[Steve_Seattle]

"In all of my studies, Islam was the one faith most compatible with so-called ‘Western’ thought."

I wonder how she arrived at that conclusion? Perhaps her studies of Sufism gave her an extraordinarily distorted view of what real, everyday Islam is like.

[ArrogantBustard]

Perhaps her studies of Sufism gave her an extraordinarily distorted view of what real, everyday Islam is like.

In many respects, mohammed's religion is a drastic Christian heresy (going all the way to apostasy), reduced to absurdity. "Sufi" is considered by many mohammedans to be heretical, bordering on apostasy. Perhaps that brings it back closer to the West ...