RE: "But what about the moderates?"
October 30, 2014 at 10:52 am
(This post was last modified: October 30, 2014 at 10:57 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
MUslim moderates denounce terror attacks all the time.
Of course, that doesn't make for great headlines ... you actually have to look to find them. Not many people take the effort.
http://mediamatters.org/research/2014/08...c-s/200498
http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2014/07/...ns/1103410
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/01/08...da-and-U-S
http://baheyeldin.com/terrorism/do-musli...tacks.html
Against 9/11, 7/7, and a couple of other attacks, and with a list of links to other denunciations at the bottom: http://kurzman.unc.edu/islamic-statement...terrorism/
These aren't very hard to find.
Also, I agree that the utility of the denunciations is not in holding back the extremists, who are going to pursue their violent agneda no matter what.
The utility of the denunciations is to demonstrate that contrary to the narrative propagated by a significant portion of the media, not all Muslims are bloodthirsty killers. Of course, it appears to have questionable utility in that regard, as well; this thread is in itself evidence of that.
Of course, that doesn't make for great headlines ... you actually have to look to find them. Not many people take the effort.
http://mediamatters.org/research/2014/08...c-s/200498
http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2014/07/...ns/1103410
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/01/08...da-and-U-S
http://baheyeldin.com/terrorism/do-musli...tacks.html
Against 9/11, 7/7, and a couple of other attacks, and with a list of links to other denunciations at the bottom: http://kurzman.unc.edu/islamic-statement...terrorism/
These aren't very hard to find.
Also, I agree that the utility of the denunciations is not in holding back the extremists, who are going to pursue their violent agneda no matter what.
The utility of the denunciations is to demonstrate that contrary to the narrative propagated by a significant portion of the media, not all Muslims are bloodthirsty killers. Of course, it appears to have questionable utility in that regard, as well; this thread is in itself evidence of that.