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We can have hope for the future now that, for the first time, moderate Muslims collectively are speaking out against Jihad. FSM Contributing Editor Walid Phares explains why the recent Secular Islam Summit could be key to the success of this effort. ________________________________________________ A unusual conference, taking place on the West coast of Florida, drew the attention of many observers of the War of Ideas: The first Secular Islam Summit. Organized by the Center for Inquiry Transnational and various activists, the meeting included two dozen speakers and about two hundred participants from various backgrounds and nationalities. It took place at...

-Crimes against humanity like the gang rapes, honor killings, murders of Christians, Hindus and Shias, etc. Are daily happenings in Muslim societies like Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran. In fact, to the outsiders, these inhuman acts have come to represent Islam. Mullah's Green Wall of Silence, protecting and endorsing the barbarism, has traditionally and historically been so high that it has obscured the true face of Islam. Silence of those who claim to represent Islam, has made it impossible for the non-Muslims to distinguish between the sick Muslim sociology and the true Islamic theology. Wahabbi preachers consider modernity a downfall of...