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In Search of Moderate Muslims

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Submitted by Buzz Gunning (United States), Apr 11, 2007 at 09:38

It's very like the old children's game of 'Blind Man's Bluff'. I hear so much about 'Moderate Muslims' that I am compelled to assume that amongst the millions of Muslims (billions?) there must be one. Other than a few well written blogs by what appear to be moderates, I find no uniform outreach of a people determined to rid themselves of the stigma of Radical Islam.

What do we hear from the 2,000 or so Mosques in the U.S. ? Nothing. So, it's guilty until proven innocent. It's a bad attitude I know, and it flies in the face of the core of our jurisprudence, but the silence is deafening and is construed to mean consent or fear. In either case it is supportive of the radical's cause.

Moderates, if indeed they exist, must speak out. Are there no Patrick Henry's in your midst? As a corollary, there don't appear to be any Churchill's in ours, so maybe we are doomed together.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
1Deep Human need to suppress the truth [256 words]PrashantMay 16, 2022 04:22281291
Antithetical Reasoning that Islam in Practice Can be Derivative of Its Written Form [181 words]M ToveyMay 16, 2022 18:45281291
Robert Spencer's cynicism is justified [42 words]DaveMay 15, 2022 15:46281256
Is leaving the faith of Islam punishable by death. [34 words]JosephSep 25, 2007 00:08109611
In search of a moderate Muslim.. [77 words]donvanMar 19, 2007 12:4386919
Right on the mark [77 words]JaladhiMar 19, 2007 18:1886919
In Search of Moderate Muslims [162 words]Buzz GunningApr 11, 2007 09:3886919
Reformation of Islam [274 words]Peter G JonesMay 8, 2006 18:0745044
Spot on [132 words]TerryMar 25, 2007 17:0145044

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