Subdue does not mean force their rules upon. The etymology of the english word does not apply to the arabic word. There is no compulsion in religious belief. That’s what it says in the Quran. Even in Muslim controlled lands, there were Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians etc and their Churches were allowed to make their own laws for their people.
Please take your hate-spreading arguments to someone else.[/quote]
Subdue does not mean force their rules upon. The etymology of the english word does not apply to the arabic word. There is no compulsion in religious belief. That’s what it says in the Quran. Even in Muslim controlled lands, there were Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians etc and their Churches were allowed to make their own laws for their people.
Please take your hate-spreading arguments to someone else.[/quote]
As long as this thread is beyond repair anyways, I read some crazy shit is going down in Saudi Arabia today. Women have been spotted driving. Now, just how the hell did they get the keys anyway?
[quote]biglifter wrote:
As long as this thread is beyond repair anyways, I read some crazy shit is going down in Saudi Arabia today. Women have been spotted driving. Now, just how the hell did they get the keys anyway?[/quote]
My understanding is that the man in charge of them, be it brother, father or husband is the one who gets in trouble for not controlling the woman.
Hoorah!
Subdue does not mean force their rules upon. The etymology of the english word does not apply to the arabic word. There is no compulsion in religious belief. That’s what it says in the Quran. Even in Muslim controlled lands, there were Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians etc and their Churches were allowed to make their own laws for their people.
Please take your hate-spreading arguments to someone else.[/quote]
Subdue does not mean force their rules upon. The etymology of the english word does not apply to the arabic word. There is no compulsion in religious belief. That’s what it says in the Quran. Even in Muslim controlled lands, there were Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians etc and their Churches were allowed to make their own laws for their people.
Please take your hate-spreading arguments to someone else.[/quote]
[quote]biglifter wrote:
As long as this thread is beyond repair anyways, I read some crazy shit is going down in Saudi Arabia today. Women have been spotted driving. Now, just how the hell did they get the keys anyway?[/quote]
x2, on a more terrible note, anyone hear about this:
Subdue does not mean force their rules upon. The etymology of the english word does not apply to the arabic word. There is no compulsion in religious belief. That’s what it says in the Quran. Even in Muslim controlled lands, there were Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians etc and their Churches were allowed to make their own laws for their people.
Please take your hate-spreading arguments to someone else.[/quote]
Oh look, the word “subdue” has a gazillion different meanings in Arabic and they have quite a lot of words for it:
I am gifted with the power of google, apparently, not everyone is. [/quote]
a gazillion different meanings, all meaning basically the same thing.
1.Overcome, quieten, or bring under control (a feeling or person)
2.Bring (a country or people) under control by force
I have the power of google also, “google dictionary”, to be exact.[/quote]
Again, you are using the English etymology of an Arabic text. Let me break it down for you. The Quran is in Arabic. It was revealed in ancient Arabic poetry, as poetry was the highest form of literature at the time. Now your taking an English translation of ancient Arabic poetry without any knowledge of the context and then trying to apply english etymology to it. Do you see how retarded that is?? The scholars who translate/explain the Quran correctly not only know Ancient Arabic, but they have studied the arab culture of the time so that the poetic nature can be understood. And I don’t know what translation of the Quran you looked at but here’s the 3 most popular ones for the ending of that verse:
“…, after having been humbled.”
“… and feel themselves subdued”
" being brought low"
None of these translations imply that the nonMuslims have to become Muslim or have Muslim rules forced upon them, and this verse is not exempt from “Be not the aggressor for Allah hates the aggressor”.
As for apostasy, there is different of opinions on that within each of the schools of thought, and there are Hadith where apostates were not punished. It is not an automatic action and actually has multiple conditions that have to be met. Oddly enough, the Bible calls for death to apostates, while the Quran does not explicitly mention it.
As far as the killing of Christians in Egypt, there is no justification for killing an innocent person and Islam allows no such thing unless the Christian was the aggressor (not saying that was the case). I don’t know when those people died, but if it was during the uprising against Mubarak, a lot of Egyptians died and thousands were injured, so I don’t know if they are included in that or if it happened uniquely. Regardless, the actions of a follower of a religion are not exclusive to the teachings of that religion whether they are Muslims, Christians, Jewish or any other religion. You are trying to link them together as to deface Islam and Muslims. That’s why I call you and your posse hate mongers and/or a fear mongers.
