Anti-Muslim Conspiracies

The Governor Punjab Lt. General (R) Khalid Maqbool has said that Islam is the religion of peace, promotes respect and categorically negates tendency of extremism and intolerance...

The Governor underscored the need for the expression of unity and harmony among all the sects of Muslim to stymie nefarious designs of anti-Islamic evil forces saying there have been conspiracies against the Muslims in the world to dub as terrorists with bad intentions to dent the integrity of Islam and its followers...

Of course, Kahlid Maqbool makes no attempt to explain away Qur'anic passages such as: Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued. (9:29), nor does he venture to suggest a reason why the current spate of mujahideen have apparently got it so wrong about their faith. No, it's all a CONSPIRACY to vilify Muslims!

As Robert Spencer has often pointed out, perhaps if so many Muslims weren't making the connection between Islam and violence and blowing themselves up to prove this connection, perhaps not as many non-Muslims would think there is a connection, also. Unfortunately, many jihadists DO make a case for a violent, supremacist version of Islam and to date no "moderates" have ever mounted a significant theological challenge to this interpretation, except to deny that any commands to violence exist in the teachings of Mohammed at all.