At the same time our president George W. was saying Islam was a ‘religion of peace.’
What’s the difference?
George W is not running in this election. Carly is.
What’s the difference?
The difference is that the author is for a different candidate. Notice that she forgot to include a link to the original text. As the Donald might say, there's blood coming out ... She purveys garbage and deserves no attention.
Fiorina's speech ends without a real conclusion to her little "story". E.g., why did Ialam's Golden Age end? (To the extent it ever really existed.) Why are we now confronted with subhuman savages who fly airliners into skyscrapers?
What happened in 1600? The Mooselimbs re-got their religion. They abandoned the likes of algebra and algorithms in favor of devotion to the Koran. Meanwhile, the West was undergoing Reformation and enlightenment. As Ibn Warraq wrote:
"In an important article, 'Islam and Liberal Democracy,' Bernard Lewis explains very well why liberal democracy never developed in Islam. Like many scholars of Islam, Lewis deplores the use of the term 'Islamic Fundamentalist' as being inappropriate. I agree. I have already pointed out that, unlike Protestants, who have moved away from the literal interpretation of the Bible, Muslims - all Muslims -- still take the Koran literally. Hence, in my view, there is no difference between Islam and Islamic fundamentalism. Islam is deeply rooted in every Muslim society, and 'fundamentalism' is simply the excess of this culture...A reformed faith that should question the divine authority on which they [the institutions of Islam] rest, or attempt by rationalistic selection or abatement to effect a change, would be Islam no longer."
There are moderate Muslims, and there are good Muslims. But there are no moderate, good Muslims. Because you can't be moderate if you believe in the religion.
Add one more idiot then : )