IFI: You know, Hamas and bin Laden have a point
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Has someone hacked into IFI? Because this is the funniest damn thing I’ve read in a long time.
The liberals always say we should try to understand the “root causes” of terrorism. So what should we make of the Wolf Blitzer interview of Mahmoud al-Zahar on CNN on Sunday, January 29, in which the Hamas co-founder rejected the concept of a secular society like that in the U.S. because it sanctions homosexuality and promotes the spread of AIDS?
Al-Zahar made similar statements in an interview with WorldNetDaily, declaring, “The West brought all this freedom to its people but it is that freedom that has brought about the death of morality in the West. It’s what led to phenomena like homosexuality, homeless and AIDS.”
On the matter of women’s rights, he said, “What we have, unlike the West, is that young women cannot be with men and have relations outside marriage. Sometimes with tens of men. This causes the destruction of the family institution and the fact that many kids come to the world without knowing who are their fathers or who are their mothers. This is not a modern and progressed society.”
If we are truly devoted to liberal values such as “tolerance” and “diversity,” then should we not take some time to understand that there are those in the Arab/Muslim world who reject the sexual promiscuity that is celebrated on American TV and in films?
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The London Sunday Times has claimed that she has become “Osama’s worst nightmare” for her criticism of Islam. But if anything, this kind of criticism makes the terrorists fight harder. In fact, in the infamous “Letter to the American People,” attributed to bin Laden, he condemned the acceptance of homosexuality in American culture.
President Bush says the terrorists reject freedom and democracy. That’s certainly part of it. But they also reject the face of America presented to the rest of the world by Hollywood and the media. This is cultural pollution of the worst kind. It makes us more vulnerable to terrorist attack.
So, Hamas and Bin Laden’s views on social issues aren’t so bad.
I couldn’t make this up without sounding like I was caricaturing IFI. Some of the press folks need to start asking Uberweis what he thinks about Petey and the gang.
Quick Update:
The author is a columnist for Accuracy in Media and the column is up at that site now.
