Friday, February 24, 2006
The Danish Cartoons Are Bigger Than The Golden Mosque
I wonder if the bombing of the Golden Mosque will ignite worldwide Islamic passions to the extent that the publication of twelve benign Danish and three guttural Islamist-fabricated cartoons did.
Actually, honestly, I don't wonder at all. I know it won't do any such thing.
So does Marc Schulman writing for American Future:
The bombing of the Samarra mosque was an outrageous act. Will Muslims take to the streets to protest the destruction of a religious shrine? Will Muslim governments condemn the perpetrators? Which sin is worse: cartoons of the prophet or the destruction of a sacred place of worship? The answers to these questions will tell us whether the "moderate Muslim" is a myth or not and whether Muslim governments will use anti-Americanism and anti-Zionism to explain or excuse any act, no matter how nefarious.
Seems they've already begun.
Actually, honestly, I don't wonder at all. I know it won't do any such thing.
So does Marc Schulman writing for American Future:
The bombing of the Samarra mosque was an outrageous act. Will Muslims take to the streets to protest the destruction of a religious shrine? Will Muslim governments condemn the perpetrators? Which sin is worse: cartoons of the prophet or the destruction of a sacred place of worship? The answers to these questions will tell us whether the "moderate Muslim" is a myth or not and whether Muslim governments will use anti-Americanism and anti-Zionism to explain or excuse any act, no matter how nefarious.
Seems they've already begun.
