Glimpses into Islamic Minds, II

Listen to them. Read their words. They are open books.

True, they might not tell you the plans of their next bombings or assassinations, but they will tell why they do what they do.

Can you imagine how nice it would be if our "leaders" took them at their words? They would stop twisting themselves into human pretzels in order NOT TO CALL A SPADE A SPADE and NOT SEE THINGS FOR WHAT THEY REALLY ARE. Why, we might even start doing some real winning.

This speaks for itself:

MSN News and Weather Reuters � weather forecasts, latest world news, UK & sports news, 18/5/2005 4:14:27 PM ( Source: Reuters) , Iraq Qaeda leader defends slaying of Muslims -Web

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq defended the killing of "innocent Muslims" in suicide bombings against U.S. forces, saying it was legitimate under Islam for the sake of jihad (holy war), according to an audio tape attributed to him on Wednesday.

"The killing of infidels by any method including martyrdom (suicide) operations has been sanctified by many scholars even if it means killing innocent Muslims. This
legality has been agreed upon ... so as not to disrupt jihad," Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said on the tape posted on an Islamist Web site.

"Protecting religion is more important than protecting (Muslim) lives, honour or wealth," said the man who sounded like Zarqawi. "The shedding of Muslim blood ... is allowed in order to avoid the greater evil of disrupting ihad."

"We know that some mistakes may happen and victims may fall and this causes us grief, but what can we do in the face of this reality in which the enemy has penetrated our land." He said Muslims killed unintentionally in such attacks were "martyrs who died for Islam".

Addressing Iraq's Sunnis, the speaker added: "We are the spearhead of the Ummah (Sunni nation) and its first line of defence in the face of the crusaders' advance. If the jihad's power subsides then the Ummah will witness calamities and disasters." (All emphases mine)