Meaning, as I wrote, do we fundamentally have Islam wrong?
I think we do.
Are so-called “Islamists” in the majority or are so-called “moderates”?
Let’s watch:
Any conclusions one can draw? Something similar to my core phrase, “Islam is as Islam does”?
Clearly, yes. Over 50% of Muslims on the planet are not “moderate” but are in fact radical. This goes against the meme of the “good moderate and peaceful Muslim.”
“Moderate Muslims” are, frankly, a statistical myth. Thank you, Ben Shapiro.
BZ
Yep, he’s correct. NOW the problem is getting people to actually listen and delve deeper than the 30 sec sound bites…
What I know about the Koran is limited to what many of us have “heard”.
But my discussions with Muslims always end when I ask “What is Taqiyah?”
My impression of “moderate” Muslims is that they’re much like most of my Catholic friends… they know little about their Holy Book except what their religious leaders spoon feed them.
I’m told a good Muslim is directed to do one of three things to an infidel, (and the rest of us are ALL infidels):
1. Tax them, or
2. Enslave them, or
3. Kill them, with beheading being the preferred method of dispatch.
Can some Islamic expert please inform me if I’m wrong?
My advice: buy a copy of the Koran and read it thoroughly. Be careful which version you purchase, for you want the truth.
BZ
Something similar to my core phrase, “Islam is as Islam does”? – See more at: http://bloviatingzeppelin.net/islam-moderates-or-not/#sthash.JKsj068b.dpuf
One marker of any society is how the most vulnerable members are treated. My son, after a tour in Kandahar, said the wortst fate he can imagine is being an orphan in Afghanistan.
An excellent point, WSF.
BZ
Moderate muslims are the ones who cheer the radicals on as they kill you. The Koran is what it is and if you believe in what it says then you are the enemy of all other beliefs. Islam is a scourge that must be eradicated just like a nest of rats.
Because so-callled moderate Muslims aren’t hardwired to innately kill non-believers. But they won’t do anything to stop said killing in the name of Islam or object vocally. That would place THEM under the spotlight.
BZ