Ping!
wow. i read the whole article.Just amazing. there goes the "moderate' Muslims concept unless they really address sthe violence in their religion.
They are confusing "radiant" with the fires of hell.
Most religions teach love, tolerance, and life. Islam teaches hate, intolerance, and death. Seems an easy choice.
If the Muslims are now preaching tolerance they must anticipate defeat and the reentering of a weak period. They would be right, if so.
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"If the Muslims are serious about presenting the radiant face of Islam, they must drop this false, hollow arrogance, and acknowledge their dark past and their even darker present. They must establish a global judiciary council whose function will be to punish any sheikh that issues a fatwa encouraging or permitting violence - whether physical or ideological... They must also re-interpret the Koran, putting the warlike verses - the verse of the sword and similar hadiths - in historical perspective as verses that are no longer valid... Perhaps they should take an example from those who follow the Koran alone and do away with all the hadiths and with the sunna..."