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

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In response to Re: Re: Some People posted by Pinky102:

Farah is a well known scholar in the Muslim world. Whether he is well respected or not, maybe Binte will comment. He does seem to paint a much different picture of the world than what I can tell of your summary of the Karen Armstrong book. Muslims do seem to worry about radical members of Islam, just like conservative Christians for the most part pray against the use of any violence in God's name by cultic religious groups. But fundamentalism is not perceived as a dangerous movement that is destroying the world or in need of some special shipment of believers to Pluto. According to Farah's book, the Western secular (godless) message of immorality, hedonism, homosexuality, abortion, adultery, fornication, and lawlessness are perceived by Muslims as destroying civilization and family life. And the loss of respect for ancient text... in their case, the Koran. I assure you that these thoughts did not originate in my church's book store. I imagine whenever a Muslim turns on American television and sees two dozen channels exporting immoral behavior, they must laugh when they hear from folks like yourself who blame fundamentalists Christians for causing the majority of the world's problems.

-- posted by BrotherJones