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2007-07-07 Home Front: Culture Wars

Irshad Manji Nails it: Religion is the root cause of terrorist threat

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Posted by PlanetDan 2007-07-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Global Jihad

#1 Moderate Muslims denounce violence in the name of Islam but deny that Islam has anything to do with it. By their denial, moderates abandon the ground of theological interpretation to those with malignant intentions, effectively telling would-be terrorists that they can get away with abuses of power because mainstream Muslims won't challenge the fanatics with bold, competing interpretations. To do so would be admit that religion is a factor. Moderate Muslims can't go there.

Reform-minded Muslims say it's time to admit that Islam's scripture and history are being exploited. They argue for reinterpretation precisely to put the would-be terrorists on notice that their monopoly is over.

This is why long ago I stopped having any hope for "moderate" Muslims. Since that time I have maintained that only reform can save Islam. Sadly, as noted by SR-71, such reform is almost wholly dedicated to further radicalizing through increased Islamic "purity".

None of this bodes well for Islam's survival. Tough shit.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-07 00:21|| 2007-07-07 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm glad this is in an Aussie paper. Too many Aussies I interact with believe the MSM line that it's all George Bush and John Howard's fault. Terrorism is a means to an end. The end is not merely changing the West's foreign policy, that's another means, but Islamic domination of the world.

Posted by Gladys 2007-07-07 04:49|| 2007-07-07 04:49|| Front Page Top

#3 ... and despite of all that she still is muslim. Rather strange, isn't it?

Posted by Matt K. 2007-07-07 12:27|| 2007-07-07 12:27|| Front Page Top

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