Comments on: New York Times: ‘Extremism spreads acro… http://talkislam.info/2009/10/27/new-york-times-extremism-spreads-acro/ a crescent waxing eloquent Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:22:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bingregory http://talkislam.info/2009/10/27/new-york-times-extremism-spreads-acro/#comment-17006 bingregory Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:21:20 +0000 http://talkislam.info/2009/10/27/new-york-times-extremism-spreads-acro/#comment-17006 Aceh has had a sustained armed resistance against the State since Independence. Moving to a federal system with some regional state-level autonomy rather than a single centralized state is the only way to solve that problem. Stoning of adulterers is far preferable to a return to civil war, just as it was in Afghanistan. After a generation or two of peace and genuine home rule I'm sure they'll mellow out. On the other hand, considering the oil and gas Aceh is sitting on, chances are not good that they will be left alone that long. Aceh has had a sustained armed resistance against the State since Independence. Moving to a federal system with some regional state-level autonomy rather than a single centralized state is the only way to solve that problem. Stoning of adulterers is far preferable to a return to civil war, just as it was in Afghanistan. After a generation or two of peace and genuine home rule I’m sure they’ll mellow out. On the other hand, considering the oil and gas Aceh is sitting on, chances are not good that they will be left alone that long.

]]> By: thabet http://talkislam.info/2009/10/27/new-york-times-extremism-spreads-acro/#comment-17005 thabet Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:00:12 +0000 http://talkislam.info/2009/10/27/new-york-times-extremism-spreads-acro/#comment-17005 <blockquote>shows how a small, radical minority has successfully pushed its agenda, locally and nationally, by cowing political and religious moderates</blockquote> Would the New York Times ever cast the support in the US for the illegal invasion of Iraq in such terms? Or perhaps not, given it cheered on an invasion which may have killed hundreds of thousands through direct and indirect actions by the 'coalition'.

shows how a small, radical minority has successfully pushed its agenda, locally and nationally, by cowing political and religious moderates

Would the New York Times ever cast the support in the US for the illegal invasion of Iraq in such terms? Or perhaps not, given it cheered on an invasion which may have killed hundreds of thousands through direct and indirect actions by the ‘coalition’.

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