Leon de Winter

It is fascinating to see how the authorities and the major media outlets avoid the words “Islam” and “Muslim” in connection to the failed Times Square bombing. In both this piece in Time and in this piece in the New York Times the word “Islam” is only used in the name of the city of Islamabad in Pakistan… According to the authorities and the mainstream media, he cannot be called an Islamic terrorist. But if we are not allowed to call an Islamic terrorist an Islamic terrorist, and if we deny the religious essence of his motivation, the explanations for this kind of violent behavior will deal only with the external. The terrorists hate it when Jews build apartments in Jerusalem, so they blow up a train in Madrid. They don’t like us watching Lady Gaga videos, so they kill themselves together with dozens of children and women in Pakistani markets. In other words, if we avoid identifying the extreme religious and cultural part of their worldview, we agree with the terrorists’ own justifications. And we allow them to set the agenda. http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/times-square-suspect-the-foreclosure-terrorist/

See also: Denying Jihad — Again
http://frontpagemag.com/2010/05/05/denying-jihad-again/?utm_source=FrontPage+Magazine&utm_campaign=a3c8444ca1-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email

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