Linda Chavez Quotes
The terrorists hide behind Allah.
Chavez, Linda. "The Lethal Legacy of Multiculturalism." Townhall, 13 July 2005.
See {586916} for a passage from the Koran supporting his point.
Some of the Prophet’s followers by modern standards were very violent and urged attacks on innocent people in order to intimidate others. He was expelled from his Egyptian university and arrested, tried and found guilty of “holding religion in contempt”. Which is a crime in most Islamic countries. He also “insulted” the President. He is the first blogger to have been jailed in Egypt for the contents of his blog. See {585058}.
Son of Reverend Billy Graham. While parts of the Koran do preach violence, parts of the Old Testament also do, as do parts of the New Testament such as the Book of Revelations.
Language differences and code words of different cultures are not always understood by other cultures. In this case the Sheikh wanted to condemn terrorism which was the official position of the Saudi Arabian government. However, Saudi Arabia, because it contains Mecca the Islamic Holy City, has a preeminent place in the Muslim world has a position of leadership which no other Islamic country has. While people in the West applauded the statement, it had little or no impact in the Muslim world. The reason is that the Arabic word he used for terrorism was a heinous one—a word which Islamic Terrorists (and most other Muslims) believe does not refer to their activities. Terrorism culturally means only acts of violence which are not morally justified. Not only do most Muslim terrorists perceive that they are Morally justified, but most have been given various fatwas (religious legal rulings) that says that their acts are required by God. For example, in a perversity of logic, Hamas—the Palestinian terrorist organization—sees Israeli acts like assassinating the suicide bomb engineers as terrorism while their behavior is a legitimate, moral struggle for national liberation. Few Islamic religious leaders speak out against terrorism, and those who do are often not understood to apply to Islamic terrorists.
The Libertarians were major opponents of President George W. Bush’s Faith-Based Initiative.
Many Muslims used passages in the Koran to justify the terrorist attack on New Work and the Pentagon.
“Martyrdom” is the euphemism that fundamentalist Muslims use to denote being killed while “fighting for Islam” or on a suicide mission for same. Many believe that such people ascend directly to Paradise where they are given a bevy of virgins and other “perks.” Ironically, this was the last interview that he gave before he himself was “martyred”—he was killed by coalition troops. This mental perspective is one of the reasons that fighting fundamentalist Islamic terrorists is so difficult. They perceive victory whichever way the battle or even the war comes out.
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Linda Lou Chavez is an American author, commentator, and radio talk show host. She is also a Fox News analyst, Chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity, has a syndicated column that appears in newspapers nationwide each week, and sits on the board of directors of two Fortune 500 companies: Pilgrim's Pride and ABM Industries. Chavez was the highest-ranking woman in President Ronald Reagan's White House, and was the first Latina ever nominated to the United States Cabinet, when President George W. Bush nominated her Secretary of Labor. She withdrew from consideration for the position when the media published allegations that she had employed an illegal immigrant a decade earlier. In 2000, Chavez was named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress.
