Why We Are Better

The man who calls himself Cicero sends me this story, which points up the difference between Western civilization and the barbarian bastards who bombed London last week...

Plans by an alliance of rightwing extremists and football hooligans to exact "revenge" on Muslims after last week's bomb attacks are being monitored by police.
The Guardian has learned that extremists are keen to cause widespread fear and injury with attacks on mosques and high-profile "anti-Muslim" events in the capital.

Football hooligans communicating over the internet have spoken of the need to put aside partisan support for teams and unite against Muslims. Hooligans from West Ham, Millwall, Crystal Palace and Arsenal are among those seeking to establish common cause.

As part of wider plans to generate a backlash, rightwing groups such as the Nationalist Alliance and the National Front are said to be planning marches. Extremists hope to hold a march along Victoria Embankment in London tomorrow.
It is also known that many mosques have received bomb threats since the attacks.

Attempts by the right to make capital out of the tragedy have created a powderkeg. Already extremist Islamist websites have told Muslims to be ready to retaliate.

Remember when Palestinian terrorists holed up inside a mosque to hide from Isreali soldiers, yet the Isrealis respected the shrine? Or how about the so-called "insurent" terrorists who operated out of Muslim holy places by shooting soldiers and civilians in Iraq? And now, it's secular Western authorities who seek to protect Muslim shrines from right-wing extremists. The exteremists on both sides defame Islam, but which is worse? I'd argue it's those who defile Islam while pretending to practice it. But in the end, that's an argument that Muslims themselves must make, and purge from their ranks those insult their religion through murder and violence. Here's hoping they do.

There are times when you realize that Westerners have more respect for the holy shrines of Islam than the Muslim extermists do. This is one of them.