Perhaps there is hope that Moderate Islam will overcome
Moderator: Dictators in Training
Perhaps there is hope that Moderate Islam will overcome
Raymond S. Kraft wrote:The history of the world is the history of civilizational clashes, cultural clashes. All wars are about ideas, ideas about what society and civilization should be like, and the most determined always win.
Those who are willing to be the most ruthless always win. The pacifists always lose, because the anti-pacifists kill them.
See also the recent demonstration in Turkey against the Pope. 20,000 protestors, wearing headbands with islamic slogans, waving Turkish flags, beating drums, etc. But, and this is the important thing, it was a completely peaceful protest. No violence whatsoever. They felt their faith was offended, wanted to get their message across, and did so in a completely peaceable manner.
-Arlos
-Arlos
It's that same type of protest toward American policy that we need to handle with feathered hands, and in some extent to encourage. IE anything we can do to support non jihad based dissent even if it doesn't agree with us would be good.
Raymond S. Kraft wrote:The history of the world is the history of civilizational clashes, cultural clashes. All wars are about ideas, ideas about what society and civilization should be like, and the most determined always win.
Those who are willing to be the most ruthless always win. The pacifists always lose, because the anti-pacifists kill them.