November 16, 2007
Grim Milestone: 10,000 Terror Attacks Since 9/11
A grim milestone int he war on terror was reached overnight. Since the September 11th attacks there have now been over 10,000 terror attacks carried out by Islamists.
Most of the victims of these attacks are Muslims. This week alone there have been 52 attacks carried out in the name of Islam. 304 people have been killed by the jihadis, 231 injured.
ROP:
For all of the stale, half-hearted pronouncements that Islam "has nothing to do" with the killing (usually made by individuals or organizations which don't otherwise seem all that concerned), the ugly truth is that it is the "radicals" who have Islam's history and holiest texts on their side. Thus the terror continues - now having reached 10,000 attacks since 9/11, as documented here.Does Islam have something to do with terrorism? Of course it does. Just like Marx has something to do with Communism, and Communism had something to do with the deaths of tens of millions of people.
This does not mean that Marxists can't reject the worst parts of Communism. Or that Communists can't reject violence or the one-party state.
But to argue that Marxism and Communism had nothing to do with the murder of millions in the Soviet Union, China, Cambodia, Vietnam, etc. would be to stare empirical reality in the face and declare it a myth.
It is the same with Islam. One cannot look around the world today and say that Islam has nothing to do with terror. Clearly it does since nearly every act of terror in the world comes from Muslims acting in the name of Islam.
I know this will hurt the feelings of some Muslims. I'm sorry. Most Muslims reject terror. I know this. And maybe there is some other factor here that I'm missing.
Maybe I'm wrong. But if I am wrong then please don't try to argue with me. You're wasting your breath.
Instead of trying to convince me that Islam is a religion of peace, why don't you use your energies convincing the jihadis?
Once the Salafis and the Khomeinists stop killing people on a daily basis then I'll rethink my position. I'm an empiricist. When the killing stops then I'll rethink my theory of causation.
And since their victims are far more likely to be Muslims than an infidel like myself, then I'd say you have a vested interest in convincing the jihadis. You are far more likely to be the victim of their acts of violence than me.
UPDATE: Speaking of "Islam is Peace", Robert Spencer has a new Jihad Watch video up.
