''It comes as no surprise that this organisation(IHH) should attack a cultural event trying to spread tolerance between religions...''
As much the Islamists and jihadists as Al-Qaeda or the Salafis, the IHH wants nothing less than complete sharia, and anything which violates the tenets of Islam is to be condemned and fought against. A music concert, with Israeli and Turkish players was just too much for those followers of the "religion of peace", and their threats, once again trumped a cultural event meant to bring people together, using one of the oldest methods in the world: melody and tempo.
From ANSAmed June 10
As much the Islamists and jihadists as Al-Qaeda or the Salafis, the IHH wants nothing less than complete sharia, and anything which violates the tenets of Islam is to be condemned and fought against. A music concert, with Israeli and Turkish players was just too much for those followers of the "religion of peace", and their threats, once again trumped a cultural event meant to bring people together, using one of the oldest methods in the world: melody and tempo.
From ANSAmed June 10
MIDEAST:TURKEY CANCELS '3 RELIGIONS'CONCERT, ISRAEL DISMAYED
(ANSAmed) - Israel has reacted with disappointment to the last-minute cancellation of a concert dedicated to inter-religious tolerance to be held in Istanbul following threats received from extremist Islamic groups. These groups included - according to local mass media reports - the Turkish NGO IHH which has organised the Freedom Flotilla for Gaza due to set sail at the end of this month.
Organised by such bodies as Istanbul's city council and the Israeli consulate, the concert planned to include performances by an Israeli cantor, a Turkish imam and a soloist from the Armenian Church in Istanbul. But just as rehearsals were coming to an end yesterday, the Israeli cantor, Lior Almaliach, learned that the concert had been cancelled and that he would be well advised to leave Turkey on that same day.
A hard condemnation ensued from Israel's foreign ministry, which accused the IHH itself of being behind the pressure to have the event cancelled. ''It comes as no surprise that this organisation should attack a cultural event trying to spread tolerance between religions,'' - the ministry's spokesperson, Igal Palmor, is reported by military radio to have said, ''Those with a terrorist mentality reach for their pistols every time they hear the word 'culture'''.
A hard condemnation ensued from Israel's foreign ministry, which accused the IHH itself of being behind the pressure to have the event cancelled. ''It comes as no surprise that this organisation should attack a cultural event trying to spread tolerance between religions,'' - the ministry's spokesperson, Igal Palmor, is reported by military radio to have said, ''Those with a terrorist mentality reach for their pistols every time they hear the word 'culture'''.
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Life would be so much simpler if we were just robots with a few wise and all knowing dictators. Who are we to question the religion of peace? Our puny minds couldn't possibly understand the divine wisdom that is supposed to rule our lives.
I sure am happy I don't live in that world!
One of the greatest gifts of humanity is our ability to thinks for ourselves. Now if only more people could use this gift!
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