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dancefloorlandmine) wrote2007-12-27 02:25 pm
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[News] Not a good start to the year.
Benazir Bhutto killed by suicide bomber.
Please find your own handbasket, this one's mine.
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Should be interesting to see how this all plays out, to put it mildly. I'm wondering how long some Muslims will approve of suicide bombings when other Muslims are the targets.
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Those who do approve of the use of suicide bombings against "the enemies of Islam" will probably be able to explain why any targets are in fact the enemies of their flavour of Islam.
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I imagine there are a number of them here too, but they never speak up. It's rather odd.
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This may very well be a large part of the problem.
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Muslims have been the target of suicide bombings for quite some time now - in Iraq, to take an obvious example. What difference are you seeing in this case?
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You are correct. Notice that I wrote "some Muslims" in my original statement, which designates that there is a portion of the Muslim population that is already enraged and does not approve.
What difference are you seeing in this case?
Mainly that it's an assassination of a high profile politician. It's pretty blunt to say that these sort of situations garner more attention, but it's the truth.
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I remember when the tsunami hit three years back, I didn't find out until a week later when I was on my way back to London, as I hadn't been near a computer, TV or newspaper until I reached the train station.
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That said, I'd rather not have to consider it at all, as it's a sad loss for all.