Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Prince Muhammad bin Zayid of UAE was speaking about the recent bombings in Jordan. He called for Muslim clerics to begin propagating takfir of those who engage in such acts. That is right: so now, we will have takfir versus takfir, Zarqawis versus Zarqawis, Bin Ladens versus Bin Ladens. In other words, use the weapons of religious fanaticism against religious fanaticism. Wait. Is that not what Thomas Friedman, secretary-general of the Arab League, wants for the Arab world?