James
Well, it appears that most Muslims in the ME and the rest of the world are moderates who don't subjugate women and attack innocents without governmental consent (rumors that the liquidates of women who "shame" their families is tolerated by the governmnets is probably something that is unevenly practiced, depending on the country) . It is the nations that still wallow in fundamentalist Islam that seem to have the greatest problem, Saudi Arabia, Iran, who else?
I run into a similar thing with Christians concerning the bible. You are never going to talk anyone into unbelieving and they are going to rationalize everything.
Let's face the fact that the majority of people that live in secular countries are not rabid about their religion no matter what faith they are...wackos wind up everywhere. We have liquidates and the like by religious fanatics in the Christian faith also, for one reason, crazy people are often attracted to more fundamentalist principles. However countries in which religious leaders are given power to force ordinary people to think in a certain way have a greater number of ordinary citizens become oppressive.
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAMit is all about One True God... isn't it? (Further, We sent a long line of prophets for your instruction). We sent Noah to his people: He said, "O my people! worship...
I mean, what truly civilized nations have religious police?
