I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ISLAM... ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A HISTORICAL PROBLEM ABOUT JIHAD...
AND WHAT ARE THE "LANDS OF PEACE" AND THE "LANDS OF WAR"...
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE "ISSUES" WITH ISLAM ARE ALL RED NECK RANTS...AND THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE ISLAM OF THE HISTORY BOOKS...
BUT THERE IS A PROBLEM...ITS NOT TRUE...
ISLAM IS NOT CHRISTIANITY OR BUDDHISM OR HINDUISM... THERE IS A "CONQUEST IDEAOLOGY" INGRAINED INTO THE VERY FABRIC OF ISLAMIC THEOLOGY...
AND EVERY MUSLIM WOULD AGREE TO THIS ANALYSIS...IF THEY ARE BEING TRUTHFUL...
I WOULD LOVE TO SAY THAT ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF PEACE... BUT I WOULD BE LYING...AND EVERY MUSLIM KNOWS THIS...
THERE NEEDS TO BE A GLOBAL REVIEW OF THE TENETS OF ISLAM AS IT APPLIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY ... THIS IS BEST DONE BY THE ISLAMISTS THEMSELVES...
BUT A GLOBAL WAR ON ISLAM BY THE WEST WILL NOT SERVE ANY PURPOSE...AND COULD BE A DISASTER ....
UNLESS AND UNTIL ISLAM "UPDATES" TO CURRENT BASIC VALUES OF ABOUT LIVING IN THE 21ST CENTURY...
....THE ONLY SOLUTION WILL BE ISOLATION, PERSUASION AND CONTAINMENT...
NO RELIGION IS PERFECT...CHRISTIANS AND JEWS HAVE THEIR "FANATICAL SECTS"...
BUT SO FAR THESE RELIGIONS HAVE NOT GONE ON ORGANIZED CROSS BORDER KILLING MISSIONS...
AND THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN OUR CURRENT GEO-POLITICAL WORLD...
