Blame others for your own faults
Posted by admin on September 23rd, 2006 filed in GeneralA peace forum says:
They pointed out that Muslims have been portrayed unfavourably in the Western media and many of them are also upset by what they perceive to be “uneven-handed” Middle East policies from Western countries, such as the United States.
I doubt that Muslims need unfavourable portrayal by “Western media” to give non-Muslims a negative perception of them. Muslims are more than capable of doing that for themselves .
While other panellists pointed out that some politicians around the world have “manipulated” religion for political gains, widening the rift between different faiths, another panellist, Mr Yang Razali Kassim, a Senior Fellow with the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, highlighted the Singapore government’s sensitive approach towards religious issues.
Yes, in particular, Islamist regimes in the Middle East trying their damn best to rile up the Muslim community so as to distract the common people from their glaring ineptitude and corruption. Why, despite their possession of oil and natural resources, is the wealth concentrated in the hands of the ruling elite?
“Singapore is getting closer to Middle Eastern countries and it’s not just for economic reasons. It is also a signal that Singapore is not following the US blindly (in terms of foreign policy),” Mr Kassim said.
A very crucial point must be made: there are reasons independent of the US why we should be sceptical and critical of segments of the Muslim community who continue to advocate violence and coercion.
Another thing to think about: did the Pope really apologise? This article in Today makes it seem like he did , when actually, he did not. What he said was more along the lines of “I’m sorry you misunderstood me”, rather than “I’m sorry for what I said”. Even more importantly,why should the Pope apologise? Did he say anything which is factually incorrect or logically invalid?
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