[woollyone]

Has been said that a moderate muslem is one that doesn’t prefer to follow the more radical elements of the koran and is therefore not considered to be a “good” moslem.

However, on the other side of that s the “good” moslem who believes the radical and entire counsel of the koran...he is what we would call the radical/violent moslem.

The key seems to be how much of the koran a follower of mohammed (pork be upon him) chooses to believe and practice.

Whatever the case and in light of their definition of a "good" moslem, even the moderate (not “goo”) moslem is only a few verses away from jihad. Even not-good/moderate moslems are suspect, especially in light of the koran's explicit instructions to hide the true nature of their beliefs to deceive the infidel!

[Lurker]

Has been said that a moderate muslem is one that doesn’t prefer to follow the more radical elements of the koran and is therefore not considered to be a “good” moslem.

This is spot on. As I said above, there may be moderate muslims. But there is no such thing as moderate islam.

It's not a religion. It's an odious political philosophy ever bit as dangerous as Nazism or Communism. We ignore that fact at our peril.

L