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March 13, 2002
National Review Editor
Suggests "Nuking Mecca"
CounterPunch Wire
American Muslim groups are calling on the National Review to apologize for
published statements by editor Rich Lowry who suggested that "nuking Mecca"
would "send a signal" to Muslims. National Review online calls itself "America's
premier conservative website.")
In an online forum called "The Corner," editor Rich Lowry wrote on March 7:
"Lots of sentiment for nuking Mecca. Moderates opt for something more along these
lines: "Baghdad and Tehran would be the likeliest sites for a first strike. If we have
clean enough bombs to assure a pinpoint damage area, Gaza City and Ramallah
would also be on list. Damascus, Cairo, Algiers, Tripoli and Riyadh should be put on
alert that any signs of support for the attacks in their cities will bring immediate
annihilation..."
"This is a tough one, and I don't know quite what to think. Mecca seems extreme, of
course, but then again few people would die and it would send a signal. Religions
have suffered such catastrophic setbacks before...And, as a general matter, the time
for seriousness-including figuring out what we would do in retaliation, so maybe it can
have some slight deterrent effect--is now rather than after thousands and thousands
more American casualties."
National Review writer Rod Dreher also took part in the discussion of an attack on
Mecca. He wrote: "...I'd say Baghdad, Tehran and Riyadh should make the list, tout
ensemble, and maybe even Damascus. As for Mecca, well, it would feel good, but
we'd have every Muslim on the planet enraged unto ages of ages..."
"These statements are a call to violence against Muslims and Islam. Inflammatory
rhetoric suggesting mass murder and the destruction of religious sites is wildly
irresponsible and beyond the bounds of reasoned debate. The National Review
should apologize immediately and discipline Lowry and Dreher for their offensive
remarks. Hate speech can never be justified or excused," said CAIR Executive
Director Nihad Awad.
Awad added that these statements are part of a disturbing trend in which some
commentators attack the faith of Islam under the cover of political debate. (Lowry
now says his remarks were merely "sarcastic.") In a September column published on
National Review, Ann Coulter wrote: "...We should invade their [Muslim] countries,
kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity."
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