Qatar Quotes
It is amazing what explanations religious and biased fanatics can come up with to explain history.
These lines illustrate a tactic of many Muslim leaders who go out of their way to make moderate statements to the Western press and media audiences while whipping up extremism when appearing on Middle Eastern media.
This statement was made in the aftermath of 9-11. However, three years earlier, at a Hamas meeting, the Cleric did not seem to be concerned about the lives of the innocent. See {617372}.
The cartoon—see image—depicts a virulently anti-Semitic Jewish Satan trodding on the skulls and bones of Jewish victims. This newspaper and most of those of the Arab Muslim world constantly run such anti-Semitic material and then complain about the insensitivity of a single Danish newspaper that ran cartoons that were insulting to Muslims.
Legal Religious Ruling. This is an example of a source of tension between some Muslims and others. Non-Muslims are required to have a Muslim Education in Muslim countries, but they insist that any required Christian or secular education in a non Muslim country is anti-Islamic.