Islam in America
Lisa Miller: this is a terrible problem -- and against the law. i know of a group of muslim women who actually ousted the imam of their mosque because he was beating his wife; they told him it was not quranic
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Houston, TX: I'm a little confused about the technicalities in Islam, and I was hoping you could help. Why do Muslims believe that theirs is the one true religion? Do all Muslims believe that? If not, which sect - Sunni, Shiite, Kurds, etc - believes it's the 'truest'(and why?)
Lisa Miller: well, this is a big issue in religion in general, isn't it? many christians would say that the only path to salvation is through jesus; many jews would say that only jews are rewarded in the world to come.
in islam, you can draw parallels between fundamentalists and progressives in other religions -- people who take a hard line, that only muslims gain salvation on the one hand and people who take a more all-encompassing view.
as far as sunni and shia, the debate is really about who has the right to be an islamic authority and it goes back to the earliest days after the death of the prophet mohammed.
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Posted By: esinn @ 11/10/2008 3:44:33 PM
Comment: i congrulate Lisa Miller, she really has understood musl??ms although she isn't. A Musl??m can't k??ll anyone. If he does, he can not be a Muslim. There isn't anything like that in Quran. It isn't jihad. i recommend you to read Quran before deciding about Muslim. also we are sorry about that they say 'islamic terrorism'. islam is reflecled as terrorisim activity but it isn't. There is tolerant in it.
Posted By: swienke @ 11/10/2008 2:37:31 AM
Comment: I think the problem lies in the fact that the most puritanical Muslims are also the loudest in terms of expressing their viewpoint. Although many Islamic moderates have attempted to convey their views to the public, the extremists are able to do so in a much more sensationalist and shocking manner. The press is always drawn to the most lurid stories it can find, and the moderates just aren't all that exciting, meaning that they get pushed to the side in favor of the flash-bang words and actions of the extremists.
Posted By: Siasat @ 11/08/2008 7:08:20 PM
Comment: Mr.Krohn,
Senator Obama was a professor of american constitution at Harvard and a highly accomplishedand brilliant academician,he was not elected because Media or somebody feeling guilty or because of his Race..
American democracy is Very much alive and Vibrant.Americans have voted for Republican candidates,Smart or Dumb and also voted the same way for Democratic Party.There is no Affirmative action in American democracy.At the same time Presidency is not entitled for only a certain group of ethnicity in the past or in the future.May the best candidate win in future elections irrespective of the color of their Eyes,Hair or Skin.