By Andrew L. Jaffee

First, I wrote about “Three Tonnes of Canadian Muslim Denial.” Then I asked, “Is there no end to Muslim denial?” Apparently, there is no end in sight. CBS published an article entitled, “Friend Of Terror Suspects Talks - Muslim Convert Tells About Arrested Acquaintances Being ‘Blinded By Anger’.” Again, we hear rationalizations, explanations, and justifications for Muslim terrorism vis-à-vis “anger” and “desperation.” No regrets over the 100’s of people who may have been killed by the Canadian terror suspects. And no assuming responsibility for changing Muslim attitudes. From CBS:

How hard is it for Heft [the friend of the terror suspects] to see someone like Chand — who, like Heft, is a convert to Islam — in a position like this?

“It’s hard. He’s my friend, and he’s somebody that I believe in,” Heft told CBS News correspondent Cynthia Bowers.

Heft runs an organization called Paradise 4 Ever. He works with Muslim converts who he says are vulnerable to extremist teaching and messages.

“What do you think is the root of the appeal that some of these extremist views have for young men?” Bowers asked Heft.

“Quick Answers. Quick slogans. Quick solutions,” Heft said.

And violence is not far behind, according to Heft, when young men like his old friends believe Muslims around the world are suffering.

“You sort of get blinded by anger, I guess,” he said. “You get blinded by desperation.”

And propelled toward violence by images like these downloaded from terrorist Web sites, burned onto DVDs that Heft says suspect Fahim Ahmad was handing out at area mosques.

“One of the DVDs was glorifying the alleged 19 hijackers from Sept. 11, saying that they were all dying as martyrs,” Heft said.

Heft says he confronted Ahmad when he thought his radical rhetoric was might lead to action.

Did he honestly believe that if he had more time to get to these young guys they wouldn’t have gotten to the point where they were arrested?

“None of them. Absolutely none of them would have been arrested,” Heft said.

He still prays his friends are innocent — while he works on other young Muslims he fears may be on the same path.

“He’s somebody that I believe in.” “Absolutely none of them would have been arrested.” “He still prays his friends are innocent.” “Other young Muslims he fears may be on the same path.”

No concern for the survival of civilization, just worries about other Muslims. Narcissistic neurosis.

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Related: Islam, War Against Islamo-fascism, Canada

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