Posted: Apr 03, 2011 12:59 am
by SkyMutt
jez9999 wrote:The way I see it, a 'moderate Muslim' is generally someone who doesn't obey everything in the Quran, whether or not they say they do.

That sounds about right.

jez9999 wrote:They are therefore not a Muslim; they are an apostate, and Islam is pretty strict on that.

By whose edict? Does a Jew have to follow all 613 of the laws laid down in their holy book to be Jewish? Does a Christian have to "love the Lord God with all [their] heart, and with all [their] soul, and with all [their] mind" (not to mention all the other stuff enjoined by the Bible) to be Christian ?

jez9999 wrote:I therefore suggest we replace the term 'moderate Muslim' with 'pseudo-Muslim' wherever we see it. There's no halfway house. You're either a Muslim, or a pseudo-Muslim. Not my fault, blame the Quran. But don't try bullshitting me that you can believe part of it, ignore the rest, and claim it's the perfect word of God that you follow every part of.

Thoughts?


This sounds like some kind of reverse of the "No True Scotsman" fallacy, and an attempt to tar all of Islam with the same brush as radical fundamentalist Islam. As such, I would reject it.