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Originally Posted by Frownland
That's definitely true. It's not really 'mainstream Islam' that's the issue though it's the extremist minority that the religion lends itself to.
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it's more mainstream than you might think
maybe not among american muslims, but certainly on a global scale. i mean look at the laws in saudi arabia for starters.
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Not to mention that a lot of the leaders of those groups are more politically motivated than strictly religion.
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can you be more specific? which islamic extremists in particular are you saying are more politically motivated, and to what end?
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Originally Posted by The Batlord
It's not just the threat he attacks, but the basic tenets of the religion itself. Whether or not you can argue that one Judeo-Christian religion is worse than the others, Sam Harris' conviction that Islam is the greater abomination just comes across prejudiced to me.
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the basic tenets of the religion are arguably the most repressive and barbaric manifestation of abrahamic religon to date...
so it's prejudiced to point that out? cause he's white and they're brown? would you raise the same objection if a white person criticized christianity in the same way? or if a non-white former muslim criticized islam in such a way? is it only that he happens to be the wrong race to criticize islam?