Posted by
EFuller on Wednesday, May 09, 2007 8:17:11 PM
" Ethnic cleansing" has been used to describe one ethnic group killing another within a country or region. "Islamic cleansing" is my term referring to Islamic militants demanding conversion to Islam or else -- the else being abondonment of property and exile or death.
In Iraq, Sunni Muslims are "
cleansing" the Dora area of Christians. Note, these are not terrorists attacking the "great Satan, the United States." Nor is they Sunnis attacking Shia or vice versa. They are Iraqis attacking fellow Iraqis of a different faith. The belief system that produces this persecution is fundamentalist Islam.
The Cold War was a contest between ideologies, not just countries. The current war is also a contest between ideologies, not just terrorists and their sponsors.