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Originally Posted by politicophile
This almost makes it seem like Muslim extremists aren't actually concerned with the tenets of their faith....
Seriously, any Muslim worth his salt should be furious at this encroachment on the kaaba. This is a threat to one of the five pillars and should be taken very seriously. Instead, we see general apathy. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that something is rotten in the core of the Islamic faith. But I think we already knew that.
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Well, I'm not sure something is "rotten at the core" of the faith - Islam is divided into several main sects and a bunch of smaller ones beside. It would be like saying there is something rotten at the core of Christianity because Jerry Falwell and his followers are a bunch of nutjobs.
But the lack of outrage does concern me. The lack of intensive media coverage by the Arab media is remarkable. I don't subscribe to Al-Jazeera or anything, but you'd think we'd here more about this than an editorial on page B3 of the Toronto Star.