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Please read Ami Isseroff's take on the controversy surrounding the lecture of the Pope and more in general, the problem of contemporary Islam.
Ami takes on Rami Khouri, a moderate Muslim, who wrote this article for the Daily Star. Khouri, in short, calls on Westerners to censor themselves. Not because there is, according to him, anything generally wrong with being critical about (certain) religions, but because Islam is an important part of many Muslims' personal identity and as such, it is logical for them to feel 'insulted' a little bit more easy than most Westerners.
The problem with such a reasoning is, of course, that one simply enables extremists to keep their hold on the Muslim world. Moderate Muslims should, instead of asking people not to criticize Islam in any way shape or form, try to make fellow Muslims 'enlightened', or 'reasonable' (regarding their religion).
Cross posted at Liberty and Justice.
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Enabling Extremism
Please read Ami Isseroff's take on the controversy surrounding the lecture of the Pope and more in general, the problem of contemporary Islam.
Ami takes on Rami Khouri, a moderate Muslim, who wrote this article for the Daily Star. Khouri, in short, calls on Westerners to censor themselves. Not because there is, according to him, anything generally wrong with being critical about (certain) religions, but because Islam is an important part of many Muslims' personal identity and as such, it is logical for them to feel 'insulted' a little bit more easy than most Westerners.
The problem with such a reasoning is, of course, that one simply enables extremists to keep their hold on the Muslim world. Moderate Muslims should, instead of asking people not to criticize Islam in any way shape or form, try to make fellow Muslims 'enlightened', or 'reasonable' (regarding their religion).
Cross posted at Liberty and Justice.
- Asra Nomani Is A Feminist Muslim And Terrorism Is Saudi Arabia's Fault
Asra Nomani, in an interview with Bill Maher, recently said that she’s a “Liberal, Feminist Muslim”. She also claimed that there is an “ideology” in Islam that is violent and basically insinuated that Saudi Arabia is more or less responsible...
- A Clarification On Term Usage
In my previous post I used the term, “extremist Muslims” in opposition to “moderate Muslim”. For those who have read other posts of mine and seen my admonishment of those who use modifiers with the words, “Islam” or “Muslim”, a clarification...
- Archbishop Of Sydney: Muslim World Proves Pope Right
The 'Mujahideen Shura Council - an umbrella group led by Iraq's branch of al Qaida' - joined in on the fun:, it vowed 'a war against the "worshippers of the cross"'. No surprise there of course. Meanwhile, the Archbishop of Sidney,...
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With all the controversy surrounding the Muhammed cartoons, we 'Westerners' saw that the 'Muslim world' could not live, could not accept our freedom. The freedom of speech (and of religion) is an inherent part of our culture: perhaps one...
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