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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: c.hinton who wrote (241588)9/12/2007 2:15:27 AM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
"radical" does imply outside the norm....that it is beggining to appeal to moderates ought to make one ponder what is not being done to prevent this.

one might say the west is dancing to radical islams tune and does not know how to stop.

What is radical islam's tune, ch? If you didn't listen to the interview with the author of My Year in Radical Islam, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, I suggest you do so. It's important to figure what actually makes them tick, as opposed to just guessing about it.

One of his most important points is that there are two equally strong theologies competing in the Muslim world for dominance, both strong, both internally consistent, both of sound scriptural basis. One is radical and supports violent jihad, and one is more moderate and does not. Both derive their authority from the Koran and the Hadith.

If he is right then "radical" is the actually the wrong term for radical Islam. Maybe "hard-core" would be a more accurate description.

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