August 25, 2006

Will the real Islam please stand up?

Patriot Post
The Friday Digest
Vol. 06 No. 34 25 August 2006 Posted at 12:47 pm
Patriot Perspective

Mark Alexander

Islam -- Religion of Peace? Responding to breaking news of the thwarted attacks against a dozen commercial flights from Great Britain to the United States earlier this month, President Bush did the unthinkable: He described the would-be killers in accurate terms.

On that Thursday, 10 August, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the President opened his remarks to the gathered crowd with these soon-to-be famous words: “The recent arrests that our fellow citizens are now learning about are a stark reminder that this nation is at war with Islamic fascists who will use any means to destroy those of us who love freedom, to hurt our nation.”
Key words: “Islamic fascists.”

Nearly five years since September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush has finally dropped his politically correct gloves and called the enemy of the West by the descriptor it deserves. This enemy is exclusively Muslim, and it has a modus operandi and worldview consistent with other forms of fascism.
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posted by Dr. Denice Hanley, DPM, M.Div. @ 3:31 PM 0 comments

Inside the mind of a suicide bomber

How sad that the theology of jihad-driven Islam demands martyrdom: not a martyrdom of the spirit leading to self-denial, love of others, and holiness, but a physical martyrdom leading to the death of others. So many of the young are led into self-annihilation and the murder of innocents by this horribly misguided worldview.

On July 15, MSNBC's Connected program discussed the July 7th London attacks. One of the guests was Pierre Rehov, a French filmmaker who has filmed six documentaries on the intifada by going undercover in the Palestinian areas.

Pierre's upcoming film, Suicide Killers, is based on interviews that he conducted with the families of suicide bombers and would-be bombers in an attempt to find out why they do it. Pierre agreed to a request for a Q&A interview here about his work on the new film.

Q - What inspired you to produce Suicide Killers, your seventhfilm?

A - I started working with victims of suicide attacks to make a film on PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) when I became fascinatedwith the personalities of those who had committed those crimes, as they were described again and again by their victims. Especially the fact that suicide bombers are all smiling one second before they blow themselves up.
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