I was reading soem of Akyol's other writings and while he calls for peace and speaks of abhorring jihadist violence, I never get the clear sense that he names names and clearly denounces specific violence done in Allah's name. He sounds like the ANSWER and CAIR crowd..."Oh we hate violence but it's all America and GW's fault and the jews too!"
The Wahabists don't seem to have caught on that many folk do see thru their disengenuousness of speech when we compare it to their actions.
Good solid propagandist... he sounds calm and reasonable so we should just meet him halfway.. not!
During WWII it was the "German-American Friendship Bund" after all we shared a common culture and what did Jews have to do with it, we really ought to support Germany or at least stay out of the war. They were effective for a while.
And Akyol's suckered in a bunch of willing listeners in Kansas.
I have never had any problem with people of faith accepting a literal creation. The keyword being faith. It's the pseudoscience science education underminers that trouble me. Look to the background and something unsavory generally pops up: moonies with foreign ties, Islamists.
A demurrer here. Many who post here are honest and sincere in their beliefs and I'm absolutely not saying they are in bed with these guys or even advancing their cause. I believe in freedom of expression and religion, especially for folk who disagree with me ... forces me to examine my own positions more carefully.
But at least some probably are agents or the bad guys are missing an easy bet.
I keep wondering who persuaded the Kansans to call in Akyol.