We're told to ignore the people who have "distorted" Islam, and try instead to have a dialogue with the "moderate" Muslims. The problem is there is no such thing. "Moderate Muslim" is one of those Orwellian terms that you hear a lot nowadays. Believing in Islam is not a moderate thing, and nor is believing in Christianity or Judaism.
Followers of these three faiths believe the following: in the blink of an eye a celestial dictator created the Earth and the universe exactly as it is now, but only revealed himself to humanity around 2500 years ago in a remote corner of Palestine. The Earth is around 6000 years old and nothing on it - certainly not human beings - has evolved.
Is this a moderate thing to think?
If you're a Christian you believe that the aforementioned celestial dictator impregnated a virgin woman, who then gave birth to the son of God and that this man later died, rose from the day and then flew bodily up to heaven. If you don't believe this then you're not a Christian.
If you're a Muslim you believe that the aforementioned celestial dictator sent a messenger to Arabia in the 7th century and then gave him divine messages via an angel that only this messenger could see. This messenger's name was Muhammed, and you believe that he is the most perfect human being. You believe he is beyond criticism, a being so perfect and so holy that no image of him can ever be shown and that anyone who wants to take his name for their child has to change the spelling slightly. This perfect human being launched dozens of battles, killed hundreds of people, took 12 wives (one of whom was a 9 year-old girl) and said that Jews were the offspring of pigs and monkeys. You believe that this man is the perfect human being. If you don't believe this then you're not a Muslim.
Is this a moderate thing to think?
Thursday, 22 October 2009
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