Moderate Muslims?Hard to find!

Submitted by Wig (United Kingdom), Sep 13, 2003 at 06:40

People regard Muslims as a malevolent, war-seeking species for one simple reason. .. You only need to watch the news to see the violence they spread from the US to Uzbekistan, from Bradford to Bali. I had the misfortune to be seated next to a well-spoken, well-educated Pakistani woman, with make-up on, interest in Western music, and divorced, at a recent wedding I attended. Much to my surpise, this women openly supported Bin Laden, believed that Mossad had carried out the World Trade Centre attacks (in order to give Islam a bad name), and that the suicide attacks from Dehli to Tel Aviv were a legitimate response to the "oppression" of Muslims. This women, she assured me, spoke for the masses of moderate Muslims.Is this what being a moderate Muslim all about? I believe so.

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