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Outside View: The Muslim mind is on fire By Youssef M. Ibrahim Jul 26, 2005, 5:11 GMT DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (UPI) -- The world of Islam is on fire. Indeed the Muslim mind is on fire. Above all the West is now ready to take both of them on. The latest reliable report confirm that on average 33 Iraqis die every day, executed by Iraqis and foreign jihadis and suicide bombers, not by U.S. or British soldiers. In fact, fewer than ever U.S. or British soldiers are dying since the invasion more than two years ago. Instead we now watch on television hundreds of innocent Iraqis lying without limbs, bleeding in the streets dead or wounded for life. If this is jihad, someone got his religious education completely upside down. Palestine is on fire, too, with Palestinian armed groups fighting one another -- Hamas against Fatah and all against the Palestinian Authority. All have rendered Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas impotent and have diminished the world`s respect and sympathy for Palestinian sufferings. A couple of weeks ago, London was on fire as Pakistani and other Muslims with British citizenship blew up tube stations in the name of Islam. Al-Qaida in Europe or one of its franchises proclaimed proudly the killing of 54 and wounding 700 innocent citizens was done to "avenge Islam" and Muslims. Madrid was on fire too last year, when Muslim jihadis blew up train stations killing 160 people and wounding a few thousands. The excuse in all the above cases was the war in Iraq, but let us not forget that in September 2001, long before Iraq, Osama bin Laden proudly announced he ordered the killing of some 3,000 in the United States, in the name of avenging Islam. Let us not forget the killing began a long time before the invasion of Iraq. Indeed, jihadis have been killing for a decade in the name of Islam. They killed innocent tourists and natives in Morocco and Egypt, in Africa, in Indonesia and in Yemen, all done in the name of Islam by Muslims who say they are better than all other Muslims. They killed in India, in Thailand and are now talk of killing in Germany and Denmark and so on. There were attacks with bombs that killed scores inside Shiite and Sunni mosques, inside churches and inside synagogues in Turkey and Tunisia, with Muslim preachers saying it is OK to kill Jews and Christians -- the so called infidels. Above all it is the Muslim mind that is on fire. The Muslim fundamentalist who attacked the Dutch film director Theo Van Gogh in the Netherlands, stabbed him more than 23 times then cut his throat. He recently proudly proclaimed at his trial: "I did it because my religion - Islam -- dictated it and I would do it again if were free." Which preacher told this guy this is Islam? That preacher should be in jail with him. Do the cowardly jihadis who recruit suicide bombers really think they will force the U.S. Army and British troops out of Iraq by killing hundreds of innocent Iraqis? U.S. troops now have bases and operate in Iraq but also from Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Oman? The only accomplishment of jihadis is that now they have aroused the great "Western Tiger." There was a time when the United States and Europe welcomed Arab and Muslim immigrants, visitors and students, with open arms. London even allowed all dissidents escaping their countries to preach against those countries under the guise of political refugees. Well, that is all over now. Time has become for the big Western vengeance. Visas for Arab and Muslim young men will be impossible to get for the United States and Western Europe. Those working there, will be expelled if they are illegal and harassed even if their papers are in order. Airlines will have to right to refuse boarding to passengers if their names even resemble names on a prohibited list on all flights heading to Europe and the United States. What is more important to remember is this: When the West did unite after World War II to beat communism, the long Cold War began without pity. They took no prisoners. They all stood together, from the United States to Norway, from Britain to Spain, from Belgium to Switzerland. And they did bring down the biggest empire. Communism collapsed. I fear those naïve Muslims who think they are beating the West have now achieved their worst crime of all. The West is now going to war against not only Muslims, but, sadly Islam as a religion. In this new cold and hot war, car bombs and suicide bombers here and there will be no match for the arsenal those Westerners are putting together - an arsenal of laws, intelligence pooling, surveillance by satellites, armies of special forces, and indeed allies inside the Arab world who are tired of having their lives disrupted by demented so-called jihadis or those bearded preachers who under the guise of preaching do little to teach and much to ignite the fire, those who know little about Islam and nothing about humanity. (Youssef M. Ibrahim, a former Middle East correspondent for the New York Times and energy editor of the Wall Street Journal, is managing director of the Dubai-based Strategic Energy Investment Group. He can be contacted at [EMAIL PROTECTED]) (United Press International`s "Outside View" commentaries are written by outside contributors who specialize in a variety of important issues. