Freedom of Religion

An extremist Moslem cleric in Britain has endorsed the targeting of women and children:

Omar Bakri Mohammed, the spiritual leader of the extremist sect al-Muhajiroun, said that holding women and children hostage would be a reasonable course of action for a Muslim who has suffered under British rule.

In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Mr Mohammed said: "If an Iraqi Muslim carried out an attack like that in Britain, it would be justified because Britain has carried out acts of terrorism in Iraq.

"As long as the Iraqi did not deliberately kill women and children, and they were killed in the crossfire, that would be okay."

And y'know what? That's fine.

No, not the targeting of children; if Islam truly is the "relgion of peace", Allah should have a special circle of hell reserved for the likes of Mr. Bakri and the hopefully-painfully-expired terrorists in Ossetia.

No, it's good that he's coming out in the open about this belief.

Every Mosque in the world should follow suit - either embrace the evil we saw this past week, or condemn it.

Mosques and Islamic organizations in the US - all of them, at least the ones that haven't spoken already - should lead the way. Their freedom to worship is guaranteed, as it should be; but they should make their beliefs on terror, the war, and the mass-murder of innocents very, very clearly known.

What are they saying about this?

Posted by Mitch at September 6, 2004 11:26 AM | TrackBack