Islam is a spreading empire

Submitted by Claire (United States), Jun 20, 2008 at 08:43

Even so-called "moderate" Muslims I have met all implore everyone else to read the Koran so they will be "better understood." But their motive is similar to the Christian evangelicals--conversion. What makes it insidious is that Islam itself is, by definition, a totalitarian political system that uses "religious" practices and "revelation" to reinforce the power of the imams and warlords.

There are some excellent videos, and this one is possibly the best I've found that addresses what Islam really is. See http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-871902797772997781&q=&hl=en.

I think some who've been posting here as apologists for Islam actually see the current time in the West as "Jahiliah," or a time of ignorance before Islam conquers. We've seem Muslims post "We are better," we've seen them write in support of barbaric shariah practices. This all-encompassing cultural, ideological, societal practice has everything written out for every minor detail of behavior in everyday life.

My own question is this: Is moderate Islam even possible?

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