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of United Press International. In the interests of creating an open forum, original submissions are invited.) Copyright 2005 by United Press International DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (UPI) -- The world of Islam is on fire. Indeed the Muslim mind is on fire. Above all the West is now ready to take both of them on. The latest reliable report confirm that on average 33 Iraqis die every day, executed by Iraqis and foreign jihadis and suicide bombers, not by U.S. or British soldiers. In fact, fewer than ever U.S. or British soldiers are dying since the invasion more than two years ago. Instead we now watch on television hundreds of innocent Iraqis lying without limbs, bleeding in the streets dead or wounded for life. If this is jihad, someone got his religious education completely upside down. Palestine is on fire, too, with Palestinian armed groups fighting one another -- Hamas against Fatah and all against the Palestinian Authority. All have rendered Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas impotent and have diminished the world`s respect and sympathy for Palestinian sufferings. A couple of weeks ago, London was on fire as Pakistani and other Muslims with British citizenship blew up tube stations in the name of Islam. Al-Qaida in Europe or one of its franchises proclaimed proudly the killing of 54 and wounding 700 innocent citizens was done to "avenge Islam" and Muslims. Madrid was on fire too last year, when Muslim jihadis blew up train stations killing 160 people and wounding a few thousands. The excuse in all the above cases was the war in Iraq, but let us not forget that in September 2001, long before Iraq, Osama bin Laden proudly announced he ordered the killing of some 3,000 in the United States, in the name of avenging Islam. Let us not forget the killing began a long time before the invasion of Iraq. Indeed, jihadis have been killing for a decade in the name of Islam. They killed innocent tourists and natives in Morocco and Egypt, in Africa, in Indonesia and in Yemen, all done in the name of Islam by Muslims who say they are better than all other Muslims. They killed in India, in Thailand and are now talk of killing in Germany and Denmark and so on. There were attacks with bombs that killed scores inside Shiite and Sunni mosques, inside churches and inside synagogues in Turkey and Tunisia, with Muslim preachers saying it is OK to kill Jews and Christians -- the so called infidels. Above all it is the Muslim mind that is on fire. The Muslim fundamentalist who attacked the Dutch film director Theo Van Gogh in the Netherlands, stabbed him more than 23 times then cut his throat. He recently proudly proclaimed at his trial: "I did it because my religion - Islam -- dictated it and I would do it again if were free." Which preacher told this guy this is Islam? That preacher should be in jail with him. Do the cowardly jihadis who recruit suicide bombers really think they will force the U.S. Army and British troops out of Iraq by killing hundreds of innocent Iraqis? U.S. troops now have bases and operate in Iraq but also from Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Oman? The only accomplishment of jihadis is that now they have aroused the great "Western Tiger." There was a time when the United States and Europe welcomed Arab and Muslim immigrants, visitors and students, with open arms. London even allowed all dissidents escaping their countries to preach against those countries under the guise of political refugees. Well, that is all over now. Time has become for the big Western vengeance. Visas for Arab and Muslim young men will be impossible to get for the United States and Western Europe. Those working there, will be expelled if they are illegal and harassed even if their papers are in order. Airlines will have to right to refuse boarding to passengers if their names even resemble names on a prohibited list on all flights heading to Europe and the United States. What is more important to remember is this: When the West did unite after World War II to beat communism, the long Cold War began without pity. They took no prisoners. They all stood together, from the United States to Norway, from Britain to Spain, from Belgium to Switzerland. And they did bring down the biggest empire. Communism collapsed. I fear those naïve Muslims who think they are beating the West have now achieved their worst crime of all. The West is now going to war against not only Muslims, but, sadly Islam as a religion. In this new cold and hot war, car bombs and suicide bombers here and there will be no match for the arsenal those Westerners are putting together - an arsenal of laws, intelligence pooling, surveillance by satellites, armies of special forces, and indeed allies inside the Arab world who are tired of having their lives disrupted by demented so-called jihadis or those bearded preachers who under the guise of preaching do little to teach and much to ignite the fire, those who know little about Islam and nothing about humanity. (Youssef M. Ibrahim, a former Middle East correspondent for the New York Times and energy editor of the Wall Street Journal, is managing director of the Dubai-based Strategic Energy Investment Group. He can be contacted at [EMAIL PROTECTED]) (United Press International`s "Outside View" commentaries are written by outside contributors who specialize in a variety of important issues. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of United Press International. 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