>>There is room for Islam i the west if Islam westernizes itself. Perhaps they are doing just that here.
Have you read any of their holy books or looked hard at 1400 years of their history?
I’m thinking that’s a “no”.
Note that they are condemning the attacks, not the individual. They never call out the attackers by name. It’s akin to an AP story about a shooting death. They almost always include the statement; “ The gun shot the individual.” One caveat, in this instance, would be a cop shooting. In this case the AP reports; “ The officer shot the suspect.” The AP’s agenda, simply put, guns bad, Cops bad. By condemning the act or the instrument, they are simply trying to absolve their faith of any responsibility. When in fact, their faith has been the driving force behind these attacks.
They will never become completely Westernized. To do so would be too relinquish control. Moderate Muslims who have become too westernized, will not be treated kindly, should their numbers reach a point where they attain a simple majority. Ask the Immams if they agree with Sharia law (they do). They will dance around the question. Sharia law is what they see for all of us. Ask yourself what does Sharia law entail. Then ask yourself if Islam is in fact the problem.
You could say the same thing about many other religions.
Scroll down to the “history” section. No one is perfect.
http://www.answers.com/topic/israel
Not only is it a ‘no’, but reformation is specifically forbiden in Islam, under obligatory pain of death to the reformers by all other muslims.
I probably know more about Islam than you do.
Check my prior posts on it.
If something positive appears, check it out, but keep your powder dry.