the perpetrators and planners of the Mumbai attack, explicitly refusing to criticize either government for the Mumbai attacks and refusing to define them as acts of “war” or responding to them through a “war” on terror: Mass murders they were, and should be prosecuted hat way, rather than creating more terrorists by bombing whole villages in retaliation.
(2) Agreeing to heal the poisonous canker of the Kashmir question by bringing the UN to negotiate toward and conduct a free and fair election by Kashmiris to decide their own future, including such choices as independence, demiitarized accession to Pakistan or India, and unconventional multinational status with representation in both national governments, etc.
No doubt some will complain that this is encouraging terrorism by responding to terrorist actions. In fact, it cuts the roots out of terrorism by providing a legitimate political process to achieve what the people want, not what the terrorists demand.
He should ask the leaders of American faith communities to convene a world conference on religious dialogue and action toward peacemaking and to put on the table the question of how each community separately and all together can address the bloody, violence-inciting streaks in their own texts and traditions.
Finally, Secretary of State-designate Clinton should announce that on January 20, the United State will begin work to convene a multinational conference to work out a comprehensive peace settlement in the broader Middle East that includes full peace agreements and security for Israel, a new and viable Palestinian state, all Arab states, Iran, and Afghanistan.
Shalom, salaam, peace — Rabbi Arthur Waskow
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‘Jeff’ is one poster who gets it:
Mr. Waskow – no doubt you are aware of the history of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) that you praise. ISNA: (1) is an unindicted co-conspirator in the successful Holy Land Foundation terror finance trial, (2) has a history of speakers at ISNA conferences promoting Islamic supremacism and supporting terrorist organizations, (3) has a leader with a history of attacking Christians. ISNA has a long history of its members association with Islamic supremacism. ISNA conferences have included booths by the Hizb-ut Tahrir which calls for an Islamic supremacist caliphate for world domination. But you know all of this, Mr. Maskow. What many readers don’t know about you is that you have a history of embracing supremacist organizations, such as your support for the Black supremacist organization, the Black Panthers. That is an organization that SPLC has listed as a “hate group” on its web site. But the WP wants America to believe that you should be providing guidance for our next president. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, it is because Americans confronted and rejected white supremacism, that Barack Obama is president today. We don’t need you to take America backwards, Mr. Waskow. America needs to continue to be a nation based on the inalienable human right that “all men are created equal,” not coddling and supporting supremacist groups and ideologies.
Your comments are no more welcome to a 21st century America than George Wallace’s pro-supremacist commentaries. Take your support for supremacist groups elsewhere. Americans believe in equality and liberty, and we have a proven history that supremacism is only defeated by confronting the ideology.
A pity this self loathing Jew wasn’t in Mumbai last week.
* a new and viable Palestinian state
In your dreams, “rabbi”.
Another useful idiot. Put him in the “Archbishop of Canterbury Box”.
Rabbi…Your wish may come true as soon as this muslim is coronated as President.
Jeff of DC has been doing a wonderful job in the comments section over at the WaPo. Could that be Jeffrey Imm?
Where in the hell is he coming from.
Lets first see if the Muslims show some remorse for the attacks.
They have been pampered enough all over the world.
Tjee, when is this nonsense going to stop.
Just look at Memri TV. com at their collection of video’s, than you have your belly full of their backwards thinking.