Sunday, November 12, 2006
Evidence of "Moderate Muslims" - Death Penalty Demanded for Advocating Recognizing Israel
We always hear from the moonbatty left: there are moderate Muslims out there, somewhere. Their moderation should be made public and rewarded.
Well, folks, here's your moderate Muslim: an editor in Bangladesh, which refuses to recognize Israel, called on his country to change their attitude to try to end the violence in the Middle East.
The response? Debate? Questions? Civility? Of course not. Muslims demand that he get the death penalty for speaking out.
Bangladeshi Muslim editor faces death penalty for moderate views
There is no "moderate" Islam. There are human beings, and then there are Muslims. And Muslims want to change the world into followers of their sick cult, or they will destroy thw world trying.
We always hear from the moonbatty left: there are moderate Muslims out there, somewhere. Their moderation should be made public and rewarded.
Well, folks, here's your moderate Muslim: an editor in Bangladesh, which refuses to recognize Israel, called on his country to change their attitude to try to end the violence in the Middle East.
The response? Debate? Questions? Civility? Of course not. Muslims demand that he get the death penalty for speaking out.
Bangladeshi Muslim editor faces death penalty for moderate views
A Bangladeshi Muslim journalist arrested in the past for advocating ties with Israel now faces charges of sedition, a crime punishable by death in Bangladesh, and will likely be put on trial by the end of the month, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
In a court session on Tuesday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, a state-appointed judge ruled that the government's case against Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury could proceed to trial and that the hearings would commence within 15 days.
As editor of The Weekly Blitz, an English-language newspaper published in Dhaka, Choudhury aroused the ire of Bangladeshi authorities after he printed articles favorable to Israel and critical of Muslim extremism.
Bangladesh does not recognize Israel's existence and refuses to establish diplomatic relations with the Jewish state.
In November 2003, Choudhury was arrested at Dhaka's international airport just prior to boarding a flight on his way to Israel, where he was scheduled to deliver an address on promoting understanding between Muslims and Jews. His visit to Israel would have been the first by a Bangladeshi journalist.
Choudhury was charged with sedition, held in prison for 17 months and was reportedly tortured before being freed in April 2005. But the authorities in Bangladesh, which is ruled by a coalition government that includes Islamic extremists, decided to continue pursuing charges against him.
Dr. Richard Benkin, an American Jew who led the fight to win Choudhury's release, told the Post that the situation facing the beleaguered journalist was dire.
"Choudhury has angered the Islamists, who both engineered his arrest and continue to see this as an important case," Benkin said. "He is a pro-Israeli, anti-terrorist Muslim who will not be cowed into silence."
There is no "moderate" Islam. There are human beings, and then there are Muslims. And Muslims want to change the world into followers of their sick cult, or they will destroy thw world trying.
