Siege Prompts Self-Criticism in Arab Media

And AP writer Maggie Michael shows us that at least in some quarters, some of the baby raping killers are beginning to notice that drinking the blood of children while shouting "Allah Akbar" is not exactly the best publicity you could wish for. And we should also note how many examples there are in this article of "Muslim clerics" who object only to the tactics used and not to the killing of innocents. They seem to be concerned only with the means, as if the actions of these bloodsuckers would be OK if only they had chosen the right targets to murder. Such death worship is at the heart of the "religion of peace." And of course we also get lots of Muslims simply blaming others for their problems, especially those pesky Jews.

Mohammed Mahdi Akef, leader of Egypt's largest Islamic group, the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, said in general, kidnappings may be justified, but killings are not. He said the school siege did not fit the Islamic concept of jihad, or holy war.

"What happened yesterday is not jihad because our Islam obligates us to respect the souls of human beings; it is not about taking them away," Akef told The Associated Press.

Ali Abdullah, a Bahraini scholar who follows the ultraconservative Salafi stream of Islam, condemned the school attack as "un-Islamic," but insisted Muslims weren't behind it.

"I have no doubt in my mind that this is the work of the Israelis who want to tarnish the image of Muslims and are working alongside Russians who have their own agenda against the Muslims in Chechnya," said Abdullah.