We are stressing out Jihadist and we need to stop it. It seems we need to be more sensitive in our verbage.

Using terms like ‘Islamic Terrorism’ is actually, UNBELIEVABLY identifies Islam with terrorism.

Omar Faruk, a Muslim British barrister who has advised the government on community issues, said there was a strong need for a “new sort of political dialogue and terminology”.

Asked about the phrase “Islamic terrorism”, he said: “Those words cannot sit side by side. Islam is actually very much against any form of terrorism … Islam in itself means peace.”

The widespread use of the expression “just creates a culture where terrorism actually is identified with Islam. That causes me a lot of stress,” Faruk added. [source]

Oh dear! I hate he’s stressed!

The lexicon would set down guidelines for EU officials and politicians.

“Certainly ‘Islamic terrorism’ is something we will not use … we talk about ‘terrorists who abusively invoke Islam’,” an EU official told Reuters.

Other terms being considered by the review include “Islamist”, “fundamentalist” and “jihad”. The latter, for example, is often used by al Qaeda and some other groups to mean warfare against infidels, but for most Muslims indicates a spiritual struggle.

“Jihad means something for you and me, it means something else for a Muslim. Jihad is a perfectly positive concept of trying to fight evil within yourself,” said the official, speaking anonymously because the review is an internal one that is not expected to be made public.

EU counter-terrorism chief Gijs de Vries told Reuters that terrorism was not inherent to any religion, and praised moderate Muslims for opposing attempts to hijack Islam. [same source]

Praised moderate muslims for opposing attempts to hijack islam? They praised MODERATE mulsim for opposing attempts to HIJACK ISLAM?

Okay.

Okay?

Where?

Where are the moderate muslims? Please point them out and what they are doing to OPPOSE attempts to hijack islam. I’d love to see CAIR front and center. I haven’t. Have you?

So, does that mean we can’t let the words ‘European Union’ and ‘Dhimmitude’ sit side by side?

I can’t help but wonder if these people raise their kids this way. Is there no personal responsiblity about ANYTHING anymore? Do they empower and reward their kids for breaking rules? Are there any rules?

Ignoring conflict does not make conflict go away. Avoiding conflict CREATES UNAVOIDABLE CONFLICT. What is so difficult to understand about that?

This is the same kind of mind-set that says:

  • You shouldn’t go see the movie United 93 because it might remind you of how upsetting it was to get attacked on our homeland by ISLAMIC TERRORIST.
  • We should give amnesty to ILLEGAL ALIENS because we don’t want to upset them. Whoops. We aren’t supposed to call them ILLEGAL ALIENS because that might cause some conflict and upset them.
  • We should accept a HISPANIC VERSION OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM!!! A version that is not only in ESPANOL but CHANGES THE WORDS OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM!
  • Cartoons depicting muhammad, as benign as they are, is a bad thing. Cartoons attacking anything Christian is a good thing.
  • We deserve whatever anyone does to us because we are powerful and wealthy.

We are powerful and wealthy because this form of government works. Socialist, communist and dictator style governments are failing or have failed because those forms of government don’t work.

I realize common sense isn’t that common. But come on. Is it really that hard to understand?

We’d better not lose our resolve.

Is Islam a death cult? You can google it. I found this at Something … and Half of Something:

Also at Theodore’s World.

Also see: European Pacifism, Manifesto Against Islam, Mohammad: Prophet of Peace, The Dane’s Unique Moral Courage, Will We Let Islam Bully Us?, Gevoelig: Sensitivity Cartoon

Have we opened a Pandora’s Box of political correctness?

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