WaPo: It Is Time For Muslims To Begin a Deep Self-Examination

[big_dog]

Though their influence might still be minimal, a few journalists are speaking out. In the Arabic newspaper Al-Mada, Iraqi writer Adnan Hussein offered a suggestion: We must overhaul the educational system. In a piece published just two days after the Paris attacks on Nov. 13, he said that from elementary school through university, our young people are taught — sometimes with a stick — that Islam is not only great, but also better than other religions, and that those who are not like us belong in hell. What has emerged, he wrote, is a “savage brand of faith that stirs up decapitation, spills blood, instigates plunder and rape.” As for the real Islam, he lamented: “It has no place in our lives, or in the best of cases, it has a barely audible voice that almost nobody hears.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/it-is-time-for-muslims-to-begin-a-deep-self-examination/2015/12/30/24320e5e-adb2-11e5-b820-eea4d64be2a1_story.html

[LiberalArkie]

1. It is. Just like years ago in Ireland they had to make some decisions about religion.

[snagglepuss]

2. k - r

[2naSalit]

3. Also good advice

for xtians too. Same reasons apply.

[mwrguy]

4. Yup, christians have no room to throw stones

[6chars]

5. can't Jimmy Carter throw just one little stone?

[mwrguy]

8. Only if its at a swimming attack-bunny

[gratuitous]

9. Based on body count alone

Our oh-so-christian nation could stand some self-examination.

[2naSalit]

10. I agree but I think

we'd have to take their cell phones away for a while so they can pay attention.

[ellenrr]

15. yep

[closeupready]

6. When Westerners begin examining their addiction to fossil fuels,

then I think the very question of whether muslims need to deeply self-examine themselves will become a moot question.

[2naSalit]

11. Exactly.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. I'll Take The Other View

While i understand closeup's overall point, i think it's a comparison of whales to blackberries.

That's why i can't agree because it has nothing to do with the point of this thread./

[LittleBlue]

7. Good to hear someone speaking out. Now, can rational heads prevail in the Islamic world?

No prosperous society can arise from broken monarchies governing a population of religious extremists.

[romanic]

12. Great read!

[CJCRANE]

13. What is the source of the fundamentalist ideology? Where does the funding come from?

Answer that and act on that and all this navel-gazing will be rendered irrelevant.