OOPS, ROBIN WRONG:

Jordan's Crown Prince Urges Reforms (FADI KHALIL, 8/21/04, ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Crown Prince Hamzah of Jordan, a key U.S. ally in the war on terror, urged reforms in Muslim thinking and criticized Islamic extremism Saturday, but he said fanaticism results from injustices and oppression being suffered by Muslims

Hamzah, a half brother of Jordan's King Abdullah II and heir to the throne, said the Muslim world was facing pressures and challenges that "extend to every corner of the (Islamic) nation's potential and its sacred shrines."

Hamzah, addressing scholars and religious leaders from 40 countries at a three-day conference here, did not elaborate on the pressures Muslims were facing, saying only that fanaticism was caused by a "deprivation, oppression and absence of justice" that "provokes hatred."

That's strange, "Middle East experts" and "State Department officials" assure us that they aren't getting enough of our tax dollars to make this kind of thinking happen.

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 21, 2004 6:25 PM