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Mr.Ex_Nihilo
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Reading through this thread has left me with mixed feelings. But it’s re-affirmed the position I’ve always held: Islam is not going away anytime soon. In fact, it’s probably coming toward us sooner than later. And I think it will be a bloody approach on the part of radical Islam too.
I personally think the recent letter sent by the 130 Muslim scholars is actually a borderline threat, something like a cautionary note. It seems to be attempting to control the dialogue in their favor toward their version of the “oneness of God”. And it also seems to be sent in the same spirit that Muhammad had sent before he attacked. I think this is true with the letter sent to Bush as well. In other words, I think they’re giving us a warning.
Now, as some might know, I’ve actually been very sympathetic toward Islam over the years. I’ve posted on here many times attempting to get a balanced discussion between Catholics and Muslims. But my sympathy only goes so far, And it seems, for the most part anyway, to be a waste of time.
Often I hear some speaking of the silence of Muslims around the world when attrocities occur under the name of radical Islam. I’ve also heard some say that their refusal to speak out against the extremists within their own religion indicates that they approve of these attrocities.
Oddly enough, this is the exact same accusation that’s often been railed against our own blessed Pope Pius XII during the Nazi holocaust. Yet, as Rabbi David G. Dalin points out, this is simply not true. In fact, their contention, “fails to consider the brutal realities in the wake of Nazism, as well as the retaliatory consequences sure to follow any condemnatory action.” In other words, more stringent protests, or denunciations, on the part of the Vatican might have quite possibly have backfired.
Rabbi David G. Dalin:
It remains possible the moderate Muslims are likewise silent out of prudence too-- due to the threat of their lives being ended by their radical counterparts.
I personally think the recent letter sent by the 130 Muslim scholars is actually a borderline threat, something like a cautionary note. It seems to be attempting to control the dialogue in their favor toward their version of the “oneness of God”. And it also seems to be sent in the same spirit that Muhammad had sent before he attacked. I think this is true with the letter sent to Bush as well. In other words, I think they’re giving us a warning.
Now, as some might know, I’ve actually been very sympathetic toward Islam over the years. I’ve posted on here many times attempting to get a balanced discussion between Catholics and Muslims. But my sympathy only goes so far, And it seems, for the most part anyway, to be a waste of time.
Often I hear some speaking of the silence of Muslims around the world when attrocities occur under the name of radical Islam. I’ve also heard some say that their refusal to speak out against the extremists within their own religion indicates that they approve of these attrocities.
Oddly enough, this is the exact same accusation that’s often been railed against our own blessed Pope Pius XII during the Nazi holocaust. Yet, as Rabbi David G. Dalin points out, this is simply not true. In fact, their contention, “fails to consider the brutal realities in the wake of Nazism, as well as the retaliatory consequences sure to follow any condemnatory action.” In other words, more stringent protests, or denunciations, on the part of the Vatican might have quite possibly have backfired.
Rabbi David G. Dalin:
Clearly, when our Pope actually was silent on this matter (because he did speak out prudently at times), it wasn’t because he “approved” of the Holocaust as many anti-Catholic morons often claim. It was because he was gifted by God to use his gifts as the leader of the Catholic faith-- in this case the Cardinal Virtue known as Prudence.
It remains possible the moderate Muslims are likewise silent out of prudence too-- due to the threat of their lives being ended by their radical counterparts.
