Frankly, I would love to see more “Islamic moderates” but the very concept is an oxymoron. I’ll repeat - the only moderate muslim is, ironically, an ex-muslim. Islam demands total adherence; dissidents, atheists, and agnostics who are found in all other religions don’t exist in Islam because of the muslim intolerence to deviations from Koranic prescription.
Not to prove my point but I’ve lived for 25 years as a memebr of the minority in a muslim-majority area. My “moderate” muslim friends and colleagues (some of whom drank alcohol and listened to rock) still believe that 9-11 was either a fraud or the work of the Jews.
Sorry - nothing I’ve experienced/seen re: Islam convinces me that there is any room for moderation in Koranically-governed Islamic societies (that constitute the vast majority of the OIC).
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