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Comment on: The Y Factor

Identifying the Enemy

3 Comments

Militant Islam

Yo Liam!! First of all I want to thank your sons for stepping up to the plate to defend our freedoms. It's refreshing to see that some of this present generation are willing to sacrifice. Thank you for the clear and easily understood article on why Western Civilization is in mortal danger of being overrun by militant Islam. I hope and pray that we don't have anymore 9/11s but am gravely concerned that the nay sayers may need another one for a wake-up call.

De ole Korean War vet

Good Points Liam

I agree with much of what you have to say. And admittedly, I do not possess an adequate understanding of the Qur'an (or the Bible for that matter), but my focus pertains to your statement "Because faithful interpretation of the Qur'an demands their execution."
Could you reference the section that states that? Not that I doubt what you say, but I tend to believe that extremists (Muslim in this case) interpret passages to support/reinforce their extreme beliefs. Just as "Christian" extremists come up with rather bizarre biblical references to support their extreme, and significantly distorted beliefs.
Case in point is the "Wahhabism" you reference (thanks for exposing me to the term). It seems to be clearly an extreme interpretation. I do not dispute that this extremism reaches out to the weak followers.
This makes me feel more strongly, however, that our strategy must be to reason with those Muslims that know this extreme rhetoric for what it is, and solicit their support to reach the weak followers (before they are tainted by extremists).

Responses to my Criticism of Islam

Willi Beax:

Thanks for the encouragement.

BlueBuckeye73:

My response to your excellent questions was too lengthly, so I had to convert it to a new blog posting.

Liam