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March 13, 2002
National Review Editor
Suggests "Nuking Mecca"
CounterPunch
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American
Muslim groups are calling on the National Review to apologize
for published statements by editor Rich Lowry who suggested
that "nuking Mecca" would "send a signal"
to Muslims. National
Review online calls itself "America's premier
conservative website.")
In an online forum called "The
Corner," editor Rich Lowry wrote on March 7:
"Lots of sentiment for nuking Mecca.
Moderates opt for something more along these lines: "Baghdad
and Tehran would be the likeliest sites for a first strike.
If we have clean enough bombs to assure a pinpoint damage area,
Gaza City and Ramallah would also be on list. Damascus, Cairo,
Algiers, Tripoli and Riyadh should be put on alert that any
signs of support for the attacks in their cities will bring
immediate annihilation..."
"This is a tough one, and I don't
know quite what to think. Mecca seems extreme, of course, but
then again few people would die and it would send a signal.
Religions have suffered such catastrophic setbacks before...And,
as a general matter, the time for seriousness-including figuring
out what we would do in retaliation, so maybe it can have some
slight deterrent effect--is now rather than after thousands
and thousands more American casualties."
National Review writer Rod Dreher also
took part in the discussion of an attack on Mecca. He wrote:
"...I'd say Baghdad, Tehran and Riyadh should make the
list, tout ensemble, and maybe even Damascus. As for Mecca,
well, it would feel good, but we'd have every Muslim on the
planet enraged unto ages of ages..."
"These statements are a call to
violence against Muslims and Islam. Inflammatory rhetoric suggesting
mass murder and the destruction of religious sites is wildly
irresponsible and beyond the bounds of reasoned debate. The
National Review should apologize immediately and discipline
Lowry and Dreher for their offensive remarks. Hate speech can
never be justified or excused," said CAIR Executive Director
Nihad Awad.
Awad added that these statements are
part of a disturbing trend in which some commentators attack
the faith of Islam under the cover of political debate. (Lowry
now says his remarks were merely "sarcastic.") In
a September column published on National Review, Ann Coulter
wrote: "...We should invade their [Muslim] countries, kill
their leaders and convert them to Christianity."
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