Muslims Apologize for 9/11

Here in the anniversary of 9/11, a moderate muslim group has published an editorial apologizing for the terrorist attacks including those on the Twin Towers, those in Spain, those in Russia, and even those in Israel. Is this a real, heart-felt move by the non-radicals, or just a public relations move to save face?

As to apologizing, we will no longer wait for our religious leaders and “intellectuals” to do the right thing. Instead, we will start by apologizing for 9-11. We are so sorry that 3000 people were murdered in our name. We will never forget the sight of people jumping from two of the highest buildings in the world hoping against hope that if they moved their arms fast enough that they may fly and survive a certain death from burning...We are so sorry for the murder of more than three hundred school children and adults in Russia. We are so sorry for the murder of train passengers in Spain....We are so sorry for not rising up against the dictators who have ruled the Muslim world for decades. We are so sorry for allowing corruption to spread so fast and so deep in the Muslim world that many of our youth lost hope.

We are so sorry for allowing our religious leaders to relegate women to the status of forth class citizens at best and sub-humans at worse.

We Christians (or judeo-christian heritage, if you want to get generic about American culture) are taught to accept apologies, and turn the other cheek. I hope sincerely that this fits the true definition of repentance: not just being sorry for doing wrong, but also turning from that wrong and never doing it again.



Maybe there is hope for change in the Islamic world.