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07-May-02
(Yahoo News) p2p: "Muslim education had concentrated too much on
religious dogma, neglecting worldly subjects such as science, mathematics and
philosophy." --
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad made his provocative comments in a
speech to religious affairs ministers meeting for the Organization of the
Islamic Conference, which groups 57 Muslim countries.
12-Apr-02 (Khilafah.com) "Hindus stay in millions but never hurt others' religious feelings. But where ever Muslims are they do not want to stay peacefully, It is happening in Indonesia, Malaysia, everywhere. They (Muslims) stay by threatening and frightening others." -- In remarks to a party conclave in the western beach state of Goa Indian PM AB Vajpayee
12-Apr-02
(Milli Gazette)
p2p: "wherever there are Muslims they don’t want to live in peace. They don’t
want to mix with others. Instead, they want to preach and propagate their
religion by creating fear and terror in the minds of others. ( Jahan Jahan
Musalman hain ghul milkar nahi rahte hain. Auron se ghulna milna nahi chahte.
Shantipurna tarike se parchar karne ke bajaye atankwad se dara dhamka kar apne
mat ka parchar karna chahte hain )." -- Indian Prime Miister
AB
Vajpayee says it live on TV on April 12 in Goa. Read more on Outlook India
in the article
Right Said Fred (But)
12-Apr-02 (Milli Gazette) p2p: ‘Islam has two forms. One is that which tolerates others, which teaches its adherents to follow the path of truth, which preaches compassion and sensitivity. But these days militancy in the name of Islam leaves no room for tolerance. It has raised the slogan of Jihad. It is dreaming of recasting the entire world in its mould’ -- Indian Prime Miister AB Vajpayee in a press statement on his comment on 12 April, '02 in Goa.
04-Apr-02 (FEER) p2p: "For the time being Bangladesh's secular roots are holding, but the fundamentalist cause is in the ascendant. And as the rise of militant Muslim groups in Indonesia has shown, economic collapse and political crisis can galvanize support for extremists very quickly. The process is not irreversible, but if left unchallenged for too long, Bangladesh could deteriorate and become a new nest for terror. There is still time for a counter-revolution." -- Bertil Lintner in his report titled "Bangladesh, A Cocoon of Terror"
21-Oct-01 (Washington Post) p2p: "Muslims have trouble living peaceably with their neighbors. The question naturally arises as to whether this pattern of late-20th-century conflict between Muslim and non-Muslim groups is equally true of relations between groups from other civilizations. In fact, it is not. Muslims make up about one-fifth of the world's population, but in the 1990s they have been far more involved in intergroup violence than the people of any other civilization. The evidence is overwhelming." -- Harvard's Samuel P. Huntington writes in "The Clash of Civilization and the Remaking of World Order"
