And NOW your an editor by day! Since your vast knowledge of the history of Islam comes from your experience as an editor by day, what exactly do you edit?
You stated:"The entire Muslim world condemned, in no uncertain terms, the attacks of 9/11.
I don't know about you, but I did not read a single condemnation of the attacks by any Muslim "leader" that I considered to be in "no uncertain terms." They were all rather weak and conditional. They all seemed to try to squeeze some blame onto America's policy towards Israel. They were "in no uncertain terms" equivocal.
I employ you to listen to yourselves and to each other. Ask yourselves how Jesus would feel about the things you say and the way you say them. Ask yourself, if your statements, claims, half-truths, and out-right lies, intentional or otherwise, is the way that Jesus set out to spread the Gospel.
In all honesty, if I were not a Muslim and was seeking a religion, the comments and attitudes of Christians in this forum would not entice me to continue my investigation into the Christian faith.
Believe it or not, Muslims are told that Christians are the closest to us in faith.
A a very, very little known fact is that the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) had such confidence in the "righteousness" of the Christian King of what was then, Abyssinia, that he sent a group of Muslims there for protection when pagan Arabs had set out to destroy the Muslims.
The Christian King did in fact protect the Muslims. He told the Muslims that they were welcomed to stay in Abyssinia for as long as they wanted and, he told the pagan Arabs, with whom he had official diplomatic relations at the time, that the distance between Islam and Christianity was no greater than a line in the sand that was drawn with his staff.