Subdue does not mean force their rules upon. The etymology of the english word does not apply to the arabic word. There is no compulsion in religious belief. That’s what it says in the Quran. Even in Muslim controlled lands, there were Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians etc and their Churches were allowed to make their own laws for their people.
Please take your hate-spreading arguments to someone else.[/quote]
Oh look, the word “subdue” has a gazillion different meanings in Arabic and they have quite a lot of words for it:
I am gifted with the power of google, apparently, not everyone is. [/quote]
a gazillion different meanings, all meaning basically the same thing.
1.Overcome, quieten, or bring under control (a feeling or person)
2.Bring (a country or people) under control by force
I have the power of google also, “google dictionary”, to be exact.[/quote]
Again, you are using the English etymology of an Arabic text. Let me break it down for you. The Quran is in Arabic. It was revealed in ancient Arabic poetry, as poetry was the highest form of literature at the time. Now your taking an English translation of ancient Arabic poetry without any knowledge of the context and then trying to apply english etymology to it. Do you see how retarded that is?? The scholars who translate/explain the Quran correctly not only know Ancient Arabic, but they have studied the arab culture of the time so that the poetic nature can be understood. And I don’t know what translation of the Quran you looked at but here’s the 3 most popular ones for the ending of that verse:
“…, after having been humbled.”
“… and feel themselves subdued”
" being brought low"
None of these translations imply that the nonMuslims have to become Muslim or have Muslim rules forced upon them, and this verse is not exempt from “Be not the aggressor for Allah hates the aggressor”.
As for apostasy, there is different of opinions on that within each of the schools of thought, and there are Hadith where apostates were not punished. It is not an automatic action and actually has multiple conditions that have to be met. Oddly enough, the Bible calls for death to apostates, while the Quran does not explicitly mention it.
As far as the killing of Christians in Egypt, there is no justification for killing an innocent person and Islam allows no such thing unless the Christian was the aggressor (not saying that was the case). I don’t know when those people died, but if it was during the uprising against Mubarak, a lot of Egyptians died and thousands were injured, so I don’t know if they are included in that or if it happened uniquely. Regardless, the actions of a follower of a religion are not exclusive to the teachings of that religion whether they are Muslims, Christians, Jewish or any other religion. You are trying to link them together as to deface Islam and Muslims. That’s why I call you and your posse hate mongers and/or a fear mongers.[/quote]
“Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki made what looks to be his most threatening message yet: calling on Muslims to kill Americans at will” http://www.collive.com/show_news.rtx?id=3189&alias=imam-calls-to-kill-jews
“According to the Hamas interpretation of Islam, the Jews are inherently evil, seek to rule the world, and are a threat to Muslims and all of humanity. Therefore they are destined to extermination”
"Palestinian Television continued over the weekend to re-broadcast excerpts from a Friday sermon in the Zayed bin Sultan Aal Nahyan mosque in Gaza. 'The Jews are Jews, whether Labor or Likud… They do not have any moderates or any advocates of peace. They are all liars… they are the terrorists. They are the ones who must be butchered and killed, as Allah the Almighty said: ‘Fight them: Allah will torture them at your hands, and will humiliate them and will help you to overcome them, and will relieve the minds of the believers…’ "
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2009/10/13/new-york-based-muslims-web-site-calls-god-kill-jews/
"beloved Sheik Abdullah Faisal, who’s preaching the religion of Islam and serving as a spiritual guide. Faisal was convicted in the U.K. in 2003 for spreading messages of racial hatred and urging his followers to kill Jews, Hindus and Westerners. In sermon recordings played at his trial, Faisal called on young, impressionable Muslims to use chemical weapons to â??exterminate unbelieversâ?? and â??cut the throat of the Kaffars [nonbelievers] with [a] machete.â??
