First and foremost. There is no such thing as radical Islam, there is only Islam. Islam is VERY different from western Christianity. To be a follower of Islam you MUST believe that the Qu'ran is the absolute word of god. Every verse and Surah in the book is equally valid and let me tell you there are ALOT more violent verses then there are peaceful verses. In fact Islam is the ONLY, let me repeat.. the ONLY religion whose prophet was a homicidal maniac with a penchant for beheading hundreds of people and killing any male infidel who had pubic hair. The reason there are no moderate Islamists protesting these things is because if they are a true believer of Islam they must accept jihad by the sword as it is indeed commanded by the word of god. Islam cannot be negotiated with it must be defeated. It cannot be reformed or changed it must be eradicated. You cannot reform the perfect word of god, and this is the basic tenet of Islam and the sole reason for the existence of the religion itself. You cannot reform perfection. Either Muslims will have to accept the fact that the Qu'ran is not the word of God and somehow salvage their religion... if you can call it that or they will face extinction or we will all slowly become a muslim world.
From the darkness, a light burns to remove the shadow of denial.
Burning of any book the Quran included, is an act of stupidity since we are still only a short step away from burning people.
The act of stupidity and disrespect by a few gives us pause to think that "all" the country and its inhabitants are held accountable and can be attacked is why the fanatic Muslim is in my opinion so farcical.
Yes,
no doubt some luckless soldier in a country trying to do right by setting the women free and the county onto a road of prosperity will be attacked and killed by these bozos who think an idiot in Southern USA gives them more cause than they think they already have to do so.
Ignorance where education can make a difference is curable but fanaticism is the evil which predominates far too much of the Muslim world. Since they are willing to die for what they think, how many others who CLAIM to think differently are willing to die to prevent it!
The Allah way or the highway of harassment and likely death!
This is a tough paradox to think through when one tries to listen to the liberal moderate Muslim denunciations such as listed in Tahir al-Qadri's fatwa given the headlines of violence that so clearly dominates their ideology.
If I see another group of idiots shouting Death to America on any TV news channel again I think we could conclude that the media fosters such garbage soley to keep us all worried sick and resentful!
Historically and culturally other religions have been and will continue to be guilty of inhumane acts, thoughtlessness idiocy and cruelty, but what passes for much of the Muslim religion today requires little in the way of truth only a false belief that "their" faith is the belief of God's choice not the manipulative cretins who play at being all knowing of the inner working of Mohammed.
Persia was an enlightened part of the world torn asunder by religious fury with only zealots left in charge. The Middle east is a shambles, frequent wars and tribal traditions have made it impossible for any free thought or creative government other than the power of the sword and the utter mind lock of a dominant unyielding religion or established warlords with complete control over the populace!
The West, eager to secure oil and control of resources, chose to deal with those in control who would supply them with little regard to how the rest of their country was run! As result describing the American foreign policy is now the Muslim rally for defense of their homelands. Go figure? The resentment and envy by the Muslim's living abroad of is a FUNDAMENTAL belief that their poverty and hard ship is directly proportional with American living conditions which was created at the expense of their country's resources and rights. Hence their violent hatred of the American dream.
Israel is without a doubt the thorn in the side of the Arab Muslim community who seek its destruction. There is no true intention to let Israel remain. Eventually they will again attempt to destroy that country! As America is their number 1 go to on the endless monetary funds and nuke parade again violent hatred of American foreign policy!
Many religions belive it is GOD'S destiny that Israel must be destroyed before God will send his cleansing team! Do we perpetuate our own demise because it is within our chosen religions that we claim proof it must be so?
I fear common sense is now only nonsense!