Posted: Apr 04, 2011 1:02 am
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...
Thoughts?
That's not my understanding.
It seems to me that most people use the term more to describe that persons actions towards others, and in particular the fact that they don't attempt to impose their Islam upon others. A moderate muslim is one who doesn't commit or support terrorist or violent extremist acts, campaign for punishment of gays etc. Who is able to live in a pluralistic society accepting that not everybody follows the same religion as them.
How that person deals with the problems and contradictions in their holy book is their own business. As long as they don't get in the way of my life, I don't feel the controlling need to design a box for them so I can gloat that they don't fit it properly, as you seem to.