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August 12, 2006
World: Sensitive Muslims Hurt by Bush's Use of "Islamic Fascists"
I, too, disagree with President Bush; using the term 'Islamic Fascists' makes it sound as if Islam, by its very nature, is not fascistic: Bush's language angers US Muslims
In the days after the horror of the 11 September attacks, President George W Bush made a point of saying Muslims per se were not America's enemy.But in the five years since then, he has taken less care to emphasise that message, US Muslim leaders are saying.
They are upset about his use of terms like "Islamic fascists", which he used this week both for Hezbollah and the suspected bomb plotters held in the UK.
"It offends the vast majority of moderate Muslims," Ahmed Younis said.
"The use of the term casts a shadow upon Islam and bolsters the argument that there is a clash of civilisations between Islam and the West," Mr Younis, the national director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (Mpac), told the BBC.
What if, as a matter of fact there is a clash between Civilization and the barbarism of Islam, MR. Younis? What would be the use of such self-censorship then?
Truth does not need to bow before Islamic sensitivity.
Posted by Ruy Diaz at August 12, 2006 12:51 PM
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