RE: I need help - How many Muslims are fundamentalists?
March 7, 2015 at 5:45 pm
(This post was last modified: March 7, 2015 at 6:01 pm by ReptilianPeon.)
(March 7, 2015 at 3:41 pm)robvalue Wrote: Would it be fair to say that your average Islam moderate is more extreme than your average christian moderate? Immoral shit wise.
I'm getting that impression, but maybe I'm wrong.
That's what I've thought too. It might be a fair assessment but we have to define the term "moderate" first. The word moderate often gets thrown about without much thought I think. I personally struggle to understand who these "moderates" actually are. It also helps to define the term "fundamentalist". The percentages of each group will obviously depend on how exactly they are defined.
Certainly, those advocating Salaf (Salafists, Wahhabis), prevalent wherever there is Saudi Arabian money, are more much more extreme. Wahhabis have been around for centuries now. Their founder is Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab who was born 1703 and died 1792. Clearly, they are not a recent invention whereas Salafists are. My understanding is that Salafists are really Wahhabis (because both groups are pretty much the same) that do not want to be associated with Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. The terms are sometimes used interchangeably anyway.
I'm sure if one looks hard enough they can find decent people of any religion. I've met a couple of people named Muhammad in the past and they were nice people. To be fair though, none had a beard and they appeared quite Westernised.
Those working at the Kebab house near me are nice people too. Or do I let my love of fine Arabian/Turkish cuisine blind me? They appear to be non-practicing however. Personally, I love Kebabs too much to vote for any Fascists (but that's not the only reason in case anyone is wondering) because we need people with the correct cultural background to work in the food outlets, in my opinion.
Here's an idea: The New Testament is one step forward from the Old Testament and then the Quran is one, perhaps two, steps back. Or not. Maybe I'm comparing 'apples and oranges' as they say but I think the Old Testament is on par with the Quran - in terms of advocating violence at least. Although perhaps it is worse. Both Testaments are much longer than the Quran so obviously they are going to be more detailed.
