The Mythical Moderate Muslim

Arutz Sheva ^ | 3.16.04

[King Prout]

wow, doesn't this line of thinking sound familiar?

I wonder if the author has read my rough draft?

:)

[King Prout]

for your use

[Prime Choice]

"Daddy?"

"Yes, son?"

"What's a moderate Muslim?"

"One who's run out of ammo, son."

[mercy]

There ARE moderate Muslims. They are the ones who just don't give a good god damn about their silly religion. These folks are soon to be stamped out of existence. Islam is rising and we will not stop it untill we treat it like the nazism of the second world war.

[Prime Choice]

its too general to dismiss all Muslims as extremists

The day I see Muslims chasing terrorists and terrorist sympathizers out of their Mosques will be the day I believe that. At present, it sure seems like those who aren't actively attacking us are certainly coddling those who do.

[Mr. Mojo]

Even if a full 9 out of 10 Muslims are moderates (which seems like a high #), that would leave a full 130 million Muslim fanatics in the world.

One hundred and thirty freakin' million.

[vp_cal]

i like the general idea of the article, but one thing struck my mind:

> "What I do know however is that no religion except Islam
>pursues the idea of physical extermination of those who
>believe differently.."

what about the Spanish Inquisition?

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NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is
surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our
two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless
efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and
ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to
the Pope.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons....
Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear,
surprise.... I'll come in again....

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[blackbart.223]

"Islam is a false religion but its too general to dismiss all Muslims as extremists."

There are extremists all over the place. How about Jimmy Jones and Charles Manson. They just didn't have as many follwers but the mentality was the same. If you don't belive the same as me I'll kill you. I don't believe all who call themselves Muslim are kill crazy. But it seems a large portion are.

Fanitics of any stripe are dangerous.

[nuconvert]

"The official, politically correct point of view says that Islam is just another monotheistic religion, not that different from Judaism or Christianity. If that is true, then moderate Muslims must exist, just like moderate members of other faiths. However, moderate members of other faiths do not require sacrificial mollification - that's basically how we tell moderates from extremists. Therefore, either moderate Muslims are mythical creatures, or we need substantially different criteria to identify them."

Makes no sense.
A religion that's monotheistic must have moderates? Who made that rule?
Sacrificial mollification?
She draws conclusions from these??
It's laughable.

[NewRomeTacitus]

Don't kid yourselves or swallow propaganda. Just this morning one cleric was berating Moslems in non-theocratic countries because they weren't hating other religions enough, per Mohammed's commands. He then proclaimed that moderates will be damned to hellfire if they don't exterminate infidels when the opportunity arises.

Religion of peace? Who's worried about Penticostal suicide bombers or rabbis weilding box-cutters?

[Mr. Mojo]

How about Jimmy Jones and Charles Manson. .......Fanatics of any stripe are dangerous.

No doubt about it, but we're talking percentages here. Manson, Jones, and their followers added up to just a few people. Radical Muslims - violent Muslims - number in the tens of millions, and they're utterly committed to the destruction of Western Civilization ......anything non-Muslim, in fact. I read a year or so ago that something like 22 of the 23 armed conflicts in the world involve Islamics or Islamic nations. Coincidence? I think not.

[blackbart.223]

"Religion of peace? Who's worried about Penticostal suicide bombers or rabbis weilding box-cutters?"

You misunderstand me. Go back and read my post! The world isn't short of fanitics. Muslims not withstanding.

[blackbart.223]

"No doubt about it, but we're talking percentages here."

I belive I made that point but it didn't seem to come accross from reason.

[lainde]

bttt

[jocon307]

Give him....the COMFY CHAIR!

[Robert_Paulson2]

I had a freeper the other night light into me about there being "good" muslims, you know, "moderate" islamics...

pal, I think its pure bullcrap.
the radical muslim is the one putting the nail bomb on the little kid... the moderate muslim is the one holding the remote control, when the kid gets on the bus.

Moderate islam is not a myth. It's a lie.
All religions are NOT created equal.
Islam is the death cult scourge of the planet.
WE are stupid to allow our leaders to say publicly over and over "islam is peace." We know its a lie... and THEY know its a lie too. islam by all evidence, appears to be not peace, but murder.

[SJackson]

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[dinasour]

I would say that the difference between a moderate Muslim and an extremist is that an extremist says "I am going to kill you", then tries to kill you.

A moderate Muslim says, "I am your friend", then tries to kill you, or if he can afford it, pays an extremist to kill you.