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| Islam Needs a Martin Luther |
| 2005-01-06 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #8 Islam had a Martin Luther - it was Wahabi who took the religion back to its basics. What Islam needs is the Sakarovs and other dissidents and, actually it has them. Ibn Warraq and Ali Sina and many other Murtads (aka apostates, aka Murtadim). These folks are willing to appear on TV and have their ideas compete in the marketplace of ideas. |
| Posted by: mhw 2005-01-06 7:29:53 PM |
| #7 Islam needs a big, bright light shined on it -- so the real story of Mo and company can be told. Why are there so many stories about the life of Jesus (even produced outside the church) but none about Mo? Is it because anyone telling the truth about him would be murdered? There should be enough murder, rape, piracy, pedophilia, violence, and sex to make even the most hardcore hollywood producer blush.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-01-06 6:41:48 PM |
| #6 Islam needs to be abandonded. It's a death cult. It should be history. I refuses to coexist with other beliefs. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-01-06 5:45:57 PM |
| #5 I have no issue with Martin Luther's theology, but all those hoping for an Islamic Martin Luther to arise don't seem to understand that the aftermath of ML's revolution in religious thought was a couple of centuries of violent religious strife, including what was probably the bloodiest war fought in Europe since Caesar did in the Gauls. What do these commentators think? That someone will just come up with a kinder, gentler Islam and that all of the Muftis, Sheikhs, Maulanas and other high poobahs are just going to convert and walk away from their source of power and income? Not bloody well likely. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2005-01-06 5:39:08 PM |
| #4 I may know Islam's Martin Luther - or at least one of them. Just give him time to reach at least his mid-20's.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-01-06 1:34:30 PM |
| #3 ...following the Christians in the sexual exploitation of boys and girls. What was the age of Mohammed's youngest wife again? What was that you say? 6? Oh, but it didn't matter because they didn't have sex til she was 9? This article is a mixture of interesting ideas and total nonsense. |
| Posted by: Jules 187 2005-01-06 11:29:15 AM |
| #2 "The Islamic world needs a Martin Luther, someone to usher in an Age of Reform that will radically alter some of the fundamental values of Islam that are retrograde, archaic, primitive and must be discarded into the dustbin of Muslim history so that Islam can regain its position as a culture of enlightenment rather than darkness." What Islam needs to do is actually rather simple: it needs to undertake the transition Christianity and Judaism made a long time ago, to a point where "submission to God" no longer means "submission to man". In other words, no more Shariah. Do that, and we'll all get along just peachy. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2005-01-06 10:55:32 AM |
| #1 Islam Needs a Martin Luther - no it doesnt , it needs a lethal injection . |
| Posted by: MacNails 2005-01-06 10:29:54 AM |