From Europe News:
"Wouldn't it be Better to Support the Peaceful Muslims (than to Criticize the Violent Ones)?"
Citizen Warrior 8 April 2011
EVEN IF the number of Muslims who believe in the basic political objective of Islam and are willing to vote in that direction (and take other actions) are as small a minority as people hope they are — this small minority is, by definition, more politically active and more committed than the "peaceful majority of Muslims."
If the majority is largely silent and politically-inactive, then it doesn't really matter what they think. They are having no influence on the public sphere.
In other words, the idea of stopping the Islamization of the West by strengthening, encouraging, and supporting politically-apathetic Muslims is a fool's errand. This approach will do nothing. It will not stop the politically-active Muslims, and it will have very little impact on the apathetic Muslims, since they don't really care much about politics or religion anyway, and they just want to live a normal life in peace.
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Posted April 8th, 2011 by pk
"Wouldn't it be Better to Support the Peaceful Muslims (than to Criticize the Violent Ones)?"
Citizen Warrior 8 April 2011
EVEN IF the number of Muslims who believe in the basic political objective of Islam and are willing to vote in that direction (and take other actions) are as small a minority as people hope they are — this small minority is, by definition, more politically active and more committed than the "peaceful majority of Muslims."
If the majority is largely silent and politically-inactive, then it doesn't really matter what they think. They are having no influence on the public sphere.
In other words, the idea of stopping the Islamization of the West by strengthening, encouraging, and supporting politically-apathetic Muslims is a fool's errand. This approach will do nothing. It will not stop the politically-active Muslims, and it will have very little impact on the apathetic Muslims, since they don't really care much about politics or religion anyway, and they just want to live a normal life in peace.
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Posted April 8th, 2011 by pk
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