"The grievance of the existence of black African Muslim farmers, who won't abandon lands in Darfur."

Don't you mean black Christian farmers?

Man!, at first I thought " how do I blow that?" and then I realzied I just cut and pasted the whole thing.

So, sure enough I checked the original text and its says "muslim". I have to assume its an error, and Ive corrected it in my " why we fight" series.

Thanks for pointing that out CB...

Some of the farmers in Darfur hold to their traditional Animist beliefs. There was a time when Christianity would have sought to convert them "by the sword" but that time is now long past. The most rabid member of the Religious Right I knew viewed their fate to be equally deplorable with the fate of Darfur Christians.

The Darfur genocide is falling on all blacks alike, Christian, animist and, yes, Muslim. The Arab Muslims (in general) have always considered blacks--Muslim or not--as beneath human consideration, and, unlike white Christians, see no reason to change this view or alter their actions accordingly.

Good point. I will revert to mr. hitchens original words, as I think he knew what he was saying when he said it, despite how incongruous it looks.

The fact is, they dont like anyone, including themselves.

My understanding is that the Fur people are mostly Muslim. They have the misfortune of being black and in the path of Arabs who have a nasty dose of racial-supremacy sickness. I think Hitchens mentions they're Muslim to point out the "they even kill their own" aspect of the thing.

The Sudanese Christians who are (or were until recently) being killed by Sudanese Muslims are in the south of Sudan, not in Darfur. It's easy to lose track of which victims are where without a scorecard, though.