Posted on 09/09/2017 11:51:30 AM PDT by heterosupremacist
Indonesia, the worlds biggest Muslim-majority country, has a constitution that recognizes other major religions, and practices a syncretic form of Islam that draws on not just the faiths tenets but local spiritual and cultural traditions. As a result, the nation has long been a voice of, and for, moderation in the Islamic world.
Yet Indonesia is not without its radical elements. Though most are on the fringe, they can add up to a significant number given Indonesias 260-million population. In the early 2000s, the country was terrorized by Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), a homegrown extremist organization allied with al-Qaeda. JIs deadliest attack was the 2002 Bali bombing that killed 202 people.
While JI has been neutralized, ISIS has claimed responsibility for recent, smaller terrorist incidents in the country and has inspired some Indonesians to fight in Syria Indonesians who could pose a threat when they return home. The country has also seen the rise of hate groups that preach intolerance and violence against local religious and ethnic minorities, which include Shia and Ahmadiya Muslims.
Among Indonesias most influential Islamic leaders is Yahya Cholil Staquf, 51,advocates a modern, moderate Islam. He is general secretary of the Nahdlatul Ulama, which, with about 50 million members, is the countrys biggest Muslim organization. Yahya. Many Western politicians and intellectuals say that Islamist terrorism has nothing to do with Islam. What is your view?
Western politicians should stop pretending that extremism and terrorism have nothing to do with Islam. There is a clear relationship between fundamentalism, terrorism, and the basic assumptions of Islamic orthodoxy. So long as we lack consensus regarding this matter, we cannot gain victory over fundamentalist violence within Islam...
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Clearly he’s an islamophobe.
This is the theological question Pope Francis should be beginning with. Instead of respectting it like some akin mono theistic sect
http://www.theusmat.com/islamandfreewill.htm
They say it quite clearly. To know all about *slam, all you have to do is listen to *slamists. They boast that they hate Christians and Jews and enjoy killing them.
Why NONE should be allowed in this country.
This will not penetrate the thick skulls of PC Westerners.
Terrorism, murder and torture are part of their quran. The quran is not going to change.
I’ve come to the conclusion that the only good islam is a destroyed islam.
All you have to do is read HISTORY.
It is obvious that Western scholars cannot read or chose not to. If one reads the Quran or history for that matter will see violence is a part of Islam.
It is obvious that Western scholars cannot read or chose not to. If one reads the Quran or history for that matter will see violence is a part of Islam.
“This honest Muslim will be denounced as an Islamophobe and bigot by white liberals...”
Right now, I’d say that’s the least of his worries. His Muslim `brethren’ already have far worse plans for him for being an apostate against the `religion of peace’.
“Takfir!!!” may be the last word he hears on this Earth.
Before if can reach their skulls to penetrate their skulls it first has to penetrate their bowels ... it you know what I mean.
There is no such thing as ‘’moderate Islam’’. If Islam were so peaceful why would there be a need for moderation? Such a need makes the argument that Islam isn’t peaceful.
And for all those decades starting in 1917 when the Frenchies first looked down on us “stupides americaines”, they had no idea what could be one hundred times worse than a tourist struggling with a phrase book.
“Profitez de votres Musulmans, vous Francais!”
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