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Politics : The Truth About Islam
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To: ExCane who wrote (7641)5/21/2007 7:53:41 PM
From: lorne  Read Replies (2) of 20106
 
ExCane...Although that was a good article I have great difficulty excepting what is said. The writer is directing his article to what appears to be America or North America.

There is no mention of places like Indonesia the largest muslim populated country where it appears run of the mill muslims are ridding the country of christians in any way they can including murder. Or maybe Pakistan where it appears that all of the muslims are radical and what of the moderate muslims that rioted in France last year and still doing the same today. It just appears to me that the so called moderate muslims are anything but moderate.

From the article...."Only anti-Islamists Muslims can de-ummahtize the Muslim community and articulate an Islam, which inspires morality but leaves national politics to the governments of our nations.".....

I disagree with this...I believe that anti-islamists or moderate muslims need the military power of the USA and other countries to help the radicals understand.

...."Most should understand that strategically, identifying ‘Islam as the problem,’ immediately alienates upwards of one quarter of the world’s population and dismisses our most powerful weapon against the militant Islamists—the mantle of religion and the pulpit of moderate Muslims who can retake our faith from the Islamists.".....

So the writer believes that if the western world blames islam for the problem that moderate muslims will side with the radicals even though the moderates know radicals are wrong.

...."immediately alienates upwards of one quarter of the world’s population".....

Can't help it...just sounds like a threat.

....." Islam’s naysayers by accepting radical interpretations of scripture are thus handing the militants the mantle of religion with hardly the benefit of the doubt or patience toward long term opportunities for reform by anti-Islamist Muslims within the general Muslim population".....

Those that believe islam is responsible are in no way helping radical islamists or handing them the mantle of religion...the radicals have claimed their actions in the name of the islam religion for many many years and I do not know of anyone within that religion that spoke out against radicals years ago...there is only now a few so called moderate muslims who speak out against radical islam and that IMO is likely only because the USA and Bush have at last confronted radical islam with military power.

Just my opinion...I just don't trust islam in any of it's forms.
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