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Old 09-09-2010, 08:41 PM
 
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And how does this explain why there are Sunnis, Shi'a, Sufi, Alawites, and Druze?
Yes - the divisions exist - but those aren't divisions of radicals and so-called moderates. Islam doesn't recognize different denominations of Islam - but of course there are divisions.

Sunnis are just as radical as Shiites.
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Old 09-09-2010, 08:43 PM
 
Location: Sango, TN
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Yes - the divisions exist - but those aren't divisions of radicals and so-called moderates. Islam doesn't recognize different denominations of Islam - but of course there are divisions.

Sunnis are just as radical as Shiites.
Catholics don't recognize protestants either.
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Old 09-09-2010, 08:46 PM
 
Location: southern california
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no harder than deporting 20 million mexican illegals who dont wana leave. america is playing great offense but lousy defense. time to change the coach.
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Old 09-09-2010, 08:46 PM
 
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What Islam are you speaking of? Certainly not the one made up of Sufi, Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, etc. Within each of those sects, there are dozens of approaches to the faith.

Similarly, there is no one "Sharia Law"- there are several interpretations (similar to the Rabbinical interpretations that make up the differences of Jewish Halakha law).
Actually I think you're on the right track. In order for Islam to be acceptable in the USA, it must be redefined by us. They must break down into more moderate and Westernized denominations. Divide and conquer so they say.

There has to be funner Islamic sects that will appeal to younger Muslims. The burkas have to go. The polygamy has to go. The hatred of Jews and Christians has to go.

Naked Muslim beauty contestants - and pole dancers, it's time to have a Muslim Lady Gaga who'll entertain young Muslims with acts of blasphemy.
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Old 09-09-2010, 08:46 PM
 
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Yes - the divisions exist - but those aren't divisions of radicals and so-called moderates. Islam doesn't recognize different denominations of Islam - but of course there are divisions.

Sunnis are just as radical as Shiites.
Just because some members of some Islamic divisions or denominations may or may not recognize other Islamic divisions or denominations does not mean they do not exist.

During the 30 years war for example, a great deal of Catholics and protestants did not recognize each other as being valid in fact 1/3 Germans were killed over the dispute. Never the less both Catholic and protestant groups existed.

Another example exists in the dispute between the Catholic Church and the Eastern orthodox church, over which Constantinople was sacked. This mutual denunciation hardly suggests that either the Western or Eastern Church did not exist as different denominations.
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Old 09-09-2010, 08:48 PM
 
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Naked Muslim beauty contestants - and pole dancers, it's time to have a Muslim Lady Gaga who'll entertain young Muslims with acts of blasphemy.
I think we can do without the female degradation of a western culture. It's bad enough that women are made to feel like property throughout the third world.. The solution is to get them to pole dance?
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Old 09-09-2010, 08:49 PM
 
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Catholics don't recognize protestants either.
Sure they do. Christianity accepts schisms and the step past schism. The Orthodox and the Catholics are in schism but the Protestants have broken off completely. In fact most Christian denominations excommunicate their members when they go too far out. That doesn't mean they can no longer believe in Christ but they no longer belong to the congregation.

Islam doesn't have that - but we can get it for them. We just have to make them like Westerners including the Westernization of their ideology.
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Old 09-09-2010, 08:51 PM
 
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Islam doesn't have that - but we can get it for them. We just have to make them like Westerners including the Westernization of their ideology.
Just as easy as delivering democracy from the back of a Humvee.
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Old 09-09-2010, 08:52 PM
 
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Sure they do. Christianity accepts schisms and the step past schism. The Orthodox and the Catholics are in schism but the Protestants have broken off completely. In fact most Christian denominations excommunicate their members when they go too far out. That doesn't mean they can no longer believe in Christ but they no longer belong to the congregation.

Islam doesn't have that - but we can get it for them. We just have to make them like Westerners including the Westernization of their ideology.
Maybe we can change the constitution so that freedom of worship is dependent on being westernized
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Old 09-09-2010, 08:53 PM
 
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Muslin being sent out of the United States will never happen because the general population in the US is too apathetic. People don't realize what Islam is all about, they don't realize how dangerous the Muslin religion is to non-believers. Read the book Infidel, educate yourself before it is too late.
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