9-11 was not a Muslim happy-hour

First of all, Al Qaeda are Muslims: . http://en.wikipedia.org.... My opponent, being a Muslim, should know this. The fact that he has denied it shows that he is not being objective. "no where does the Qura'an mean to kill people at any one point. To have such a ridiculous interpretation. ." Why is it ‘ridiculous' to interpret "fight and slay the pagans" (Surah 9:5) as ‘fight and slay the pagans'? You may not interpret it this way, but claiming it to be ridiculous is a defensive assertion. My opponent appears to be claiming that the 9/11 attacks were a conspiracy, I ask him to provide valid evidence. Note that Al Qaeda accepted responsibility. Also, read the following (wikipedia): "Within hours of the attacks, the FBI was able to determine the names and in many cases the personal details of the suspected pilots and hijackers mohamed Atta, from Egypt, was the ringleader of the 19 hijackers and one of the pilots. Atta died in the attack along with the other hijackers, but his luggage, which did not make the connection from his Portland flight onto Flight 11, contained papers that revealed the identities of all 19 hijackers and other important clues about their plans, motives, and backgrounds. By midday, the National Security Agency had intercepted communications that pointed to Osama bin Laden, as did German intelligence agencies. On September 27, 2001, the FBI released photos of the 19 hijackers, along with information about the possible nationalities and aliases of many. Fifteen of the hijackers were from Saudi Arabia, two from the United Arab Emirates, one from Egypt (Atta), and one from Lebanon. The FBI investigation into the attacks, code named operation PENTTBOM, was the largest and most complex investigation in the history of the FBI, involving over 7,000 special agents. The United States government determined that al-Qaeda, headed by Osama bin Laden, bore responsibility for the attacks, with the FBI stating "evidence linking al-Qaeda and bin Laden to the attacks of September 11 is clear and irrefutable". The Government of the United Kingdom reached the same conclusion regarding al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden's culpability for the 11 September attacks. Author Laurie Mylroie, writing in the conservative political magazine The American Spectator in 2006, argues that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his family are the primary architects of 9/11 and similar attacks, and that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's association with Osama bin Laden is secondary and that al-Qaeda's claim of responsibility for the attack is after the fact and opportunistic angelo Codevilla, of the same magazine, agrees with Mylroie, comparing Osama bin Laden to Elvis Presley. In an opposing point of view, former CIA officer Robert Baer, writing in Time magazine in 2007, asserts that George W. Bush Administration's publicizing of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's claims of responsibility for 9/11 and numerous other acts was a mendacious attempt to claim that all of the significant actors in 9/11 had been caught. " And you claim there is no evidence that ‘this is a fact'? "Islam is the most tolerant religion in the world. " Seriously? Is that why Muslim leaders ordered the public execution of two homosexuals in Iran? "Like many other Islamic countries, Iran enforces the religious sharia law, which allows for the execution of children, including girls aged nine or older and boys 15 and older. " (wikipedia). Yes, very tolerant. "To summarize what's in the articles, "Muslims" who celebrated were the more extreme, but the large majority of the Islamic world was very sympathetic and condemned the attack. " This is exactly what I said. I did not claim that all Muslims celebrated, but that some did. You have just confirmed my entire argument. "I'm afraid history would disagree with my opponent. The crusades, initiated by the crumbling Byzantines, brought Western Europe over to Jerusalem to reconquer it violently from the Muslims…" Just because Muslims were treated bad, does not mean that they have not acted immorally. I have already shown how many Islamic countries condone the execution of children. I think my opponent has misunderstood my point. I claimed that some Muslims celebrated the 9/11 attacks, which he himself has demonstrated.