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Posted on Samedi 26 janvier 2008
Il semblerait que le gouvernement anglais aît décidé de changer le terme « terrorisme islamique » en « activité anti-islamique », selon un article du Daily Mail, intitulé “Government Renames Islamic Terrorism As ‘Anti-Islamic Activity’ To Woo Muslims.” La logique est simple : tuer des centaines d’innocents au nom de l’Islam donne une mauvaie réputation à l’Islam , c’est donc une activité anti-islamique . Comme le fait remarquer Mark Steyn, c’est un peu comme si quand la Luftwaffe arrosait Londres de bombes, Neville Chamberlain avait qualifié la chose d’activité anti- allemande, puisque ça nuisait à l’image d’Epinal de l’Allemand sympathique qui mange des saucisses dans un Biergarten à Munich…
First They Came for Piglet
Excessive deference to Islam.
By Mark Steyn
My favorite headline of the year so far comes from The Daily Mail in Britain: “Government Renames Islamic Terrorism As ‘Anti-Islamic Activity’ To Woo Muslims.”
Her Majesty’s government is not alone in feeling it’s not always helpful to link Islam and the, ah, various unpleasantnesses with suicide bombers and whatnot. Even in his cowboy Crusader heyday, President Bush liked to cool down the crowd with a lot of religion-of-peace stuff. But the British have now decided that kind of mealy-mouthed “respect” is no longer sufficient. So, henceforth, any terrorism perpetrated by persons of an Islamic persuasion will be designated “anti-Islamic activity” Britain’s home secretary, Jacqui Smith, unveiled the new brand name in a speech a few days ago. “There is nothing Islamic about the wish to terrorize, nothing Islamic about plotting murder, pain and grief,” she told her audience. “Indeed, if anything, these actions are anti-Islamic.” (Lire la suite…)
