JORDAN AND TERRORISM
JORDAN AND TERRORISM
Dr.Joseph Lerner,co-director IMRA
The tragedy in Jordan revealed its skewed view of terrorism as shown by King Abdullah's rejection of the Pew Poll result that 57 per cent of Jordanians justify suicide bombings and other violent acts "in defence of Islam" He countered the Pew Poll results with the results of the Zogby Poll's that 80 per cent of Jordanians are opposed to terrorist acts against innocent civilians . As a clincher, King Abdullah noted the street demonstrations against the bombings in Amman. He says: " ... see our streets in order to understand".
King Abdullah did not note the statement by Fares Braizat, University of Jordan's chief pollster, that over 60 per cent of Jordanians view Al Qaeda as a legitimate resistance group.
Jordanian approval of attacks "in defence of Islam" does not apply since the perpetrators declared their motivation was that the targeted hotels housed U.S. and Israeli spies.
Islamic states, religious leaders, media voices and academics share a
strong record of simultaneously denouncing the murder of "innocent
civilians" while supporting such actions under the crest of eliminating occupiers. They all insist that any statement against terrorism not apply to any efforts to terminate occupation, as in Iraq and Israel. So, while Jordan will not house Hamas, Jordan will not oppose Hamas.
Note two other features of Jordan's reaction to the tragic bombings :
There is no questioning as to how such a crime came about in Islam and there was an immediate outpouring of praise for Jordan's security forces ignoring their having provided virtually no protection for the hotels.
The prime media response is telling:
The editorial of the Jordan Times special Saturday 12 Nov. edition stressed "No country in the region offers such a perfect and convenient combination of attractions for culture, leisure, medical and religious tourism."
Posted by Ted Belman at November 14, 2005 09:58 PM
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JORDAN AND TERRORISM
Dr.Joseph Lerner,co-director IMRA
The tragedy in Jordan revealed its skewed view of terrorism as shown by King Abdullah's rejection of the Pew Poll result that 57 per cent of Jordanians justify suicide bombings and other violent acts "in defence of Islam" He countered the Pew Poll results with the results of the Zogby Poll's that 80 per cent of Jordanians are opposed to terrorist acts against innocent civilians . As a clincher, King Abdullah noted the street demonstrations against the bombings in Amman. He says: " ... see our streets in order to understand".
King Abdullah did not note the statement by Fares Braizat, University of Jordan's chief pollster, that over 60 per cent of Jordanians view Al Qaeda as a legitimate resistance group.
Jordanian approval of attacks "in defence of Islam" does not apply since the perpetrators declared their motivation was that the targeted hotels housed U.S. and Israeli spies.
Islamic states, religious leaders, media voices and academics share a
strong record of simultaneously denouncing the murder of "innocent
civilians" while supporting such actions under the crest of eliminating occupiers. They all insist that any statement against terrorism not apply to any efforts to terminate occupation, as in Iraq and Israel. So, while Jordan will not house Hamas, Jordan will not oppose Hamas.
Note two other features of Jordan's reaction to the tragic bombings :
The prime media response is telling:
Posted by Ted Belman at November 14, 2005 09:58 PM