Barack Obama will give a speech to the Muslim world soon. One that he promised he’d do during his first 100 days in office. Muslim “Envoys” around the globe are already “urging” Obama to apologize to the Muslim world and make sure to tell the whole world that terrorism has nothing to do with Islam.
(CNSNews.com) – Looking ahead to President Obama’s planned address to the Muslim world, leading Islamic governments say improving relations between Islam and the West will require a review of anti-terror policies and a recognition of the need to address what they say are the “root causes” of terrorism.
Obama indicated last December that during his first 100 days in office, he wanted deliver a major address in a key Islamic capital aimed at improving America’s ties with the Muslim world.
At a meeting this week hosted by Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology, a government advisory body, ambassadors from Muslim countries in anticipation of that speech put forward recommendations which they said would help to improve relations.
The need to identify and address the “root causes” of terrorism was stressed by several speakers, with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict high on the list.
Saudi Ambassador Ali Awadh Asseri said discrimination led to discontent, citing the Palestinians. Also alluding to the Palestinians, Syrian envoy Muhammad Raid Ismat called for a distinction between terrorism and what he called a legitimate struggle for a homeland.
Iranian Ambassador Mashaallah Shakeri said attempts to improve relations with Islam were being harmed by Western sanctions, support for dictators, and the assumption that war was a solution to problems.
“President Bush spoke enough to the world,” he said. “Now the U.S. must listen prior to talking.”Participants said Islam was misunderstood in the West, and they took issue with the linking of terrorism and Islam.
The Muslim word already sees Obama as weak, and they will now exploit that weakness as long as they can. It’s time for Obama to dhimmi up! The time has come for Obama to apologize to the Muslim world for treating them so badly.
Yea cause we did nothing for the Muslims in the two Balkan wars, Kuwait, Afghanistan or Iraq. Millions of Muslims liberated by the US. What the hell do we have to apologize for?
Way to go Obama…
“Bloodshed and suicide attacks have nothing to do with Islam,” said Pakistan’s religious affairs minister, Hamid Saeed Kazmi. Such activities were being carried out by elements wanting to defame Muslims, he told the meeting.
The “root cause” debate pits those who say that terrorism is the result of national issues – such as poverty and economic injustice, the Palestinian and Kashmiri conflicts, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – against those who argue that it is driven by a jihadist ideology rooted in Islamic teaching.
I wonder if Obama will repeat the same thing he did in a piece published September 19, 2001, in Chicago’s Hyde Park Herald as a response to what happened on 9-11.
“The essence of this tragedy, it seems to me, derives from a fundamental absence of empathy on the part of the attackers: an inability to imagine, or connect with, the humanity or suffering of others. Such a failure of empathy, such numbness to the pain of a child or the desperation of a parent is not innate; nor, history tells us, is it unique to a particular culture, religion or ethnicity. It may find expression in a particular brand of violence, it may be channeled by particular demagogues or fanatics.
Most often, though, it grows out a climate of poverty and ignorance, helplessness and despair.”
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