Speaking of Faith .... "Living Islam"

[coyoteskye]

I don't know how many of you have the time and inclination to sit back and listen to radio programs but "Speaking of Faith" with Krista Tippet is an excellent show and yesterday i listened to "Living Islam" ... a beautiful montage of interviews with a variety of intelligent, balanced, sane and lovely Muslims talking about their faith and their lives.
For anyone who wants to get a sense of what Islam is like for the majority, (who are not radical fundamentalists / terrorists / involved in a "holy war" against "infidels", etc. but just wanna live their lives in peace) you may want to listen.
There is an archive on the web-site as well.
Krista Tippett is a wonderful interviewer and she has a variety of great guests speaking about any spiritual / religious issue you can imagine.
I just wanted to share and i think it's important that people are as educated and unbiased (one leads to the other) as possible about Islam as we move into the future with potentially difficult days to come.

Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett: religion, meaning, ethics, and ideas [from American Public Media]

[xavier1774]

Living Islam:

this is really "living Islam"


YouTube - Israeli TV - 14 year old Suicide Bomber

[coyoteskye]

Originally Posted by xavier1774

Living Islam:

this is really "living Islam"

that is the minority.
you are part of the problem whether you recognize that truth not.
i share a positive radio program about islam and you respond with that video.
you'd rather focus on and highlight the horrific and negative instead of opening your heart and mind and expanding your understanding of a huge percentage of the worlds population that have absolutely nothing to do with radical fundamentalism / jihad / garbage/
you are like "them" ... you'd rather propagate hatred and fear than work toward peace and love.
are you a christian?!!!!
if so, "what would jesus say?"
tsk, tsk, tsk.
you are giving the haters just what they want and you are taking part in their "holy war" with your fear, repulsion and hatred.
and i imagine that the large percentage of city-data-forum posters and lurkers will be lazy people who have no care or time to listen to something beautiful regarding islam but will have the time to feed on that video you provided and use it to further their own fear and hatred and ignorance.
again i will say, you are part of the problem.
and anyone who doesn't have time or care to listen to the radio program but who will watch that video .... shame on you too!!!!!!!
god sometimes i am so ashamed of and angry at my "fellow americans".

[justme58]

Originally Posted by coyoteskye

that is the minority.
you are part of the problem whether you recognize that truth not.
i share a positive radio program about islam and you respond with that video.
you'd rather focus on and highlight the horrific and negative instead of opening your heart and mind and expanding your understanding of a huge percentage of the worlds population that have absolutely nothing to do with radical fundamentalism / jihad / garbage/
you are like "them" ... you'd rather propagate hatred and fear than work toward peace and love.
are you a christian?!!!!
if so, "what would jesus say?"
tsk, tsk, tsk.
you are giving the haters just what they want and you are taking part in their "holy war" with your fear, repulsion and hatred.
and i imagine that the large percentage of city-data-forum posters and lurkers will be lazy people who have no care or time to listen to something beautiful regarding islam but will have the time to feed on that video you provided and use it to further their own fear and hatred and ignorance.
again i will say, you are part of the problem.
and anyone who doesn't have time or care to listen to the radio program but who will watch that video .... shame on you too!!!!!!!
god sometimes i am so ashamed of and angry at my "fellow americans".

Kudos for trying but as you know, Islam is the current boogyman since the end of the cold war and post 911.

[coyoteskye]

Originally Posted by justme58

Kudos for trying but as you know, Islam is the current boogyman since the end of the cold war and post 911.

yeah, i know.
it's just so ridiculous and, like i said, the stakes are pretty high now.
these old attitudes, paradigms, etc., etc. just have to go.
they're so archaic and so destructive.
i wish the "collective" would grow up and wake up.