tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455129.post2560094802789367297..comments2023-11-03T05:05:27.605-05:00Comments on The Grand Duchy of Susania, Wherein Various Vicissitudes Waft Forth: Is Islam a wolf in sheep's clothing?Susaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04977938723351021767noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455129.post-83806933638403994752010-10-06T11:17:19.734-05:002010-10-06T11:17:19.734-05:00May be u r right...
Please Visit My Music Blog F...May be u r right... <br /><br />Please Visit My Music Blog For Music Songs...<br /><a href="http://hindisongssmusic.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" title="download free songs, mp3, ghazals, remix, pakistani, punjabi songs for free">Download Direct Hindi Music Songs And Ghazals</a>Music Jokie (MJ)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04546610703758248822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455129.post-23472203015804887872010-09-03T09:08:35.069-05:002010-09-03T09:08:35.069-05:00The thing is, it's not a completely unfounded ...The thing is, it's not a completely unfounded fear - the magnitude of 9/11 made that an insuperable anxiety. Yes, fundamentalism is the underlying problem... but it's been said before, what religions other than Islam (in this day and age) have had their fundamentalists resort to violence on such a large scale (e.g. terrorist training camps)? Where such a large number of religious leaders preach death and destruction to Western ideals?<br /><br />I'm trying to head off a parallel to Christianity and the Crusades & Spanish Inquisition... but I see that's not really possible. The Enlightenment came along and freed up some of the more restrictive elements of Christianity... but I am dubious if the tenets of Islam would allow for such freedom of thought.<br /><br />We won't know if we are right to question the dangers of Islam becoming radicalized in this country for another 50 years, I expect....Susaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977938723351021767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455129.post-59365453808629902362010-09-03T07:48:34.203-05:002010-09-03T07:48:34.203-05:00I think you're absolutely right to critically ...I think you're absolutely right to critically question this. The author makes his first mistake when he says that Islam is not a religion, it's a way of life. There are many branches within Islam, just as there are in any other religion, with many groups of people observing various degrees of orthodoxy. Islam is not the problem; fundamentalism is, and it exists in every religious system. There are extreme fundamentalist Christians, Jews, even Buddhists. There are fundamentalists in political systems too. ("If you're not with us, you're against us.") <br /><br />From this brief excerpt, it looks to me like just another piece of paranoid hate mongering. Islam is not the end of Western civilization. For that matter, why does this particular voice within "Western civilization" always seem to think other points of view are trying to kill it? What's with the persecution complex? Seems awfully self important to me.Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05111825731995800448noreply@blogger.com