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Old 11-21-2003, 05:13 PM
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Funny is that some people throw out statistic. Is there extremism in Islam, of course there is. But guess what, there are extremism out there, not just islam.

Do you know who not only condone, but also justified apartheid using the bible? A sect of the Christianity, namely the Dutch Reform Church. Does that mean the Dutch Reform Church represent all Christianity? No. Al-Qaeda is based on the teaching of Wahabnism. Many posters does not realized that Islam is not pluralistic. There are many branches, just are there are many branches of Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism.

louis farrakhan is very poor example of a Muslim because he isn't one. Sure his organizations is called the Nation of Islam, but he believed that there is another prophet after Muhammad, which is a direct contradiction of Islam.

My problem is not that people critized radical Islam, but the way people put it, it seems that people have generalized islam. And, as my professor always said, generalization is the first step toward stupidity.
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