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Islam is one of the world's great religions – at least numerically. And many philosophers and academicians have ranked Mohammad as one of the 5 most influential humans who ever lived. Currents estimates are that there are 1.2 billion Muslims on earth, and that 1% of them (12 million) are fanatics – the suididal murderous terrorist types. One percent doesn't sound like much, but 12 million does. That is a lot of people hell bent on killing — all in the name of Allah.
It is interesting that many Muslim leaders (both secular and cleric) around the world denounce the terrorism, bombings, suicidal attacks, and mindless murder of the innocents. But it is equally interesting that very few of the top Islamic religious leaders have denounced terrorism and the lunatic fringe. Thru religious schools and other religious teachings, the Muslims – at the urging of their top leaders —continue to breed more terrorist fanatics – every day, every week. . A truly terrifying statistic is that they are breeding them faster than we can kill them. Combating terrorism will be with us for a long time — until the top religious leaders of Islam recapture the Koran from the fanatic fringe. Until the top Mullahs and Ayatollahs come forward to stop the mayhem, it will continue. Politicians and military leaders can do only so much. Until the Ayatollahs step up, Islam will sink further toward being a rogue religion.
In London it was 50 dead and 700 wounded – maybe more. The earlier train bombing in Madrid was even worse. And that kind of “success” for the terrorists only fertilizes the weed patch. And of course accompanying the gruesome statistics are the nay-sayers blaming George Bush for a mess in Iraq. But what if we had NOT gone into Afghanistan and Iraq? Would we we any better off with the terrorist training camps still flourishing, and the Al Queda network growing unimpeded?
Bear in mind – Mohammad did not conquer the middle east and lands to the east and west by persuasion. That sword was mpre than a symbol. I have a suggestion for our top religious leaders in the US. Why not have them host a top level meeting of reloigious figures from all over the world – all major religions – to gain unanimity against terrorism and indiscriminate killing. Why not put a spotlight on the big time Ayatollahs? What do we have to lose? It would certainly have more influence than the UN.