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Who are the extremists?

4 October 2006, 18:00 PM
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Syed Husain, Old DOHS, Dhaka
The statement 'US President George W. Bush might have bungled in Iraq' (Letters, DS/October 2) is not only the understatement of the year 2006 but also it is jaw dropping! George Bush is as extremist as Osama bin Laden. This man should stand trial for war crimes and genocide. He is responsible for killing Muslims as well as his fellow Americans. And it is not by mistake that he has initiated that some of the laws in his country be changed so that he cannot be charged with war crimes once he leaves office.

Extremism among the Muslims did not arise overnight. It is some of us, posing to be Muslims, who are partly responsible for what is going on in the Muslim world today. Because of hell bent allegiance to money & the west some of us (the fake ones) have had the hand in desecrating our own holy lands; some of us made friends among our enemies so that we could become the king of the lands; for cheap recognition from the powerful western extremists we have changed our divine laws & values.

Self-criticism is good, but that does not mean that one will absolve the west of any wrong doings. If one wants to call a spade a spade, then be honest about it and don't leave the west out. Have some self-respect. This western bootlicking attitude of some (fake) Muslims is also partly responsible for the tragic conflicts among Muslims.

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