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Islam needs reform to combat jihadis: Rushdie
TIMES ONLINE ^ | August 11, 2005 | Salman Rushdie

Posted on 08/11/2005 12:19:49 AM PDT by F14 Pilot

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1 posted on 08/11/2005 12:19:58 AM PDT by F14 Pilot
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To: McGavin999; freedom44; nuconvert; sionnsar; AdmSmith; parisa; onyx; Pro-Bush; Valin; ...

Good Read!


2 posted on 08/11/2005 12:21:21 AM PDT by F14 Pilot (Democracy is a process not a product)
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To: F14 Pilot

Conclusion: We have a problem.


3 posted on 08/11/2005 12:36:53 AM PDT by DB (©)
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To: F14 Pilot

Is there such a thing as a moderate Holocaust boycotter? How about a moderate Holocaust denier? Would Winston Churchill's Great Britain give credence to the existence of Moderate Nazis?


4 posted on 08/11/2005 12:38:34 AM PDT by wmileo
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To: F14 Pilot

The Jihadis became powerful because of our allowing the death of innovation in our dependence on oil from jihadi dominated countries. We created a Department of Energy Dependence and thus allowed Jihadis to think that they had wealth and power we need not have ceded to them.


5 posted on 08/11/2005 12:43:22 AM PDT by AmericanVictory (Should we be more like them, or they like us?)
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To: F14 Pilot

Jihadists represent the true Islam... the only way for muslims to stop Islamic extremism is to stop being muslims themselves...


6 posted on 08/11/2005 12:44:09 AM PDT by ChristianDefender (If you can't fight with M16/M4.. then use prayer, if not just choose whose side are You!)
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To: F14 Pilot
Maybe we could get the Charles Manson interpretation of the queeran. Might not be quite as homicidal!


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7 posted on 08/11/2005 12:48:28 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("If it's brown, drink it down. If it's black send it back." Homer's guide to drinking in Springfield)
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To: F14 Pilot
Good Read!

...by a man marked for death by his fellow Muslims. Rushdie is seen as a heretic and his words are giving comfort to the enemy.

Not much hope here I'm afraid.

Rushdie is to Muslims as Bishop Spong is to Christians ...an embarrassing joke with heretical ideas.

8 posted on 08/11/2005 12:51:46 AM PDT by ThirstyMan
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He might be an embarrassing joke but his views in the Islamic world is quiet controversial.

Remember that Islam needs to go through an "Enlightenment era" just like Christianity did back in 16-17th centuries.

Give it time!


9 posted on 08/11/2005 12:59:56 AM PDT by F14 Pilot (Democracy is a process not a product)
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To: DB

And that's the truth.


10 posted on 08/11/2005 1:01:31 AM PDT by taxesareforever (Government is running amuck)
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To: F14 Pilot

Rushdie is a very bright and brave man.


11 posted on 08/11/2005 1:07:05 AM PDT by liberallarry
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"Traditional Islam is a broad church that certainly includes millions of tolerant, civilised men and women,"

How does anyone know this? Was a poll or study taken of millions of 'traditional' Muslims to determine 'certainly' if they live congenial, enlightened lives, to discover if they are truly tolerant of non-Muslims, and to reveal their personal political views of the world? Where can I find the results of such a study?

Nobody, absolutely nobody, anymore dares to say something negative about a person or institution without also heaping perfunctory praise on them to 'balance' their message, and to not appear prejudiced, even if the praise is unjustified, exaggerated or uncertain. This PC insanity only serves to neutralize or subvert their primary message. PC fosters confusion and illiteracy, and blurrs every distinction between good and evil, right and wrong, black and white. It exists within an ambiguous gray scale of nothingness.

I hope I live to see the funeral of King PC. That way when I die people will be able to say, "he's dead, I pray he's with God", instead of saying, "his DNA and spirit will always be with us, as he flys on wings of serentiy into the unknown eternity, with his significant other waiting patiently for him, to meet with the god-of-his-understanding, and to finally revel in his own personal truths".

12 posted on 08/11/2005 1:21:40 AM PDT by TheCrusader ("The frenzy of the Mohammedans has devastated the churches of God" -Pope Urban II, 1097AD)
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To: F15Eagle

Indeed, the answer is obvious. But before this religion will be impossible to defeat and stop, our government and every peace loving country in the world should do something to check them out. And the question is, are we deporting them?, are we closing their mosques?, are we treathening them if they incite violence against us?

The answer is abvious as well.


14 posted on 08/11/2005 2:04:35 AM PDT by ChristianDefender (If you can't fight with M16/M4.. then use prayer, if not just choose whose side are You!)
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I dont want to think about America being attacked again though, but if they do, it will bring destruction upon themselves... i dont think the American population will recognize moderate, friendly, or whatever type of muslims they are... as long as they are attached to that cult they will be deported or even murdered...

Someday the MSM and Liberals will understand this, and it will be very interesting to see all Americans ignoring political positions or stand just to have all of these muslims expelled.

16 posted on 08/11/2005 2:31:46 AM PDT by ChristianDefender (If you can't fight with M16/M4.. then use prayer, if not just choose whose side are You!)
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To: F14 Pilot
Reformation or no, there are two cultures destined for a showdown in the ME, predicted by the Bible.

There is nothing that Salmon Rushdie, or anybody else, can do to change that destiny.


BUMP

17 posted on 08/11/2005 2:46:24 AM PDT by tm22721
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To: F14 Pilot

You know this guy survived one fatwa against him....and his courage is inspiring...but I believe it is a dead end. Islam is not the religion of peace some (ie. George Bush et al) would have you believe.

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=4315&search=arlandson



18 posted on 08/11/2005 4:11:05 AM PDT by Vaquero (Lets all play the 'Christian of European Ancestry' brand of Jihad.....its called 'THE CRUSADES')
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To: tm22721
Reformation or no, there are two cultures destined for a showdown in the ME, predicted by the Bible.

I was always expecting a showdown in the ME, but I never knew it was prophesied in the Bible. Could you please elaborate?

19 posted on 08/11/2005 4:29:31 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: liberallarry
Bright and brave indeed. So is another contemporary, VS Naipaul. He has amazing words to describe Muslims.

Anyway, Salman Rushdie has a hot girlfriend. I know it's out of topic, but I just couldn't help ;^)

20 posted on 08/11/2005 4:35:26 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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