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Originally Posted by Adux
Bigfella,
Extremism and intolerence is widespread, doesnt that answer why people cant see it as the exception and not the norm, as they do with other religions. And I am pointing out the Stains episode here. Other religions of today are not stuck in time warp nor are they unrelenting to have a dialouge with people of other faiths, With Islam, the people, nor the ulema are ready to understand or offer any sort compermises.
I agree there is Islamophobia and it doesnt show good on us, but isnt there valid reasons? we are after all human and we do have our insecurities.
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Add to your "widespread extremism and intolerance", stereotypes and xenophobia, applicable in the case of certain individuals expressing above mentioned opinions.
That you do not care for Islam is evident, and to each their own, but do try and prove to me conclusively that a majority of Muslims want neither interfaith dialog nor interfaith tolerance, any less than adherents of other religions.
People do not see it as the exception rather than the norm because they choose to focus on the "flashier and titillating exceptions". It is no different in Muslim societies, where all the good the West has done, all the good their culture and society has achieved, is lost in the attention surrounding, and in some cases distortion of, certain events.
On the issue of the Ulema I would agree with you, they are stuck in a time warp, though more and more educated, worldly and moderate scholars are coming up and gaining popularity.