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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Call me intolerant, will you?!

"... Islam always reacts to western allegations that it is not a peaceful religion by mass outbreaks of vituperation, denunciation and acts of jihadic violence.

"That this is a paradox seems not to be even remotely recognised by many Muslims. Commenting on the Pope’s speech, Tasnim Aslam, a spokeswoman for the Pakistani foreign ministry, came out with this little piece of doublethink beauty: 'Anyone who describes Islam as a religion as intolerant encourages violence.'" London Times

"Paradox"? How 'bout "being in collective denial"?