There are no moderate Muslims
Reader comment on item: The Moderation of American Muslims

Submitted by R Ramakrishnan (Japan), Sep 28, 2004 at 17:42

... Islam does not believe in moderation. If a Muslim does not believe in a few of the traditional tenets of Islam his only hope is to keep quiet about it. He would be risking his life if he were to air his views. Islam has no concept of honest dissent. Islam does not permit, has not permitted any discussion of basic issues. Islamic societies are flush with prejudices and hate-mongering that would make hard-core Nazis blush. There is sufficient anti-semitism in the world, naked and blatant, to murder the Jews several times over. There is sufficient hatred in the Islamic world for Western civilization to bomb Western countries out of existence. There is sufficient hatred of Hinduism and Buddhism in the Islamic world to kill all the HIndus and Buddhists. What is stopping the Muslims is only the absence of superior and proven military might on the part of Islamic nations. ...

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