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Author Topic:   Islamophobia or a real reason to fear?
caffeine
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Message 10 of 21 (710387)
11-05-2013 6:29 AM
Reply to: Message 8 by AZPaul3
11-05-2013 3:05 AM


Re: crazy folk are crazy
But so is the prevailing view of the moslem majority that the koran is sacred and cannot be challenged. It will make them feel bad and sick at heart but the stoning is an order from god and must be obeyed. This is not radical, this is mainstream.
Talk to a moslem. Know from their own words.
I've talked to many. Never met one that endorsed stoning, though.

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caffeine
Member (Idle past 1054 days)
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From: Prague, Czech Republic
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Message 17 of 21 (710401)
11-05-2013 8:31 AM
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11-05-2013 7:44 AM


Re: crazy folk are crazy
Being in eastern Europe you have probably seen more.
I think you're a bit misinformed about our demographics here. There are far more Buddhists and, according to the last census, Jedi Knights in this country than Muslims. In this city I only know one Muslim, unless we stretch the definition of 'know' to include 'eat curry in the restaurant of'. Most of the Muslims I've known were British or British residents.
endorsed or reluctantly condoned?
Vocally condemned. Now, I will freely admit that the Muslims I know are probably not any sort of representative sample, since they were mostly politically active students. However, there was a very interesting survey conducted recently on the moral and religious beliefs of the British population, sorted by religion. Whilst there were certain topics on which religious belief tended to sway the sample - Catholics and Muslims were more likely to oppose legal abortion, for example - the most interesting part of the study for me was that a lot of people's beliefs were clearly at variance with what we expect the teachings of their religions to advocate - Muslims too.
I'm trying to find the poll now, and I'll get back to you on this.

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