It is not uncommon to hear demands from the Muslim world that extreme deference be given to their religious sensibilities. More than one commentator has suggested that many of these demands are designed simply to use Islam as a club to constrain Westerners’ actions (rather than, say, any genuine religious objection). The “no violence during Ramadan” thing definitely falls into the category of “things that Muslims make up to try to get the West to change its behavior, just on the principle that the West should change its behavior to avoid faux Muslim outrage”. Everyone remember the howls of outrage when America had the nerve to attack Afghanistan during Ramadan? Good. Everyone remember how the MSM immediately pointed out that this reasoning must be specious because Syria and Egypt had no problem launching the Yom Kippur War during Ramadan? No? Weird. Anyway, Pamela on using Ramadan as an opportunity to attack America:
Another Pakistani journalist is reporting receiving another threat – this one from a senior Taliban leader – warning all Muslims to leave the U.S. in anticipation of a major terrorist attack before the end of Ramadan.
Even more outrageously, VP has a report an Al-Qaeda linked group murdering government guards while they prayed:
Twelve terrorists affiliated with the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), which has links to al-Qaeda, killed eight Algerian municipal guards on Sunday as they took time out of their work day for prayer. It was the worst attack on government security forces since the expiration of an amnesty offer which gave immunity to any rebel who surrendered, provided they have not committed massacres, rape or bombings of public places.
In Israel in 1994, a lone lunatic opened fire on worshipers in a Hebron mosque and committed mass murder. The response was a half’s year of international outcry, the deployment of international monitors, and anti-Israel journalism up through this morning. Now this happens in Algeria – think people will still be talking about it over a decade from now?
