Ustwo... perhaps if you had said, "This is
one of the faces of Islam".
Saying it is
the face if Islam is as ignorant as saying Pat Robertson is
the face of Christanity.
You are being entirely facile in your world and it's really disturbing. I expect more from you.
It seems to me that Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi accepts the Pope's apology. I am not sure what your point is...
As for where Badawi stands, his speech last July seems pretty clear to me:
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The concept of creativity, innovation, rationalization and renewal is in fact central to the teachings of Islam. The text of the holy Qur’an contains many verses which request humans to use his or her intellect, to ponder, to think and to know. Critical and analytical thinking is encouraged and exhorted in Islam. The concept of ijtihad teaches Muslims to make efforts to interpret the religious texts in accordance with the realities of the existing times. For instance, a great Islamic scholar, Muhammad Abduh grappled with the issue of modernity and the need for change from the perspective of Islam. He concluded that the enlightened Muslims are those who are able to harmonize the revelations of the holy Qur’an and the traditions of the holy Prophet Muhammad on the one hand, and human reasoning and science on the other hand. The truth is that Islam is neither monolithic nor impervious to change. There should be no doubt that Islam and modernity are compatible, not inherently incompatible.
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Read the whole speech. He may not make the Western news but he is the leader of one of the biggest national populations of Muslims.