Posted by
Steve on Sunday, December 16, 2007 5:00:18 AM
I spoke with Kuwaiti soldiers in the wake of the Sept 11th attacks,
and they said, to a man, that "anyone who would commit such an
act is NOT a true Muslim." Yet all I hear from those same individuals
and the vast majority of Muslims the world over is a deafening
silence when a woman who was kidnapped and raped is charged and
convicted as the criminal, instead of being treated like the victim
she was.
An old friend of mine sent me a link to a VERY interesting op-ed
piece from, of all newspapers, the New York Times. It was written,
ironically, on Pearl Harbor Day. Here is the text of the article, with
my commentary to follow:...(Read on about Moderate Islam)