Posted on 09/14/2010 6:42:38 AM PDT by Kaslin
Sometimes, when people get emotional while discussing radical Islam, they tend to paint Muslims with far too broad a brush. There are millions of decent, hard working, patriotic Muslims in this country which explains why, as late as 2000, they were voting 78% Republican.
Unfortunately, we hear from those people far too seldom while the terrorists, radical Islamist shills at CAIR, and the dirtbag building the Ground Zero Mosque seem to grab all the headlines. That makes it easy to forget that there are American Muslims out there loudly and forcefully speaking out against terrorism.
Moreover, across the world, the United States has had traditional alliances with Muslim nations, some of whom have fought side-by-side with our troops. Even in hostile nations like Iran, large numbers of Iranians held spontaneous candlelight vigils to show solidarity with America. To view Muslims like that as our enemy seems rather foolish to me.
Along similar lines, some people on the Right argue that Muslims who don't believe in violence or jihad don't understand their own religion. This doesn't seem to be very...wise or helpful? Obviously, there are hundreds of millions of Muslims who don't believe that their religion is violent. Telling them that if they understood their own religion as well as non-Muslims that they would be murdering us seems like a lose/lose sort of argument to make.
All that being said, because of political correctness and the genuine desire by the American people to be polite and tolerant, a lot of extremely important issues are simply not being discussed – and that’s a big problem.
When you refuse to talk about important topics because they make people uncomfortable, animus, distrust, and anxiety inevitably spread. On the other hand, when you have an open and honest dialogue about the real issues people debate privately, you can build comfort and trust and start to reach solutions that would never be possible in an environment where people are attacked and demonized simply for asking basic questions that most people have, but are afraid to speak out about.
So, with that in mind, here are 10 questions you're not supposed to ask about Islam.
1) Why do so few moderate Muslims speak out against Islamic extremism? How can we get more moderate Muslims to speak up and amplify their voices?
2) Of the "moderate Muslims" who have spoken out in favor of moderation or against terrorism, a number of them have later been tied to terrorist groups or have advocated radical policies. This causes a great deal of difficulty for people who want to ally with Muslim groups because the "moderate" they're talking to today may very well make them look bad by advocating radical policies in a month or two. What's the best way to deal with that?
3) Because of the concept of Taqiyya, many non-Muslims believe that Muslims have few qualms about lying to non-believers. Is this a legitimate concern? If not, why not?
4) When it comes to immigration, how does the United States tell the difference between radical Islamists and moderate Muslims? If we can't tell the difference, should that affect our immigration policies?
5) Widely accepted practices in large swathes of the Islamic world -- like shariah law, honor killings, and death for apostates -- are absolutely, unconditionally incompatible with western civilization. Should we be asking Muslims if they oppose those practices before we allow them to enter our country? Granted, they could lie, but the very fact that we would publicly label those customs as barbaric would send a strong signal.
6) Why does Islam have such "bloody borders?"
7) Much of the Islamic world has an extremely backward attitude toward women. Is this something that goes along with Islam or is it a cultural issue in the nations where Islam happens to have taken root?
8) Why is there so much rabid anti-Semitism in the Muslim world? Pointing to Israel doesn't seem to be much of an answer, given that what Israel does or doesn't do has no impact whatsoever on the day-to-day lives of 98% of the Muslim world.
9) Islam, as it's practiced, SEEMS to be an EXTRAORDINARILY intolerant religion. Yet, non-Muslims are constantly being told we have to be tolerant to Islam. Why should non-Muslims be so tolerant of Islam when that tolerance is not being returned?
10) While there are certainly individual Muslims who seem to fit in very well in western society, Europe has had a great deal of difficulty assimilating Muslims. So, it seems natural to ask: Is Islam on a widespread scale compatible with the freedom, openness, and traditions of western civilization?
11. If the Ground Zero Mosque is really all about bridge building and interfaith dialogue, which radical Muslims would find abhorrent, why would those same radical Muslims react violently if the Ground Zero Mosque is not built at the proposed location?
There are no moderate muslims.
