Moderate Muslims: Winning over skeptics

I've mentioned before how nice it would be to hear the Islamic world cry out against demons personified who slaughter all things civilized. I think Horton's Whos could be more easily heard. An article in USA Today today reminded me of the sound of Islamic silence (I don't recommend the read, but for disclosure's sake you can find it here).

The gist of the article: because of the recent Jewish "war in Gaza," Obama will continue to support Israel against Gaza's democratically elected government. The same old saw. It's the Jews' fault. America will continue to support the Jewish state. Palestinians will remain oppressed.

One sentence in the opening paragraph stuck in my craw:

"If President-elect Barack Hussein Obama really wants to improve America's standing in the Muslim world, he'll need to do more to win over skeptics such as Muhammad Zia Ullah (a suq merchant in Pakistan)."

In light of the good faith that Muslims around the world are showing to Christians and Jews that's a reasonable request isn't it? Good grief.

How, pray tell, does Hamas show its good faith toward living in peace with the civilized world? Would lobbing love rockets into Israel be such a gesture. Perhaps taking out a school bus of Israeli children or a half-dozen citizens in a Haifa market with a couple sticks of C-4 strapped tenderly to your bosom. But, oh my, President Obama must contort like the Chinese Golden Acrobats to display his sincerity toward peace in the Middle East. Good grief.

(On a similar note, I received this video from a friend today...the other Keith. It's a little bit lengthy, but it's of an Arab woman, a secularist, taped on the Al-Jazeera network, exposing Islam for what it is. I wonder how much longer she'll be alive. It's a bit lengthy, but it gets really good at the end. View it here).