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Originally posted by Illumina Drathiran'ar:
When people cloak cruelty under the guise of religion, how do you put a stop to that without appearing to condemn a faith? So many layers...
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I do not believe the hostage takers are doing the will of Allah. I believe Allah, even if Islam is 100% correct, would be horrified that a place of worship is used to kill ANYONE, let alone Muslims.
You put a stop to it, by using theology to fight theology, or to make it obvious that those who would use Gods name to achieve a political end, in contradiction of their stated beliefs, are in fact misrepresenting him and their kind.
Moderate Muslims need to speak out against radicals, and we need to give them airtime, media coverage and forum time, so that radicals may be convinced out of their position by the very scriptures they may selectively quote to justify their destruction.
Dialogue destroys an ideology, not supression and warfare.
[ 11-28-2006, 09:38 AM: Message edited by: Yorick ]