Peaceful majority

Well I think he should have made it clear who he's talking about?? Which fanatic Muslims exactly? Al Qaeda? If its Al Qaeda hes talking about Muslims not only have condemned it but Bin Laden has been sentenced to death in Saudia Arabia he just has to be captured and all the highest relegios clerics have condemned it. So who exactly is he talking about and what does he mean by fanatical Muslims because our standards can differ from his standards, he should have been specific.

Let him put himself in the shoes of a Muslim. What would he do? Iraq, invaded for no reason, you are obligated in Islam to defend your country, wouldnt he fight? More than 200 children, boys and girls, up until 2005 have been rapped by the U.S army according to the Institution of Children in Iraq. What would he do?

If its Afghanistan hes talking about, Mulla Omar one of the Ministers of Afghanistan and one of the greatest Taliban figures said to the US government that if they show him the evidence which links Bin Laden to 911 he would gladely hand him over. The US government replied that it had showed Britian the evidence, period. So he refused, and rightfully so, this is according to almost all courts of law, one is innocent until proven guilty. US invaded Afghanistan. What to do if you were an Afghani? If the US is invaded the way Iraq was, for no reason, what would you have done? If the US was invaded the way Afghanistan was, what would u who wrote that email have done?

So I dont know who is he reffering to by "fanatics". But for the sake of argument, yes the peacefull Muslims have condemned the "fanatics" and they have fought them even more than you yourself have fought them. Isnt Saudia Arabia a key ally to the US in her war against terror? Isnt Saudia Arabia a Muslim country? Havent the greatest Muslim scholars said that it is ordained for Saudia Arabia to be US's ally on her war against terror?

I think this guy has been a bit too much affected by what he sees in the media. Immediately after 911 the US embassy in Kuwait was flooded and bombarded with flowers and roses from Muslims showing their condolences. Did the media report that? I dont think so. Every single official Muslim scholar condemned 911. Did the media report that? Two of the greatest Muslim scholars of our time, AbdulAziz ibn Baz and ibn Othaimeen both issued a Fatwa (religious ruling) forbiding suicide bombers. Did the media report that? Again, no they didnt.

Muslims are doing their job in fighting the "radical" Muslims and more. Are u doing your job in critisizing your fanatics? Lets not crtisize the other and forget ourselves here. To every action is a reaction. Its only natural some Muslims will be a bit too angry when two of their countries have been unrightfully illegally invaded dont u think? Its only natural some Muslims will also be a bit too angry at the US for siding with Israel in a conflict it has nothing to do with dont you think? When Israel ignores UN resolutions resolution after resolution until this day, isnt it only a natural reaction that some Muslims will get mad and maybe even some, unfortanetly, will turn into fanatics?

Just because a Muslim disagrees with Americas policies doesnt make him a threat. I wish he would have showed us exactly where are these fanatics and who are they exactly?

He mentioned honour killings, these have nothing to do with Islam, they are cultural and practised by some Muslims due to their culture not due to Islam so please dont blame Islam. He mentioned it is the fanatics who wage wars, when exactly did a Muslim country wage a war against a non Muslim country in the last I dont know 20 years? On the other hand .....! Who does this guy want us to speak up against?? Just because he doesnt know we do that doesnt mean we dont. Keep in mind, we dont have freedom of speach in our countries. We cant demonstrate, we cant march and we cant speak up. Islam gives us this right but our governments dont. Many who have spoken up have been jailed. What does this guy want us to do? How many hundreds and hundreds of extremists and Saudia Arabias prisons? Why did he ignore that fact?

One of the most famous Saudi preachers today, Salman Al Oda, was what this guy would call a fanatic, and he was imprisoned and successfully do to several progras run by the Saudi government to show these people that this isnt part of Islam he left his school of thought and is today of the most people who condemn terrorism. His son btw died in Gauntanamo. Do Muslims blaim the Americans for gauntamo where Muslims are being jailed without even a trial! No, we dont, because its the american governments fault not the Americans, theres a difference between government and people. Theres also a difference between Muslims and what this guy calls fanatic Muslims. Why didnt he speak about the fanatic Israelis? Why didnt he speak of the fanatic Bush administration which by its own words are on a crusade? Why didnt he speak about the tens of evidences which clearly show that 911 was an inside job? Why? Lets not be double standard here, lets both admit that we both have our fanatics. And as it seems, Muslims have done much more to fight there own fanatics than the Americans have done to fight there own. Mosques have been destroyed by MUSLIM governments just because these mosques were supposedly tied with terrorism. Muslim schools have been bombarded by the Pakistani government and all its students including 10 year old children killed simply because it was accused of teaching extremist ideas. Keep in mind the government could have just shut it down. On the other hand, what did the US do?  When Clinton starves 20 million Iraqis, and starves 2 million of them to death including half a million which were childen, isnt that fanatical the very least? When Blair refuses to allow medicines to enter Iraq which were confirmedto him that they cant be turned into weapons, isnt that fanatical too?

Why dont we discuss why these Muslims turn fanatical? Isnt it because of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan? Was there an Al Qaeda in Iraq priot to US's invasion? No. Were there beheadings by Islamists? No. Were there suicide bombings? No.

You do not slap someone and not accept him to slap you back, the very least, he's going to punch you.

You do not invade someone unrightfully illegally and not accept this someone to not get pissed off and have a stronger reaction to your action then your action itself. Did Japan nuke the US? No. Why did the US nuke it? Well, that could be debated, generally to end the war. Well, the suicide bomber thinks the same.

Sadija wrote: All politics if you ask me.  Im not a politician and don't even vote. Death is from Allah He has his reasons don't you all agree?

I am not sure I believe all death is from Allah.  And I am not convinced that Allah causes death especially of women and children.  He may allow it, but not cause it.  Or do I misunderstand what you are saying?