“Why do so few moderate Muslims speak out against Islamic extremism?”
Key question. Are they afriad? Is it a cultural thing? Do they not have a platform? Is the MSM shutting them out when they do protest? “Normal” Muslims could make a huge difference, even elimtate the radicals. Their silence, for whatever reason, is hurting them.
I have a question: Where the heck are these moderate Muslims? And just what defines moderate? Anybody ever poll the so-called moderates?
Sounds like a lot of assuming goes into the assumption they exist. Somebody define. Somebody show me a survey.
Moderation in the face of the evil we’ve seen is no virtue and certainly not moderation as I define it. Either cowardice or assent.
Read the koran. Izlam is totally inconsistent with our Constitutional Republic.
Therefore, if any person believes in the koran, they cannot believe in our Constitution. Unless of course they are nit wits.
There is no such thing as a “moderate muzlim.”
“Moderate” muslims hold their tongues because while they support the actions of the jihadists, their role is to provide political cover.
If every Muslim killed infidels at every opportunity, it would be much easier for the US and other nations to repel them. By smiling and acting civilized, the “moderate” muslims are able to establish footholds among the infidels in the infidels’ own country.
The moderates are jihadists, but their task is to establish the strategic beachhead, not execute the tactical destruction.
11. Would you rather be a Muslim living in a Christian country or a Christian living in a Muslim country?
When ever I hear someone talk about “moderate mohamedanism”, I can’t help but hear “tame rattlesnake”.
You might even think such a thing exists, but in the end, you’re going to end up bitten and saying to yourself, “But I thought it was tame!”
No, there are no moderate muslims. The ideology is incompatible with reason or moderation.
However, I believe that there are muslims living among us who pose no danger. I know some of them, have for years.
They are cultural muslims, not religious at all, just adherent in name only. They consider themselves muslim because their parents did. To them, it is a dead faith. They go through a few motions, enjoy the cultural celebrations, but there is no heart in it, just social connection.
Kind of like Christians who show up for church on Christmas and Easter and do whatever they want the rest of the year “because God wants me to be happy.”
1. Why do so many people keep calling it a religion?
2. Why do so many people make out that they don’t notice that it is a political movement, designed to expand all over the world, stamping out civilization as it rolls over human rights?
I seem to remember a survey years ago in which a stunning majority of muslims worldwide were OK with muslim terrorism against the West. IOW, they were OK with the dirty work as long as someone else was doing it. I guess you could say that a "moderate muslim" is one that wouldn't personally strap a bomb on and take one for the team but is content to stand on the sidelines and cheer.
An email I received.........
Yes, there are moderate muslims - but the ones doing the chopping of heads, the attacks, the evil are now in control of the muslim religion as the moderates do not speak up or have any control. And their Koran tells them to kill non-believers.
Therefore, it is merely fluff to try and tell us we cannot react to the evil because of the moderates who have no power.
True dat. There is also only one kind of good Muslim.
3 things you don’t know about islam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib9rofXQ16w&feature=player_embedded
Check it out yourself.
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Answer to Question #2 is..............See Question #3.
There is zero proof that the majority of these 7th century death squad monkeys are peaceful ZERO.
If there are any who are peaceful and not just lie and claim to be WE CAN’T HEAR YOU!!!! WE CAN’T SEE YOU!!!
The utter BS being spit out by our politicians and most of our media regarding this hate cult gets more annoying every day.
If you cannot even define a sworn enemy (DOJ Holder comes to mind) as Is-Slime terrorists then get the hell out of the way and let some people who do not want to destroy this country do one of the few jobs required of the federal government by the constitution and that is to protect the citizens from ALL enemies foreign and domestic.
Good grief, what a bunch of commie filth the citizens of the USA have put into office. AND as parents we should start looking at potential Universities for our children which are not filled to the brim with communists just waiting to teach all their failed crap and spawn another generation of progressives.
Do a search for conservative universities. There a few but boy we are out numbered in this arena.
*11. Would you rather be a Muslim living in a Christian country or a Christian living in a Muslim country?*
Excellent point!
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