Tavleen Singh on The myth of moderate Islam

apr 16th, 2008

there is no such thing as moderate mohammedanism. it is a hoax like the thomas hoax. if you are a mohammedan, you have to obey the strictures of the koran, which leave no room for anything but jihad.

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"If 'moderate' Muslims believe that the West is the real enemy of Islam and that the free societies of modern times compare poorly with the greatness of Muslim rule in earlier times, then there is little difference between them and the jihadis"

 

The myth of moderate Islam
Tavleen Singh
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/296165.html

 This is not a column that discusses cinema, but this week I make an exception because of a film I have just seen, which inadvertently exposes the myth of 'moderate' Islam. I went to see Khuda Kay Liye not just because it is the first Pakistani film to be released in Indian cinemas since anyone can remember, but because I gathered from reviews that it was a reflection of moderate Islam. This is a commodity in short supply in the subcontinent as well as across the Islamic world, where supposedly moderate Islamic countries like Indonesia and Malaysia have transformed in recent times into places where women have exchanged mini-skirts and western influence for the hijab and a return to medieval Arabia.

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