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I would say that there are Moderate Muslims.
The problem is they’re comparable to normal Germans during 1933-1945, while “Radical” Muslims are comparable to the SA and SS .
The moderates give cover to the “radicals” so that they can move about freely in civilized countries, provide them money through mosques and “Islamic Charities” and wage “Lawfare” on their behalf to make it politically incorrect to “profile” or criticize Muslims or Muslim theology.
Just like there were “good Germans” in Nazi Germany, there are good Muslims. Egyptian Muslims offered themselves as human shields for Coptic Christians after the recent attacks; some Imams have issued fatwahs against terrorism; and an Imam said the recent homicide bomber in Russia would “go to Hell.” I don’t if he said it Arabic, though, so it might not be binding...

So, predictably, its more complicated than we’d like.


19 posted on 02/04/2011 7:46:56 AM PST by Little Ray (The Gods of the Copybook Heading, with terror and slaughter return!)
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To: Little Ray
Much of what you say is true, but let me put a sharper point on the issue.

It seems possible to argue that the “good people” in Nazi Germany of whom you speak were also either naïve, indifferent, perhaps selfish, irresponsible, certainly intimidated and coerced, or otherwise frightened to the point of inaction. With hindsight, it is clear those good people had a responsibility at least to their families and neighbors to react – perhaps initially with stronger politicians - to Hitler’s early 1930’s political machinations, which were largely accomplished with deception, street thugs, voter intimidation, etc.

Perhaps that is the lesson for us today and the lesson for “peaceful moslems”.

Unfortunately, good people do not always timely react to infringements in meaningful ways, if at all. And bad people tend to increase their overstepping until resistance is ineffectual.

So we select politicians to safeguard our systems, and then sometimes fail to hold them accountable.

23 posted on 02/04/2011 8:28:12 AM PST by frog in a pot (We need a working definition of "domestic enemies" if the oath of office is to have meaning.)
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