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September 11, 2001: We will not forget
13 years later, Islamic jihadists continue violence, issue threats to Americans
Thirteen years ago today, 2,973 people were murdered by terrorists who commandeered two commercial airliners and flew them into the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York City and a third into the Pentagon. The death toll includes 40 passengers and crew members aboard the fourth hijacked plane, United 93, which crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, as courageous passengers rushed the cockpit.
Along with our American citizens, people from 90 other countries were killed in the attacks. The stunning horror of the day will remain with us throughout our lives.
We also remember the orchestrated attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012 — resulting in the deaths of Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Ty Woods, Sean Smith and Glen Doherty.
This year the recent depraved beheadings of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, shake our sensibilities —- as was the intent via the grotesque videos posted by the jihadist executioners. These victims follow Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter savagely executed in the same manner in 2002
The perpetrators of these unspeakably evil acts are fanatical and murderous international thugs who literally follow the Quran’s 47:4 directive to “strike the necks” of unbelievers. Obviously, ISIS represents the worst of Islam, but few American Muslims raise their voices against either the butchery or the threats of causing devastation to our homeland and inflicting havoc on American cities.
We have a notably outspoken and patriotic exception right here in Arizona. Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, a Valley internist, who founded the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, in the wake of the 2001 attacks.
But Dr. Jasser stands as a lone voice. Why the overwhelming silence from the American Muslim community?
Source: http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/september-11-2001-we-will-not-forget-5/
