Saturday, May 21, 2005
Religion of peace alert
Muslim protesters today called for the bombing of New York in a demonstration outside the US embassy in London.
There were threats of "another 9/11" from militants angry at reports of the desecration of the Koran by US troops in Iraq.[sic]
The protest was organised by groups including the Muslim Council for Britain and the Muslim Parliamentary Association of the UK. The former organization had this to say about the attacks of September 11:
Prominent British Muslims have denounced al-Qaeda, and appealed to the media to separate the words "Islamic" and "terrorist".
"It is misguided to describe the attacks [on the World Trade Center] as Islamic," said Mahmud al-Rashid from the Muslim Council of Britain.
There are rules of engagement in Islamic law, and attacking both civilian and economic targets is illegal, he said.
Perhaps the BBC understood Mahmud's wish that the media separate the words "Islamic" and "terrorist" as a denunciation of al Qaeda. It seems, however, the Mahmud was more interested in winning the propaganda fight than discussing his religion.
The latter organization had this to say about the re-election of George W. Bush:
Commenting on the re-election of George Bush as President of the United States, Dr. Ghayasuddin Siddiqui, Leader of the Muslim Parliament has called it “a very sad day for mankind”. “It is a victory for corporate theocracy”, he said.
Just as you would read on Democratic Underground.
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