Apologies?

Submitted by Anis (India), Jan 5, 2003 at 09:12

While what you write is truem its not just Islamm but Christianity too has been responsible for some of the the worst genocides in history. Will America ever apologise for the genocide and virtual annihilation of the Native Americans?

However while Christianity has reformed to a large extent, much of the Islamic world retains a medieval outlook.That modernity and liberalism remain alien words in much of Islamic society (except for the elite minority) is no secret.That there is a difficult task of modernizing Islamic society is not denied. ...The majority of Muslims do not accept the aggressive,expansionist interpretation of jihad and wish to practice their faith in peace. But even if 1% do, it means there are 10 million Islamists who pose a real danger to world peace.And we all know how this ideology has been disseminated through Saudi funding and Pak seminaries.

It places America in a difficult situation of distinguishing between the "good Muslim" and "bad Muslim".And while its natural for Americans to be suspicious of all Muslims with demands for restriction on their entry and profiling, I think Muslims will just have to accept some erosion of their civil liberties.Until they take the task of identifying the radicals and decisively rejecting their ideology.I dont see that happening anytime soon. It's gonna be a long war.

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