Interesting article by an ex-muslim radical..
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It calls for moderate muslims to do more to criticise Islamic theology, which I think is needed. All other religions go through intense scrutiny, criticism and debate but when I go on a religion board and some of the Islamic posters have a mindset where you can see that they just won't acknowledge that anything can be "wrong" with their religion.
Anyway just thought some of you might want to read it.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2115832,00.html
Anyway just thought some of you might want to read it.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2115832,00.html
"We have to change the concept of patriotism to one of “matriotism” — love of humanity that transcends war. A matriarch would never send her own children off to wars that kill other people’s children." Cindy Sheehan
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Radical Islam is not just the product of Western policies. It's not something that will go away if Islamists demands were met. The West can/does make mistakes in dealing with it, but there is also responsibility on the Islamic community to recognize theological issues that can be taken to extremist positions relatively easily.
Nonetheless.. Great find!
That happens in all my threads, lol. No surprises indeed!
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London, Brixton, 14 July 1993
London, Wembley, 1996
London, Wembley, 18 June 2007
London, O2, 18 August 2009
London, Hammersmith Apollo (Ed solo), 31 July 2012
Milton Keynes Bowl, 11 July 2014
Well in britain the govt has been doing some stuff around a strategy called Preventing Violent Extremism (http://www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1509398) which talks about working with muslim communities and things like madrassas and imams. I suppose it's a start, I don't know how effective the thing is but it depends on the communities to get into it as well I suppose.
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London, Brixton, 14 July 1993
London, Wembley, 1996
London, Wembley, 18 June 2007
London, O2, 18 August 2009
London, Hammersmith Apollo (Ed solo), 31 July 2012
Milton Keynes Bowl, 11 July 2014
Because the radicals here DESPISE the fact that you find good reads that outline all that is evil. Keep up your good work!
It just further proves the spin used by our goverments to justify wars.
The economy has polarized to the point where the wealthiest 10% now own 85% of the nation’s wealth. Never before have the bottom 90% been so highly indebted, so dependent on the wealthy.
It's not just the government, the thing about the terrorists is that they are fundamentalists - regardless of what religion they are, its <i>fundamentalism</i> itself that is the problem, which means the complete adherence to a particular belief system with no room for dialogue, debate or criticism. These particular terrorists are not fighting for independence or territory or anything but over their ideas, which is the problem here.
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London, Brixton, 14 July 1993
London, Wembley, 1996
London, Wembley, 18 June 2007
London, O2, 18 August 2009
London, Hammersmith Apollo (Ed solo), 31 July 2012
Milton Keynes Bowl, 11 July 2014
Indeed i understand that but the goverments do use all the fundamentlists actions to there own advantage. To think they don't is naive.
The economy has polarized to the point where the wealthiest 10% now own 85% of the nation’s wealth. Never before have the bottom 90% been so highly indebted, so dependent on the wealthy.