Muslims Apologise

The following comment is rather long but it is an amazing confession
by Muslims and opens up the oppportunity for evangelistic
prayers. I got this quote from Rev Bob Vincent's post on a web
discussion group. After first seeing it on Fox News I wanted to get
the entire statement. Thanks, Bob, for helping me out.

We Are So Sorry for 9-11

This September 11 marks the third unforgettable anniversary of the
worst mass murder in American history. After September 11, many
in the Muslim world chose denial and hallucination rather than face
up to the sad fact that Muslims perpetrated the 9-11 terrorist acts
and that we have an enormous problem with extremism and support
for terrorism.

Many Muslims, including religious leaders, and "intellectuals"
blamed 9-11 on a Jewish conspiracy and went as far as fabricating
a tale that 4000 Jews did not show up for work in the World Trade
Center on 9-11. Yet others blamed 9-11 on an American right wing
conspiracy or the U.S. Government which allegedly wanted an excuse
to invade Iraq and "steal" Iraqi oil.

As to apologizing, we will no longer wait for our religious leaders
and "intellectuals" to do the right thing. Instead, we will start by
apologizing for 9-11 . . . After numerous admissions of guilt by Bin
Laden and numerous corroborating admissions by captured top
level Al-Qaida operatives, we wonder, does the Muslim leadership
have the dignity and courage to apologize for 9-11?

If not 9-11, will we apologize for the murder of school children
in Russia?

If not Russia, will we apologize for the train bombings in
Madrid, Spain?

If not Spain, will we apologize for suicide bombings in buses,
restaurants and other public places?

If not suicide bombings, will we apologize for the barbaric
beheadings of human beings?

If not beheadings, will we apologize for the rape and murder
of thousands of innocent people in Darfour?

If not Darfour, will we apologize for the blowing up of two
Russian planes by Muslim women?

What will we apologize for?

Those who commit mass murder in the name of Islam are
not just a few fringe elements?

What will it take for Muslims to realize that we are facing
a crisis that is more deadly than the Aids epidemic?

What will it take for Muslims to realize that there is a large
evil movement that is turning what was a peaceful religion
into a cult?

Will Muslims wake up before it is too late? Or will we continue
blaming the Jews and an imaginary Jewish conspiracy? The
blaming of all Muslim problems on Jews is a cancer that is
destroying Muslim society from within and it must stop.

Muslims must look inward and put a stop to many of our
religious leaders who spend most of their sermons teaching
hatred, intolerance and violent jihad. We should not be afraid
to admit that as Muslims we have a problem with violent
extremism. We should not be afraid to admit that so many of our
religious leaders belong behind bars and not behind a pulpit.

Only moderate Muslims can challenge and defeat extremist
Muslims. We can no longer afford to be silent. If we remain
silent to the extremism within our community then we should
not expect anyone to listen to us
when we complain of stereotyping and discrimination by
non-Muslims; we should not be surprised when the world
treats all of us as terrorists; we should not be surprised when
we are profiled at airports.

Simply put, not only do Muslims need to join the war against
terror, we need to take the lead in this war.

As to apologizing, we will no longer wait for our religious
leaders and "intellectuals" to do the right thing. Instead,
we will start by apologizing for 9-11.

We are so sorry that 3000 people were murdered in our
name. We will never forget the sight of people jumping from
two of the highest buildings in the world hoping against hope
that if they moved their arms fast enough that they may fly
and survive a certain death from burning.

We are sorry for blaming 9-11 on a Jewish or right wing
conspiracy.

We are so sorry for the murder of more than three hundred
school children and adults in Russia.

We are so sorry for the murder of train passengers in Spain.

We are so sorry for all the victims of suicide bombings. We are
so sorry for the beheadings, abductions, rapes, violent Jihad
and all the atrocities committed by Muslims around the world.

We are so sorry for a religious education that raised killers
rather than train people to do good in the world. We are sorry that we
did not take the time to teach our children tolerance and respect for
other people.

We are so sorry for not rising up against the dictators
who have ruled the Muslim world for decades.

We are so sorry for allowing corruption to spread so fast and
so deep in the Muslim world that many of our youth lost hope.

We are so sorry for allowing our religious leaders to relegate
women to the status of fourth class citizens at best and sub-humans
at worst.

We are so sorry.

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