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The Myth of Moderate Islam

Posted by Matt in June 16th, 2008

Supporting moderation in all things Islamic may seem like a no-brainer, but woe betide the policymaker who tries to turn a plausible idea into a workable strategy.

Of all the cures commonly proposed for the many ailments afflicting the Middle East, there is one tonic nearly everyone seems to agree on: boosting moderate Islam.

But this belief is dead wrong. Not only is it impossible to agree on a working definition of the word “moderate,” but there is scant evidence that extremists really do moderate once they assume power.

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A careful reading of the Koran shows that it is the extremists that more closely follow the Koran than moderates.

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2949. revengeBeslan said,
September 17th, 2008 at 3:48 am

Is there ‘moderate’ apartheid, or ‘moderate’ nazism ? Can a thoroughly discriminatory, hateful and genocidal cult, religion or ideology have ‘moderate’ members? Have we misunderstood nazism, was it in effect a different culture enriching the cultural diversity, misunderstood and “hijacked by some extremists” ? Were there ‘moderate nazi’s’ that held ‘moderately’ anti-semitic views? What would constitute a ‘moderate’ muslim? Someone who thinks only some rape victims should be stonded, and only some gays strung up ? I fail to understand what people mean when they speek of “moderate islam”.

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