Expecting the impossible

Submitted by Noah Wilk (United States), Jan 9, 2007 at 01:05

Thomas Justin Kaze wrote:

"All we have to do now is wait for all the "moderate Muslims" to unequivocally condemn Islam, Jihad and the terrorist scum. Or, am I expecting too much?"

Actually, you're expecting the impossible! Can you name one single Islamic state where the violent jihadists don't hold power over the masses? Can you name one Islamic state where the so-called "moderate" Muslims have condemned terrorism? Even here in America, they refuse to condemn terrorism.

Waiting for a fictional group of people called "moderate Muslims" to gain the courage to stand up and condemn terrorism is like waiting for the sun to rise in the west. It's simply never going to happen.

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