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Monday, September 12, 2005

Removing The Beam From Your Eye

Ugh...

The Telegraph - Downing Street is facing calls from its advisers to abolish Jewish Holocaust Memorial Day, established by Tony Blair four years ago, because it is offensive to Muslims.

The draft proposals have been produced by committees made up of Muslims who were appointed to advise the Prime Minister and other ministers on extremism.


Meanwhile:

Muslims Burn Synagogue


Thousands of triumphant Palestinians poured into abandoned Jewish settlements early Monday, setting empty synagogues on fire and shooting in the air, as the last Israeli soldier rolled out of the Gaza Strip, completing the Israeli pullout from the territory after a 38-year presence.


Doesn't the Koran have something comparable to this passage from the Bible?

Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.


Seems to me that if the Islamic community wishes to be taken seriously about sensitivity and respect for cultural difference they're going to have to eradicate some of the monsters they have inhabiting the very heart of their religion.

Comments

Avatar for Mark J

Huh?  They’re offended not because the Jewish Holocaust Memorial Day is an affront on their religion, but because they f’ing hate Jews and don’t want them memorialized.

I don’t care how many synagogues they refrain from torching… they don’t get to axe Jewish holidays by claiming that their religious right to hate the Jews is being violated.

Mark J on September 12, 2005 at 09:10 pm
Avatar for Sphagnum

Dead on, Mark.  It is a violation of the Islamic religion to not hate Jews.  It’s hatred that goes all the way back to Ishmael I believe…

Sphagnum on September 13, 2005 at 04:10 am
Avatar for The Whistler

Crybabies with bombs strapped to them.

The Whistler on September 13, 2005 at 05:09 am
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