Final Picture of Happiness In Amman--The Radisson Wedding Party Just Before the Blast

I don't know where Powerline got it but the following post includes a photograph of the wedding party that was bombed at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Amman.

It is now being reported that the three bombs that went off earlier today in Jordanian hotels were detonated by suicide bombers. The confirmed death toll is at least 67. The photo below was taken at a wedding reception at the Radisson SAS hotel in Amman, just moments before one of the mass murderers set off his bomb.

The fathers of both bride and groom, at the far left and right, were murdered. The bride and groom were both wounded, but, thankfully, survived. The groom, Ashraf Mohamed al-Akhras, said from his hospital bed:

"I lost my father and my father-in-law and I saw many other dead. This is a horrible crime. The world has to know this has nothing to do with Islam."

I weep for this family in their grief even as I urge my readers to read the post that precedes this one for a word of hope.

The tragedy of these attacks is multiplied by the fact that the bombing did, in fact, have something to do with Islam. At some point the glue that holds Islam together is going to rupture and those moderate Muslims who have been victimized by the likes of al-Zaraqawi are going to stand up and declare, "Enough! We will not take this any more!"

Until this happens, the United States and those who stand with her in the global war on terrorism might be able to slow the tide, but they will not be able to stop it. Not until the the Islamic World takes it upon itself to police its own....and crush those who perpetrate such violence upon their so-called brothers and sisters in faith.