This could happen only in politically correct America !

Submitted by Al-Mansur (Malaysia), Mar 26, 2003 at 04:53

There are 3 parties I wish to praise and congratulate.

First of all, the DanielPipes.org website for posting these excellent articles and continuing to create awareness amongst the Western public who have been forced-fed and brainwashed with Islamic propaganda of "Islam means Peace". Bravo!

Secondly, I wish to praise the politically correct Western media (especially PBS) for portraying such a fantastic image of Islam. I can see from the comments of other readers that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) needs no introduction. This great man expelled 2 Jewish tribes from Medina and exterminated the menfolk of the third (as well as enslaving their women and children) and fought a total of 66 offensive wars against Jews and other infidels. One of the last commands of this "man of God" was to expel the Christians and Jews from the Arabian peninsular......... And now at this present day, PBS uses the funds from the tax-paying American public which consist primarily of these same Christians and Jews (as well as other infidels whom Muhammad would have been obliged to subjugate) to broadcast this documentary extolling the virtues of this gentleman. Prior to this, I never knew the true meaning of IRONY. I have nothing else to say to PBS other than a job well done. A big round of applause please. Bravo!

Last but not least, my compliments go to the Islamic extremists. I believe that prior to the 1993 (not too successful) attack on the World Trade Center (as it then stood) by a group led by Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, most Islamic fundamentalists only "carried out God's will against the infidels" outside America (i.e. Non-Muslims were attacked in Sudan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Kashmir, Indonesia). In any Muslim majority country, no non-Muslim minority would have dared to carry out a terrorist act because this would result in enraging the Muslim majority culminating in riots and massacres against the non-Muslim minority. But in the case of 9/11, what do you know.......after this tragedy, President Bush gave a speech extolling Islam as a great religion, Karen Armstrong came out to explain that Westerners can't blame the Muslims for being angry because of the 11th century Crusades, Westerners have a greater interest in Islam and bought the Quran as well as other Muslim books, PBS broadcast this documentary with tax payers' funds [an excellent example that the separation of "church and state" does not mean "mosque and state"] and American Muslims claiming that there have been more converts to Islam. It has been claimed that at least 50,000 Americans from a Christian background alone are now converting to Islam annually. It seems to me that after 9/11, Islam has made great strides in America. One has to give credit when credit is due. Bravo!

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