Tabsir points out an article about New Age Islam, a site that challenges ideologic interpretations of Islam.
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F You!
The fatwa has arrived. Of course, such condemnations are not new. However, as long as things like this keep getting in the news, it’s good. More Muslims are forced to confront that there can be no horror at the actions, while having sympathy for the cause. Al-Qaeda is a disease, the disease of ignorance. The pestilence has run through the Muslim community for hundreds of years, and rather than confront it, beat back the major carrier, we condemn the symptoms and leave the disease untreated because we have become so used to it, we can’t imagine life with it. AQ…
image and question
Look at this picture and question. Let me ask an additional question. How many Muslims would look at her and say the “model of modesty?” and how many “fundie?”