AMERICA, ***THE MYTH OF MODERATE ISLAM*** ___WHY MODERATE ISLAM IS AN OXYMORON___ VIDEO 3:34 MINUTES... At a time when terrorism committed in the name of Islam is rampant, we are continuously being assured—especially by three major institutions that play a dominant role in forming the Western mindset, namely, mainstream media, academia, and government—that the sort of Islam embraced by “radicals,” “jihadis,” and so forth, has nothing to do with “real” Islam. “True” Islam, so the narrative goes, is intrinsically free of anything “bad.” It’s the nut-jobs who hijack it for their own agenda that are to blame. More specifically, we are told that there exists a “moderate” Islam and an “extremist” Islam—the former good and true, embraced by a Muslim majority, the latter a perverse sacrilege practiced by an exploitative minority. But what do these dual adjectives—“moderate” and “extremist”—ultimately mean in the context of Islam? Are they both equal and viable alternatives insofar as how Islam is understood? Are they both theologically legitimate? This last question is particularly important, since Islam is first and foremost a religious way of life centered around the words of a deity (Allah) and his prophet (Muhammad)—the significance of which is admittedly unappreciated by secular societies. Both terms—“moderate” and “extremist”—have to do with degree, or less mathematically, zeal: how much, or to what extent, a thing is practiced or implemented. As Webster’s puts it, “moderate” means “observing reasonable limits” “extremist” means “going to great or exaggerated lengths. ”It’s a question, then, of doing either too much or too little. CONTINUE READING AT BLOGS CBN .COM LINK BELOW: blogs.cbn/ibrahim/archive/2014/03/24/why-moderate-islam-is-an-oxymoron.aspx DIRECT LINK TO RIGHTSCOOP. COM BELOW: therightscoop/raymond-ibrahim-on-the-myth-of-moderate-islam/
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:20:18 +0000
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