absurd to compare Jihadists to Baruch Goldstein

Froma a colleague
I beg to disagree with the very premise of the comparisons
between suicide bombers (including 9/11) and Baruch Goldstein.



There is no reasonable analogy that can be made between the 9/11 bombers and
Baruch Goldstein (all Yemach Shemam). The major difference here (and the
one that matters the most when it comes to building the Cordoba Center) is
that Goldstein was universally condemned for acts of murder by the Jewish
community. The Jihadists who destroyed the WTC, as well as Jihadists around
the world, are lionized by their co-religionists, are supported by
governments which support terror, and have buildings and streets named after
them. I may have met one or two Jews who "understood" what may have set
Goldstein off, but I have yet to meet one who praised him for what he did.
I'm sure that if one looked hard enough, one could find a handful of Jews
who supported his actions wholeheartedly, but they are Batel B'Million.
Jihad, on the other hand, is part and parcel of Muslim life - and anyone who
claims that Jihad as preached by Imams and Islamist states refers to "inner
struggle" in 2010 needs to wake up and smell the Huka!



I can say "Yemach Shemo" regarding Baruch Goldstein without hesitation. Yet
Rauf cannot even utter a negative thing about Hamas and other terrorist
organizations. The fact that the Arabic version of his book, published in
Malaysia, was entitled, "A Call to Prayer, From the World Trade Center
Rubble". He surely sees the destruction of the WTC as a springboard for
Islamic triumphalism. Again, he has a right to build his mosque. Freedom
of religion here in the U.S. guarantees that. But freedom of speech also
guarantees us the right to express our thorough disgust if they choose to
build this mosquestrocity at the proposed site.