Time for the Muslim World to Take Responsibility

Hat tip Gates of Vienna


From Germany comes an outstanding op-ed by Oliver Jeges in Die Welt. Jeges asks why Muslims are so outraged by Danish cartoons and Israel trying to defend itself against Palestinian terrorists, but say nothing about the daily massacres being committed by Muslims-in many cases against other Muslims. Is it not time for Muslims to take responsibility and own up to a few obvious facts?

http://gatesofvienna.net/2014/08/time-to-lift-the-veil/#more-34027

I am again reminded of a sharia town hall held at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles in 2012.

http://garyfouse.blogspot.com/2012/04/shariah-workshop-at-loyola-marymount.html

"When called upon, I introduced myself, and  my question went like this:

"We have heard a lot of talk today about hate and intolerance, but there is an 800 pound gorilla in the back of the room, and its name is hate and intolerance. It is not the hate and intolerance that may or not be directed to you, but the hate and intolerance that is being carried out by Muslims against religious minorities in Muslim countries-people being killed and their places of worship destroyed-from the Coptic Christians in Egypt, to the Christians in Pakistan, the Jews in Yemen, the Baha'i in Iran, the Christians in Iraq and the Christians and animists in Sudan. In addition, Jews in Europe are now experiencing the worst anti-Semitism since the 1930s. It has gotten to the point where they cannot walk the streets wearing Jewish garb lest they be insulted, spat upon or assaulted. Yes, some of the perpetrators are neo-Nazis and skinheads, but the primary perpetrators are young, male Muslim immigrants.  'I am not attributing that to Muslims in America', I said. 'I don't hate Muslims and I don't know anyone in this room who does, but why do you never speak out against that hate and intolerance?"

Qazwini was the first to respond. He said there were two problems. First of all, most of these countries are not free countries, and for the past 8 decades, the Western superpowers, including the US, have supported these regimes. "Don't blame Islam", he said. "Don't blame it on Muslims."

Qazwini  also said that he has been active on the UC Irvine campus for 17 years and every Friday, he speaks out against this intolerance.

Jackson stated that it was a "false criteria". He also said, "Just because a problem persists, doesn't mean that Muslims are not speaking out. "Nobody is more concerned or affected by extremist interpretations than Muslims".

Hathout stated that he had just been involved in a Muslim conference on religious minorities (in Muslim countries). He also stated that "oppression of the majority will lead to oppression of the minority." 

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So with all due respect to peaceful Muslims, just who is it that we are supposed to blame? Do we blame ourselves? Do we blame Kurt Westergaard? Do we blame Israel? Do we blame the Christians? Do we blame the Jews? Do we blame the Yazidis?

Sometimes, instead of pointing the finger at others and saying, "It's your fault", some need to point the finger at the mirror and admit that it is their fault. Up to now, it appears Muslim are unable or unwilling to do that.