Great idea! Zero chance of it happening though...

Submitted by sara (United States), Sep 19, 2010 at 17:46

I applaud your (Western and innocent) thinking. It would be a wonderful day when Muslims anywhere recognized or condemned the deaths of fellow Muslims by Muslims. Unfortunately, this is not allowed per the religion. Not only can they not speak out against another Muslim, but they can lie in defense as well (Taqiya).

As for the one way bridge/street, I wanted to let you know that whenever you hear Muslims talking about building bridges between Islam and the West (let's forget for a moment that the 2 concepts are incomparable- Islam a religion and the West a culture or civilization), they are always, ALWAYS talking about a one way street. They want YOU to learn about Islam. They don't care to teach any Muslims about the West. One way all day.

Trust me on this, I have researched it thoroughly.

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