NO CHEATING BY GOOGLING!!
Here are two statements by different apologists. If you know your weasels, you should be able to identify both of them. If you do cheat and Google the quotes, do not put the answers in the comments.
1. On the 9/11 hijackers:
“The hijackers themselves certainly regarded the 9/11 atrocities as a religious act but one that bore very little resemblance to normative Islam. A document found in Ata’s suitcase outlined a program of prayer and reflection to help them through the ordeal. … The principal imperative of Islamic spirituality is tawhid (“making one”): Muslims truly understand the unity of God only if they integrate all their activities and thoughts. But this document atomizes the mission, dividing it into segments — the “last night,” the journey to the airport, boarding the planes, etc. — so that the unbearable whole is never considered. The terrorists were told to look forward to paradise and back to the time of the Prophet — in fact, to contemplate anything but the atrocity they were committing in the present.”
As the analyst dryly commented, “The 9/11 hijackers were not being good Muslims, then, because they printed up an itemized schedule.”
2. On the Charlie Hebdo massacre. When asked if the magazine Charlie Hebdo helped polarize Muslims and non-Muslims in Europe, this apologist responded:
“Well, it’s not a justification by any means at all, but what Charlie Hebdo represents for a lot of people in Europe is precisely this clash of civilizations. Look, the editors of Charlie Hebdo would unapologetically say they make fun of everybody, every religion, and they make fun of Muslims for a very specific reason to sort of show, or maybe demonstrate, that look if you maybe want to be in this country, if you want to be in France, then you have to deal with the French values, you have to rid yourself of your own values, ideals, norms, and you have to take on French values. And there have been a number of laws passed not only in France, with regard to prohibitions on Islamic dress, but throughout Europe about whether you can build mosques, about whether build minarets, et cetera. And this tension, this polarization I’m afraid has led to a lot of acts of violence. Not just the tragedy yesterday..”




















