The Fear of Many Muslims to Admit Error

Submitted by Michael S. Saper (United States), Nov 9, 2009 at 11:19

Sunday morning, I heard a commentator (retired army colonel) talking about the sense of community in the army, and how this community is supposed to help those in trouble. Why is it, then, that nobody spoke up about Major Hasan in the weeks, months, and years before this mass murder occurred?

Hasan's statements are on record, and probably (I use the word somewhat cautiously) the overwhelming majority of his most immediate community, the other Muslims on base, did not seem to say or do anything. Why should this be so? One big reason, I think, is that CAIR and similar Muslim groups do not want to admit that Muslims can be anything other than ordinary, law-abiding people. This, of course, is nonsense. We Jews, though with great shame, will own up to the fact that there are Jewish terrorists and other forms of criminals. So do members of other faiths and religious/ethnic groups.

The idea is to nip the trouble in the bud. CAIR, to cite just one Muslim example, refuses to do this. Instead, they find somebody else to blame. This certainly does not mean CAIR countenances such murderous behaviour. In fact, most of their membership is probably just as grief-stricken as the populace in general. However, they definitely seem to feel that admitting Muslims in civilized countries are capable of such horrors that they will do nothing to stop someone such as Major Hasan, no matter how close the danger is. A change of mind-set in CAIR and other such organizations certainly seems to be in order.

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