Simplistic View

Submitted by Pat Goudey OBrien (United States), Jul 26, 2005 at 15:20

As though Islam in its totality were involved in attempts to establish a Caliphate by violent means any more than Christianity is bent on establishing God's Kingdom on Earth through the likes of Dominionists or Tim Lahaye.

Yes, Islam is at the center of the Jihadi Terrorist movement, but the Terrorist Movement is not at the center of Islam.

All the people of Islam are not violent terrorists, nor do they support violent terrorism, any more than Americans support the Ku Klux Klan (which buried it's ugly message in Biblical speech, if you remember).

Pat Goudey OBrien
Warren, Vermont

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