10 and ½ COMMON MYTHS ABOUT MUSLIMS (in no particular order): Some People

» Pinky102 - Some People

I'm struck by the ignorance of some people who, it seems, are so smart but at the same time are so ignorant.

It is a tragedy that these people are so stuck in their overwhelming ignorance that they cannot see the the reality of the presentations they make to the world.

In fact, in my opinion, what I see as the continual ranting and raging against all those who don't buy into the god that is found in a book is nothing more than a fight against the modern times in which we live. In that sense they are true fundamentalists--anti realist--promoters of prejudice and hatred.

They have no objective knowledge of the World of Islam--it is plain to see. Everything they know about it has been picked up from their prejudicial viewpoint.

You might want to read this book. It provides an objective view of reality involved in the situation in which the world has been thrown by the fundamentalist hatred of Christianity that support Judaism. And, pretty much, those Christians (??) are in its pages.

Title: Battle for God: A History of Fundamentalism
Author: Karen Armstrong
Publisher: The Random House Publishing Group
ISBN: 0345391691


Book Summary:
Arguing that fundamentalism is complex and innovative, and yet a failure in religious terms, Armstrong, a commentator and author on religious affairs, examines fundamentalism among American Protestants, Israeli Jews, and Iranian and Egyptian Muslims. She explains how these movements have sprung up in a response to modernism (beginning as early as the 16th century), and suggests that compassion and understanding may help diffuse the conflicts that rage between fundamentalists and the modernity that surrounds them.

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In the final analysis, we all live in the same world which, I think, would be a much better place if all the fundamentalists from every religion were sent to the planet Pluto.

-- posted by Pinky102