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Originally Posted by powerclown
Then who/what is the moral authority of the Islamic religion?
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If I answered this question I'd have about as much success as if I answered "The Pope" if the question referred to Christianity.
Out of the Christians you know, who takes anything the Pope says seriously?
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next paragraph from Wikipedia only begins to scratch the surface of divisions within the Muslim world:
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There are some groups that claim to be Muslim, but are not accepted as Muslim by most Muslims. For example, neither Sunni nor Shi'a Muslims accept Ahmedis as fellow Muslims. This is also true of other groups as well. An agnostic of Islamic background may refer to him/herself as a "cultural Muslim", but this is likewise unacceptable to most observant Muslims. Many Sunni regard the Shi'a and the ʕAlawī sects as non-Muslim. There have also been numerous instances in which some Sunni have declared other Sunni to be unbelievers, some Shi'a have declared other Shi'a the same, and so on.
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Remember when Madonna was Christian? Heck, why not even use a current example!? How many Rabbi do you think would acknowledge Madonna's religion? I could go on with a list of different Jews who are worlds apart in thought. The key to understanding this situation lies in
understanding differences.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
And some people have WAY to short a fuse. As soon as I hear more 'moderate' muslims rise up against this crap, I may think there is hope. Saddly I know these moderates, and they are only moderate in that they want someone else to do the suicide bombings, they don't really care beyond that.
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Again...please prove there is an onus on "moderate Muslims" to explain and apologize for the actions of the extremists. Must I repeat my Kenny G or Madonna analogies?
Imagine if a member of the TFP committed a capital crime and we were all held accountable by the media!