Discussion 3 to Meditation 454
Some Counterexamples
by David Marjanović
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In a February 21, 2006 interview broadcast on Al-Jazeera, the Arab-American psychologist Wafa Sultan said:
"We have not seen a single Jew blow himself up in a German restaurant. We have not seen a single Jew destroy a church."
That's true, but we have seen a Jew or two entering a mosque in East Jerusalem and mowing people down.
"The Muslims have turned three Buddha statues into rubble. We have not seen a single Buddhist burn down a Mosque, kill a Muslim, or burn down an embassy. Only the Muslims defend their beliefs by killing people, and destroying embassies."
That is not true. We have had Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam blow themselves up for -- their totalitarian leader and national independence. We have had PKK members (mostly women) blow themselves up for -- their totalitarian leader and national independence. The PKK is the "Workers' Party of Kurdistan". It is a Stalinist organization. That means its members firmly believe that death is the end of everything.
Suicide terrorism is in no way connected to religion. It is the continuation of politics with other means -- a method of warfare against an otherwise far superior opponent. All those Palestinians are blowing themselves up for national independence. 9/11 was meant to stop US support for the corrupt and brutal dictatures that rule most Muslim countries in general and Saudi Arabia (The Tyranny of the Seven Thousand Princes) in particular.