[fanfan]

Thanks Cindy.

I read more about this terrorist today. Apparently he was a big joker/funny man, a great co-worker, and a really nice/good neighbour.

Hmmm.
I wonder how they describe a moderate Muslim?

[sionnsar]

It seems a lot (not all) of crazies are described much that same way by neighbors. I think we're talking a human condition here.

I've known Muslims here in the U.S. since about 1980 (all Iranian) and not a one of them has ever blown anyone up. A few have even passed on without doing so. A few have become Christians but maybe that's just cover, right?

It's my belief that many, if not the majority, of Muslims are in fact moderates. (And there are many who are the equivalent of C&E Christians.) The problem is that one can never be absolutely certain which is which.

Just like one can never be certain that the "really nice/good neighbour" isn't an axe murderer, real or potential, on her off days.

OTOH, I have a Muslim colleague who frequently regales his Western colleagues about the "Evil Juice" -- to the point that a German colleague with no love for Israel took him to task a while back.

[Cindy]

It’s like the general criminal — some of them really are nice and/or just your “regular Joe” on the outside at least.

[Cindy]

“I wonder how they desribe a moderate Muslim?”

The same.

You’re welcome fanfan.