Fascinating watching Islam vs. Modernization

[Bevo Incognito]

I just read this article about free speech in Tunisia and a court case which is testing the concepts/precepts of free speech there and it is fascinating.

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[Horn6721]

maybe Holder should have sent the Fast and Furious guns to the Tunisian women

 

[2003TexasGrad]

Bevo.. that aint Islam.... Not a scholar because he has no beard? This isnt Islam. These are radical fruitcakes who claim they are Muslim.

 

[Longhorny630]

It's much easier to die for your faith than it is to live for it. The radical ones are the weakest of their faith.

 

[2003TexasGrad]

Nothing in Islam denounces "modernism." Last time I checked "modernism" wasnt analogous to women taking their clothes off to assert their power.

Newsflash, women have been asserting their will over men for thousands of years...... Ever read a love story? Guess not....

And thats just one example. The Islamic world once lead the rest of the world when it came to "modernism."

Al-gebra anyone? Its not Islam that has stunted growth in the Middle East. Its stupidity, dictators and foreign interests that have.

 

[Bevo Incognito]

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[2003TexasGrad]

Oh, well in that case, have a nice day.

 

[chango]

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[BrntOrngStmpeDe]

2003TexGrad,
I couldn't agree with you more. The characterization of the government is not always indicative of its citizens.

Leaders make the choices that countries become known by. and usually they make these choices out of personal interest and not community (country) consensus.

It's obvious that there is a large contingent in most of the Muslim countries that does want more democracy, more modernity, more capitalism, more education etc.

We've never had more examples than we have right now.

When's the last time most Americans risked death to secure or protect democracy. Heck we can't even get most of their fat butts to get off the couch long enough to read a paper and go vote.

Men and women in Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Lybia, Iraq, Afghanistan and others risk being jailed, tortured, and killed for pursuing more. and yet they do.

 

[2003TexasGrad]

Not only that Brnt, but the US has subsidized those very dictators for the last 60 years.

Some people on this board continue to be oblivious to that.