double standards
Reader comment on item: Muslims Target Tariq Ramadan, Brotherhood

Submitted by Lewis, Apr 19, 2010 02:02

@ Karen: Not sure I'm following. Whether or not Tariq Ramadan is actively condemning terrorist activities seems to be beside the point; it is pretty clear, from what is written, that the so-called moderates are using his objection to killing a man as their primary example of his double standards. Moderates and/or reasonable individuals should not be tacitly or implicitly accepting that the attempted assassination of Awlkai is justifiable. Not sure how it detracts at all from my previous comment.

If there should be an active duty on people to condemn any acts, which seems to be the only complaint these moderates have of Tariq Ramadan, then that duty should begin with these moderates codemning the US attempting to kill a man. I'm not sure why people might feel it is more important for a man like Tariq Ramadan to condemn a person like Awlaki, than for these so-called moderates to condemn the actions of the US who are trying to kill a man who has not even been accused of any serious crime (beyond touting anti-American rhetoric)?

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