[meia]

Here is a different view of Islam that I think everyone should read. It is important that we know that not all Muslims are crazed fanatics such as OBL just as not all Christians are hate-filled bigots such as The Right Reverend Fred Phelps of "God Hates Fags" fame.

[swarthyguy]

Here's a better one than the apologist propaganda you've posted.

He's the man - Tashbih Sayyed Rules!!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/749476/posts

[desertcry]

I have no doubt that, there are Muslims who interprept the Qu'ran in a benign way, but I'm afraid they are a very small minority. Thus this article should have been directed to the majority of the islamic world, where it would do the most good. The small minority of Muslims who truly beleive in peace, and love for their fellow human beings should voice very strongly(to the manistream islam) their beleif, even at the risks of their own lives. This is the only way the rest of the world will beleive that islam is a religion of Peace.

[aruanan]

A Reasoned and Articulate View of Islam

Ha ha ha. Apparently you don't know enough about the history and beliefs of Islam in order to have come up with such a title. What the hijackers of 9/11 did was far closer to core Islamic belief and practice of the past ~1400 years than anything promoted by Phelps is to Christianity.

[tutstar]

bump for later

[GeekDejure]

This article is, as usual, 100% total crap !!!

It is simply another example of the Muslim Trojan Horse in action !!!

Believe such trash at your own peril !!!

[LibKill]

The writer sure got one thing right. Those images of palis DANCING IN THE STREETS TO CELEBRATE THE MURDER OF AMERICANS sure did no good for their co-religionists.

I will remember that for a long time, the rest of my life.

[MissAmericanPie]

Sorry, but I will have to trust my lying eyes and ears. Like the author says himself, Islam is a run away religion with it's adherent's having limited knowledge of it themselves, and that limited knowledge being to kill the infidel.

"Where is our media? Where are our spokespeople? Where are our scholars? Where are our literary figures? The truth is we don’t have any"

Kind of says it all doesn't it. I don't want to understand Islam, I could care less about it. The only thing I need to know about it I know already, those that practise it, either want to kill me themselves, or will applaud those that do.

[Mr. Mojo]

It disturbs me greatly when I see "moderate" Muslims attempting to equate OBL with Christians like Falwell, Robertson, and Phelps. Needless to say, the analogy is inaccurate in every conceivable way.

[Kozak]

This all reminds me of all the Leftists during the cold war who would renounce the Soviet Union or China or North Korea of not practicing "Real Communism".

If ever this mythic "Real Communism" were practised all the horrible disasters associated with that failed philosophy would disappear.

Well, what we see around us is Islam, AS IT IS PRACTISED. Not some mythic never never land of perfection.
And where ever it is a majority religion it fosters poverty, despotism and strife. Where in the minority it just fosters the strife.

[MonroeDNA]

"Our Prophet said, peace be upon him, “Beware of extremism in your religion.” Islam is the middle way between excess and neglect. Zealots are a plague upon religion. These extremists come in two types. The first is a reactionary extremist who falls far right of a centre-point. Reactionary extremists do not want any pluralism; they view the world in melodramatic, black and white, good and evil terms. They are good and anyone who opposes them is evil..."

Hmmmmm....sounds somehow familier, in certain religeous sects here in the US.

Interesting.

[Teacher317]

The reality is we are an Umma that no longer realises that Allah is the power behind all power; that it is Allah who subjugates one people to another; that He gives dominion to whom He pleases and He takes it away from whom He pleases.

According to this "Reasoned and Articulate View of Islam", Allah promotes slavery.

... Reverend Amos Brown said in no uncertain terms that America must ask herself what she has done either wittingly or unwittingly to incur the wrath and hate of people around the world. Muslims on the other hand, generally prefer to attack the West as the sole reason for their problems when the truth is we are bankrupt as a religious community and our spiritual bankruptcy has led to our inability to even deliver the message of Islam to Westerners in a time when they were giving us platforms to do so.

Very telling passage.

It is ironic that the Western media while producing many vile programs on Islam

Name two.

has also produced and aired material of the highest quality with a high level of accuracy only to be vilified by Muslims because it was not good enough. Where is our media? Where are our spokespeople? Where are our literary figures? The truth is we don’t have any -

Is that why WE have to understand Islam, and Islam is unable policing its own? I don't think this is an acceptable excuse at all.

[lavaroise]

Conspiracy or not, we are to blame for the terrible backlash against Muslims.

With stereotypes like these, who needs muslims indeed! LOL!

[tutstar]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/657944/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/641897/posts