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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I fucking love this post. If I think Muslims and Muslim leaders should do exactly what Nasrallah is doing in this article you're citing, you come up with all sorts of justifications about why neither he nor anyone else should. But somehow you feel vindicated when he actually does? Talk about making no sense.
I think this is a great thing. I think it would do wonders if others in similar positions of influence did the same thing. I think stuff like this helps. I'd like it to happen more often.
TM
eta, from the article: "Dozens of other, far more moderate Muslim groups have also condemned the recent killings in Paris. Dalil Boubakeur, the head of the Great Mosque of Paris, was quick to decry the killings in no uncertain terms."
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I never said he shouldn't. I just a) pointed out that "Muslims" is a fuck ton of people and suggesting that "they" should do or say something is ridiculous, and b) that the Boston guys, especially the younger one, didn't seem like they'd be swayed by what other Muslims in Boston would say or do.
I wasn't feeling vindicated. I was posting an article about something someone from a NOT moderate sect said. I knew that moderates have been saying the same stuff all along, but no one ever acknowledges them. In part because their voices get shoved down to the bottom of the newspaper article, like this one.
ETA: I thought the more interesting part of the article was the Shia vs. Sunni stuff, which ultimately may be much, much more important than moderate vs. extreme, however that's defined.
ETA 2:
More condemnation.
