World: U.S. President's 'Islamic Fascists' Remark Sparks Controversy
PRAGUE, August 11, 2006 (RFE/RL) –U.S. President George W. Bush used the phrase "Islamic fascists" to characterize the alleged U.K. bomb plotters in a speech on August 10.
"The recent arrests that our fellow citizens are now learning about are a stark reminder that this nation is at war with Islamic fascists who will use any means to destroy those of us who love freedom," Bush said.
Muslim Reaction
Bush's use of the phrase has not gone unnoticed in the Muslim world -- where any joining of the words has long been controversial.
The Islamabad-based newspaper "Ausaf" writes today that the words are an "insult to the religion" of Islam.
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Insult to Islam? Sounds more like an appropriate assement of this barbaric seventh century cult philosophy that despises compromise, defies logic, eschews forgiveness and uses death & destruction to justify its daily existence in an effort metastasize the whole world with its fascist ideology.
Any better?
