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Lebanese Murders Echo Racist Muslim Values In Parts Of Middle East

November 24, 2006 ⋅  E-Mail Article ⋅  Print Article ⋅ Post a comment

Can someone please tell me why it is o.k. for Christian leaders to be murdered in the Middle East but we cannot even discuss offending Muslim leaders like Muqtadr al-Sadr with mere words? Are Christians worthless humans in the Middle East as compared to Muslims? I applaud for Lebanon, they may have their problems but it is one country where truly the Christians and Muslims respect each other and live in peace. However, Syria and Iran are afraid of this unique situation and they are doing all they can to have any and all moderate Lebanese political leaders in Lebanon executed, or so it is being said in Lebanon. Forget Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, Lebanon is the model state in the Middle East for tolerance and understanding. However, the racist elements of Islam in the Middle East utilize their religious clout to enforce their racist agenda and this is the sad issue that must be dealt with before true democracy and stability can be had in the Middle East.

Imagine if a Muslim leader was killed by a Christian, the world would be bending over backwards trying to quell the violence. Buildings would be burned, stores pillaged, humans murdered, and threats abounding. Conversely, when a Christian leader is executed by Muslims the Islamic world does not bat an eye; they actually try to get the issue pushed under the rug and Christians just pray for the dead, no threat of violence or retaliation. The recent Muslim murders in Lebanon promoted by outside factions are both disingenuous and racist. How can we expect anything of value to come out of the Middle East peace process until we deal with the racist agenda a large amount of Muslim leaders are promoting? So many Muslim leaders utilize their religious clout as political power that they have crossed the line from being a religious leader to being a racist dictator. They have become backdoor hiding in the dark figures who promote hatred and violence rather than Gods vision of peace and tolerance. However, in Beirut Lebanon we have Muslim Leaders and Christian Leaders working side by side for the betterment of humanity, this is how Muslims and Christians should live. We both share the same belief in the same God, why should so many small differences make such a dramatic change in global policies? Do Muslim leaders tell their jihadists that Mohammed followed the same God as Abraham, Moses, Jacob, and Jesus? Maybe we need to look more at our similarities than we do our differences.

According to CNN, Schools and shops were closed and traffic was light as Christian Leader Pierre Gemayels’ coffin, draped in the flag of his Phalange Party, was driven to the family’s home in Bikfaya for mourning ceremonies before the funeral scheduled for Thursday. A small crowd of mourners, some carrying Lebanese flags, walked slowly behind the vehicle carrying the coffin. The funeral procession was befitting a leader, not a Christian leader or a Muslim leader, just a leader.

We need to work further with Lebanon to further peace and democracy in the Middle East, they have an understanding, and they have a civility. In Lebanon Muslims respect Christians and vice-a-versa; this is the way we were all meant to live. On the opposite end of the spectrum Syria and Iran do nothing but spout racist public statements while practicing zero religious tolerance of any religion outside of Islam. I also wonder how Syria and Iran can deny any involvement in the recent anti-Syrian killings in Lebanon when Gemayels’ killing was the fifth murder of an anti-Syrian figure in Lebanon in the last two years. This can’t be a coincidence.

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