Moderate?

Reader comment on item: [Finding Moderate Muslims:] Do you believe in modernity?

Submitted by Charles Tisse (Australia), Nov 26, 2003 at 18:48

The word moderate is being used in a very confusing way by many people. What exactly do you consider moderate, one who is moderate by the standards of other people of their country or religious background, or one who is moderate according to our standards in the Western World?

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