Great suggestion from the Liberal quarter
Giving credit where credit is due, Frank Rich, a columnist with the NY Times, had an outstanding suggestion:
"In his Cairo speech last June, President Obama effectively built a connection with the Muslim mainstream. Maybe he could spark the debate by asking that same audience this question:
'Whenever something like Fort Hood happens you say, ‘This is not Islam.’ I believe that. But you keep telling us what Islam isn’t. You need to tell us what it is and show us how its positive interpretations are being promoted in your schools and mosques. If this is not Islam, then why is it that a million Muslims will pour into the streets to protest Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, but not one will take to the streets to protest Muslim suicide bombers who blow up other Muslims, real people, created in the image of God? You need to explain that to us — and to yourselves."
Mr. Rich is right on with his suggestion - President Obama is the perfect person to call out the Muslim communities and that is a question that needs to be asked.
That text was taken from the following editorial column:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/opinion/29friedman.html?th&emc=th
"In his Cairo speech last June, President Obama effectively built a connection with the Muslim mainstream. Maybe he could spark the debate by asking that same audience this question:
'Whenever something like Fort Hood happens you say, ‘This is not Islam.’ I believe that. But you keep telling us what Islam isn’t. You need to tell us what it is and show us how its positive interpretations are being promoted in your schools and mosques. If this is not Islam, then why is it that a million Muslims will pour into the streets to protest Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, but not one will take to the streets to protest Muslim suicide bombers who blow up other Muslims, real people, created in the image of God? You need to explain that to us — and to yourselves."
Mr. Rich is right on with his suggestion - President Obama is the perfect person to call out the Muslim communities and that is a question that needs to be asked.
That text was taken from the following editorial column:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/opinion/29friedman.html?th&emc=th
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