If you have any idea why the following statements by Bill Poser are anything but brutally obvious and definitionally true, please feel free to let us know:
The Telegraph reports that the European Union “has drawn up guidelines advising government spokesmen to refrain from linking Islam and terrorism in their statements.” The EU suggests that in place of “Islamic terrorism” one should say “terrorists who abusively invoke Islam”. You probably thought that this was an April Fool’s post, but it isn’t. This is a real story. The EU really thinks that there is no such thing as Islamic terrorism. This is, of course, a completely untenable position. Dozens of terrorists have explicitly said that they are Muslims and that their motivation was Islam. Moreover, there is clearly widespread support among Muslims for terrorism.
To take but one example, here are the results of a 2006 poll of Muslims as to whether they agreed that suicide bombings against civilians are sometimes or often justified… A poll of Palestinian Arabs found that 73% supported suicide attacks against American interests, a finding confirmed by the widely televised celebration of 9/11 in the West Bank and Lebanon.
We can’t really justify quoting any more of this under fair use, so make sure you click through for a second and third serving of red meat. Liberals get all kinds of affirmation from academics who make absolutely no sense when they support their position – why should you be denied a fix when there’s one out there who does?
References:
* Political Correctness, Linguistic Incorrectness
Previously:
* Yes, the Pope Is Catholic – Shut Up, He Understands Islam Better Than You Do
* Educating the Next Generation
* Hey Gals, Check This Out I: Aussie Police Told to Convince Keep Battered Muslim Women to Stay With Their Abusers
Cross-posted to:
* The Astute Bloggers
