Imam Kazerooni authored a Speakout op-ed piece in yesterday's Rocky ("Reverse the Logic of War, Terrorism"). While he doesn't mention the upcoming panel, sponsored by MILA, it serves to frame the expected discussion there. To wit - Israel is guilty, too. Maybe not even, "too."
The problem isn't that there's anything controversial with what he wrote - the problem is that there's nothing controversial in what he wrote. The US and Israel come in for relentless criticism because they have higher standards for conduct, and largely live up to them. Hezbollah, Hamas, and al Qaeda seek to benefit from the low expectations people have of them.
It would appear that Imam Kazerooni wants not only a pathetically low bar for victory, but also for behavior.
Comments
Joshua:
What's the Islamic word for tactical deception, which makes lying moral if it fosters the advance of Islam? That's what the Abrahamic Initiative sounds like to me. It feeds the wishful thinking of those in denial that we are in a resumption of the 1000 year struggle with Islam.
Dave
Posted by: Dave Petteys | August 28, 2006 7:51 PM
Dave, I believe the word you are looking for is taqiya.
Posted by: mommydoc | August 29, 2006 7:44 AM