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The New York Times, September 3, 2008 (The front page.)
NABATIYE JOURNAL
Hezbollah Shrine to Terror Suspect Enthralls Lebanese Children
by Robert E. Worth.

The editors of The New York Times, a most influential newspaper by any standard, has allowed their reporter, Mr. Worth, to venerate a mass murderer, Imad Mugniyah ("the shadowy Hezbollah commander suspected in the West of masterminding devastating bombings, kidnappings and hijackings in the 1980s and '90s.") on its front page. The article describes the shrine and its educational impact, "capturing the hearts and imaginations" of the busloads of people, including children, who are being indoctrinated in hatred via the adulation shown by teachers and religious, militant leaders for this murderous assassinated terrorist.

The Times calls this murderer a "terrorism suspect." This yellow-livered description of Mugniyah makes the newspaper a partner in this horrific educational process.

Most important is the growth in awareness of the civilized world that religious fundamentalism is akin to cancer in the human body. The elevation of the creed of "death to non-believers" to millions of "believers" will lead to continuous conflict and irreconcilable differences between peoples the world over. And with the growth of poverty, the soil in which these seeds of death are planted, the horror of immoral religious teachings will bring ever greater speed to the descent of mankind into the abyss of a modern dark age.

For their own future safety, the power elites of the world must share their wealth and reduce the enormous economic gap between classes. Absent a concentrated organized program to achieve this goal is suicidal for the upper classes in all societies. No amount of fire-power will hold back the forces of destruction unleashed by religious terrorism.