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Jürgen Todenhöfer says on his website that he has drafted 10 theses to be printed in 3 parts. The first 2 parts, containing the first 5 theses, were printed on two full pages of today's New York Times, pages 6 and 7, and in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and the Al-Quds Al-Arabi. The third part is to be printed on Sunday. These hugely expensive ads refer readers to this website: www.why-do-you-kill-zaid.com Todenhofer describes himself in the ad as:
Todenhofer, according to Wikipedia,
The first five theses are: The West is much more violent than the Muslim world. Millions of Arab civilians have been killed since colonialism began. Faced with the warmongering of the West, it is really not surprising that support for Muslim extremists continues to grow. Terrorists in Islamic disguise are murderers. The same holds true for the ringleaders disguised as Christians who wage wars of aggression in contravention of international law. Muslims were and are at least as tolerant as Jews and Christians. They have made a major contribution to Western civilization. Love of God and love of one‘s neighbor are the central commandments not only in the Bible but also in the Qur‘an. Here is part 1: PDF. Here is part 2: PDF.
http://www.davidswanson.org DAVID SWANSON is a co-founder of After Downing Street, a writer and activist, and the Washington Director of Democrats.com. He is a board member of Progressive Democrats of America, and serves on the Executive Council of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, TNG-CWA. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and as a communications director, with jobs including Press Secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign, Media Coordinator for the International Labor Communications Association, and three years as Communications Coordinator for ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Swanson obtained a Master's degree in philosophy from the University of Virginia in 1997.
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