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June 05, 2006
Drowning in eupehmisms
Via Jules from down the Hall, it looks as though Islamapologists around the US and Canada are predictably dismissive of this weekend's terrorist bust in Canada. The AP turns in a canned "religon of peace" lecture, relying on Imam Qamrul Khanson of the Al-Rahman Islamic Center for Islamic Education (sounds so harmless, doesn't it?) -- the staging area for the Canada 17. Khanson earns the award for sheer absurdity with this gem: "Here we always preach peace and moderation. I have faith that they have done a thorough investigation. But just the possession of ammonium nitrate doesn't prove that they have done anything wrong" [emphasis mine] (the AP calls it "potential bomb-making material").
Gadsden Flag notes, "True, possession by itself doesn't mean they did anything wrong. Maybe they had an enormous farm in Mississauga that needed to be fertilized. Let's look at what Wikipedia says about that town...Oh, wait--Mississauga isn't farm country but an urban/suburban area that sprawls into Toronto with mostly tract housing and high-rise condos? Maybe their mosque had a really, really big garden." And, what, exactly does the Imam mean when he says the language of [suspect]"Jamal's Friday night prayers had a more aggressive tone than other prayer leaders', but there was never any talk of terrorism or violence"? Aggressive tone?
Posted by bill at June 5, 2006 02:38 PM
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