Sunday, March 14, 2004
A word of advice to Spanish voters
Don't think that you've bought Al Qaeda's goodwill. As the Telegraph reports, Al Qaeda makes a curious statement in its purported dispatch claiming responsibility for the Madrid bombings:
The loss of Muslim Spain is a uniquely painful memory for many Muslims. Bernard Lewis noted at one point that he had "met Muslims in Spain who felt that southern Spain was old Muslim territory. They see it as their duty to recover it - by conversion, not by conquest." If these are the moderates, what might Al Qaeda be thinking, now that it has scored a grand coup with its first action in Spain?
Don't think that you've bought Al Qaeda's goodwill. As the Telegraph reports, Al Qaeda makes a curious statement in its purported dispatch claiming responsibility for the Madrid bombings:
This is part of settling old accounts with Spain, the crusader and America's ally in its war against Islam.
- The tragedy of Al-Andalus shall not be repeated
The loss of Muslim Spain is a uniquely painful memory for many Muslims. Bernard Lewis noted at one point that he had "met Muslims in Spain who felt that southern Spain was old Muslim territory. They see it as their duty to recover it - by conversion, not by conquest." If these are the moderates, what might Al Qaeda be thinking, now that it has scored a grand coup with its first action in Spain?
