tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995249302310082504.post7206679396337439659..comments2023-03-28T18:05:33.737-05:00Comments on Boogification: Res Ipsa Loquitor IIBoogificationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17965339723533221962noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995249302310082504.post-34193260179144115692008-03-20T18:58:00.000-05:002008-03-20T18:58:00.000-05:00And please, give me some instances, or at least on...<I>And please, give me some instances, or at least one, where moderate Islam condemns violence in the name of their religion.</I><BR/><BR/>I guess it depends on how you define moderate. That is a term that I wish we would just drop from the vocabulary because it is so often interpreted as "mainstream." Mainstream Islam is quite devout and peaceful. Moderate Islam? I'm not even sure what that is. Does it mean half Islamic and half not? The radical jihadists are not more devout than the majority of peaceful Muslims. The jihadists are the least faithful to the religion that they claim to defend. They are cafeteria Muslims, picking and choosing what parts of the Koran and Hadith that they choose to focus on, twisting the meanings of those parts to fit their blood-thirsty agenda, and then having the audacity to call it "Islam."<BR/><BR/>If we want to look at mainstream Muslims, I can think of 300,000 examples of mainstream Muslims doing more than condemning the jihadist violence; they are actively fighting against it at great personal risk and great risk to their families. They are the 300,000 members of the Iraqi Army and Police. There are tens of thousands of similar examples in Afghanistan. <BR/><BR/>As for those who have not taken such a bold stance against the jihadists, I think you're exactly right: <I>"They refuse to for good reason. They are afraid of the radicals too. Can you blame them?"</I>Joseph Sixpackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16294459911897368333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7995249302310082504.post-850396952581121972008-03-20T15:32:00.000-05:002008-03-20T15:32:00.000-05:00http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-de...http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec05/islam_8-04.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com