Monday, July 18, 2005

Well Halle-freakin'-luia!!!

Or whatever the equivalent Muslim phrase is. The closest I can come is "Praise be to Allah".

This is a welcome gesture.

UK Muslim Leaders/Scholars Issue Fatwa Against Suicide Bombings

A litte more of this around the world would would help.

I was reading in a story this morning about Sunni's threatening death to Shiite families in Baghdad -- going out of its way to explain why it was OK with Allah for them to issue such threats and back them up with death.

Apparently, this kind of thing is par for the course in the Middle East. Hopefully, a little dose of backbone will cure the timid and folks over there will stop standing for it and not comply.

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