From The Daily Star via WND:
King Abdullah Signs His Own Death Warrant
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah appealed to Muslim leaders on Wednesday to unite and tackle extremists who he said have hijacked their religion. At a meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) - the world's biggest Muslim body - in the holy city of Mecca, Abdullah said the world's 1 billion Muslims were weak and divided, a description echoed by other leaders.
"It bleeds the heart of a believer to see how this glorious civilization has fallen from the height of glory to the ravine of frailty and how its thoughts were hijacked by devilish and criminal gangs that spread havoc on earth," Abdullah said.
As far as it goes, it does seem to make some sense.
U.S. critics have blamed the kingdom's strict Wahhabi school of Islam for fostering extremism but Saudi officials say they are tackling the militants through a tough security crackdown and a campaign to win over militant sympathizers.
Instant translation: Talk is cheap.
The two-day summit, convened on Wednesday to address what Abdullah said were grave dangers facing the Muslim nation.
Hoohoo! There's a problem right there, king old boy. You've got to stop living in the thirteenth century. There is no such thing as the "moslem nation". There are nations (collectives) and there are moslems (individuals).
He called upon the Islamic jurisprudence arm of the OIC to "fulfill its historic role of combating extremism."
Abdullah called for greater educational efforts to promote tolerance. "Developing the curriculum is essential to building a tolerant Muslim identity ... and to having a society that rejects isolation," he said.
Pardon me, but it sounds like you need free market economics and representative democracy. Again, I'm sorry your majesty, but those don't seem to be in my copy of the koran. Yours?
"We don't have the luxury of blaming others for our own problems," OIC Secretary-General Ekmeleddine Ihsanoglu said in a speech which also portrayed the Muslim world confronting one of "the most critical eras of its history".
"We should fight terrorism by dealing with its roots and causes, whether committed by individuals, groups or states," Ihsanoglu said. "Terrorism is a crime that every Muslim should fight."
"The future of humanity depends on this part of the world," Ihsanoglu said. "What is going on in the Islamic world has dire consequences elsewhere." "Lack of moderation is one of the main sources of instability and chaos in the modern world," the OIC secretary general said.
He stressed the need to combat poverty, illiteracy and corruption in the Muslim world, saying that "when these issues are not addressed properly by legitimate means, they are used as an excuse to push for extreme agendas."
Are you sure that's not Howie Spleen wearing his bedsheet from the Four Seasons saying that tripe?
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