tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37038499.post2073873801268293418..comments2023-10-29T07:27:19.099-07:00Comments on NonParty Politics: Muslim Blog Supports Intifada T-ShirtUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37038499.post-42826239254406498712007-08-17T13:48:00.000-07:002007-08-17T13:48:00.000-07:00Alejandro,Please see my response in "Casuistry By ...Alejandro,<BR/><BR/>Please see my response in "Casuistry By Definition."<BR/><BR/><BR/>NickPaul Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00985305814369923325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37038499.post-8186409189155318072007-08-15T14:05:00.000-07:002007-08-15T14:05:00.000-07:00Dear Nick,Thanks for letting us know about the typ...Dear Nick,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for letting us know about the typo. I'll be sure to catch it next time.<BR/><BR/>As a minor point to your source on the word "intifada", while your citation to wikipedia is correct, you missed the wiktionary entry < http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intifada>, which would validate the Principal's definition of the word as “a shaking off”. <BR/><BR/>As for the characterization of intifada as "violent radical Islamic nationalism" it is grossly misleading. It is not necessarily violent nor is it Islamic per se. In fact it is quite secular and there are Palestinian Christians, for instance who support the intifada < http://www.holylandalternatives.net/christians.html> as well as Lebanese Christians < http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1911-2005Mar2.html> who were involved in their own (peaceful) intifada. In fact, along with Hamas and Islamic Jihad, one of the most prominent hardline and violent opponents to Arafat’s agreement to the 1993 Oslo accords was George Habash < http://hnn.us/articles/1640.html>, the founder and leader of the militant PFLP. <BR/><BR/>Nor is the intifada automatically violent either. In fact, the first intifada was mostly non-violent < http://files.tikkun.org/current/article.php?story=2007021321115376&mode=print>. There have been calls for a peaceful Palestinian intifada coming from both Muslims and Christians < http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1291810,00.html>, however they have been undermined by Israel's occupation, including the use of agent provocateurs < http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=570288&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0> at peaceful demonstrations. <BR/><BR/>Finally, as for the Minaret of Freedom Institute moderating its blog, we see nothing wrong with that. There are other blogs, including one blog that you link to, “Jihad Watch”, which also says that it moderates its comments. The only thing we asked for in the e-mail response was a more academic and less inflammatory tone in your response, to take out the word “lies” and we suggested you replace it with “falsehoods”. You agreed to the change and then we let you post it right here < http://blog.minaret.org/?p=386>. What’s the problem?<BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/><BR/>AlejandroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com