Not a Bot said:
Palestinian President Abbas (NOT affiliated with Hamas...it is complicated):
" President Mahmoud Abbas: We reject violence and adhere to international legitimacy, peaceful popular resistance, and political action as a path to achieving our national goals."
Long history there. For a long time it has been rumored he and his government have secretly been working with Israel and the US behind the scenes to keep the peace. Civil war between his faction and Hamas several years ago, tentative peace but Hamas still controls Gaza. Fatah (Abbas) controls West Bank. West Bank far more open and peaceful. WB does have some elements working against Fatah.
Abbas advocates for a two-state solution with multiculturalism and secularism. Hamas doesn't like that.
What continues to be missed by Muslim leaders in any criticism / condemnation they post is any acceptance of responsibility and clarity that those who committed these atrocities are NOT muslim and will not see "paradise".
Abbas is merely pandering for support. I think a more appropriate statement would be...
"We reject the violence committed by the terrorist group Hamas and others who conduct themselves not as loyal, faithful Muslims, but conduct themselves as animals who have rejected the teachings of Islam to pursue a life of evil and their reward share be death and eternal suffering. We call on leaders of all Muslim countries to immediately declare all Islam related terror groups to be enemies of Islam, arrest all members, and execute any members who resist."
The muslim lead countries need to step up or be considered the same as Hamas. To quote George W. Bush in the days after 09/11 speech:
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"Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime."
https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010920-8.htmlAnd we need to get back to the following:
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"But the only way to defeat terrorism as a threat to our way of life is to stop it, eliminate it, and destroy it where it grows."
However, Bush also had some words regarding Muslims that some may not agree with, but they should at least be considered.
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"I also want to speak tonight directly to Muslims throughout the world. We respect your faith. It's practiced freely by many millions of Americans, and by millions more in countries that America counts as friends. Its teachings are good and peaceful, and those who commit evil in the name of Allah blaspheme the name of Allah. The terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam itself. The enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends; it is not our many Arab friends. Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists, and every government that supports them."