tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post2601706554908322073..comments2024-03-26T08:18:06.895-04:00Comments on Moristotle & Co.: Religion X 3.0Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-22463924337265876922019-07-17T11:18:23.145-04:002019-07-17T11:18:23.145-04:00Roger, thank you so much for commenting. I have be...Roger, thank you so much for commenting. I have been mystified as to why this post has been frequently (continuously?) among the recently most popular. I suppose many people are googling on some words that appear in the text and coming to check it out.Moristotlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02211602374384087074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-75580962016988369192010-06-07T03:36:39.026-04:002010-06-07T03:36:39.026-04:00What's Happening im fresh here, I came accross...What's Happening im fresh here, I came accross this chat board I have found It extremely accessible and it's helped me tons. I hope to contribute and guide others like it has helped me.<br /><br />Cheers, See Ya AroundAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-92197848616466537602007-07-09T11:46:00.000-04:002007-07-09T11:46:00.000-04:00Peace,I think I had mentioned it before, all respe...Peace,<BR/>I think I had mentioned it before, all respectable Muslim leaders *have* spoken out many a times...average people have gone out on Interfaith/community outreach programs to speak against terrorism/violence etc. <BR/><BR/>What irritates me is that the average peaceful Muslim is forced every single time a crime is committed anywhere by anyone who claims to be Muslim to apologize until we are blue in the face. And even when we do, we are not given the platform to be heard, and then we are accused of being silent.<BR/><BR/>Thomas Friedman must not have paid a visit to Africa or South america lately. The problems perpetuated by poverty, corruption and illiteracy have given rise to unspeakable crimes against humanity...but let's in those cases we can study the context and not dare to blame christianity (which has a strong hold in some of those regions.)<BR/><BR/>I wonder how different our debates and rhetoric would be had the VA Tech student being a Muslim. Would we care to look into his past, to study his psychology, cast blame etc. or would we have lifted our hands and claimed it's Islam and that simplistic answer would have been enough for all us? And I wonder how inspite of the fact that in his videos he mentioned Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him) why not even once was Christianity blamed and all followers of christianity be forced to apologize for him?<BR/><BR/>As for Manji, she really doesn't speak for me (and a majority of Muslims don't take her seriously). She doesn't have an Islamic studies knowledge/background yet is hailed as a "reformer" and "expert." Her book are full of logical inconsistencies and fallacies on Islam. <BR/><BR/>This whole topic is draining to me, because I feel like I keep repeating myself on some of these points. And each time a bombing happens anywhere, we are all cornered and asked to explain ourselves...Without looking at the root socio-political-historic issues that are producing some of these mentally deranged violent people, we are going to keep going in circles:<BR/><BR/>People blames Islam, Muslims defend Islam and Islam being scape goated while Bushites/chenneys/Bin Ladens are having a field day sucking blood and oil from the ground.<BR/><BR/>sigh...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com