Subdue does not mean force their rules upon. The etymology of the english word does not apply to the arabic word. There is no compulsion in religious belief. That’s what it says in the Quran. Even in Muslim controlled lands, there were Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians etc and their Churches were allowed to make their own laws for their people.
Please take your hate-spreading arguments to someone else.[/quote]
Oh look, the word “subdue” has a gazillion different meanings in Arabic and they have quite a lot of words for it:
I am gifted with the power of google, apparently, not everyone is. [/quote]
a gazillion different meanings, all meaning basically the same thing.
1.Overcome, quieten, or bring under control (a feeling or person)
2.Bring (a country or people) under control by force
I have the power of google also, “google dictionary”, to be exact.[/quote]
Again, you are using the English etymology of an Arabic text. Let me break it down for you. The Quran is in Arabic. It was revealed in ancient Arabic poetry, as poetry was the highest form of literature at the time. Now your taking an English translation of ancient Arabic poetry without any knowledge of the context and then trying to apply english etymology to it. Do you see how retarded that is?? The scholars who translate/explain the Quran correctly not only know Ancient Arabic, but they have studied the arab culture of the time so that the poetic nature can be understood. And I don’t know what translation of the Quran you looked at but here’s the 3 most popular ones for the ending of that verse:
“…, after having been humbled.”
“… and feel themselves subdued”
" being brought low"
None of these translations imply that the nonMuslims have to become Muslim or have Muslim rules forced upon them, and this verse is not exempt from “Be not the aggressor for Allah hates the aggressor”.
As for apostasy, there is different of opinions on that within each of the schools of thought, and there are Hadith where apostates were not punished. It is not an automatic action and actually has multiple conditions that have to be met. Oddly enough, the Bible calls for death to apostates, while the Quran does not explicitly mention it.
As far as the killing of Christians in Egypt, there is no justification for killing an innocent person and Islam allows no such thing unless the Christian was the aggressor (not saying that was the case). I don’t know when those people died, but if it was during the uprising against Mubarak, a lot of Egyptians died and thousands were injured, so I don’t know if they are included in that or if it happened uniquely. Regardless, the actions of a follower of a religion are not exclusive to the teachings of that religion whether they are Muslims, Christians, Jewish or any other religion. You are trying to link them together as to deface Islam and Muslims. That’s why I call you and your posse hate mongers and/or a fear mongers.[/quote]
“Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki made what looks to be his most threatening message yet: calling on Muslims to kill Americans at will” http://www.collive.com/show_news.rtx?id=3189&alias=imam-calls-to-kill-jews
“According to the Hamas interpretation of Islam, the Jews are inherently evil, seek to rule the world, and are a threat to Muslims and all of humanity. Therefore they are destined to extermination”
"Palestinian Television continued over the weekend to re-broadcast excerpts from a Friday sermon in the Zayed bin Sultan Aal Nahyan mosque in Gaza. 'The Jews are Jews, whether Labor or Likud… They do not have any moderates or any advocates of peace. They are all liars… they are the terrorists. They are the ones who must be butchered and killed, as Allah the Almighty said: ‘Fight them: Allah will torture them at your hands, and will humiliate them and will help you to overcome them, and will relieve the minds of the believers…’ "
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2009/10/13/new-york-based-muslims-web-site-calls-god-kill-jews/
"beloved Sheik Abdullah Faisal, who’s preaching the religion of Islam and serving as a spiritual guide. Faisal was convicted in the U.K. in 2003 for spreading messages of racial hatred and urging his followers to kill Jews, Hindus and Westerners. In sermon recordings played at his trial, Faisal called on young, impressionable Muslims to use chemical weapons to â??exterminate unbelieversâ?? and â??cut the throat of the Kaffars [nonbelievers] with [a] machete.â??
I could go on for days…[/quote]
You bring nothing new. That is all old news. Yes there are radicals. Welcome to planet Earth, where 93% of Muslims in the world are against violent jihad.
Subdue does not mean force their rules upon. The etymology of the english word does not apply to the arabic word. There is no compulsion in religious belief. That’s what it says in the Quran. Even in Muslim controlled lands, there were Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians etc and their Churches were allowed to make their own laws for their people.
Please take your hate-spreading arguments to someone else.[/quote]
Oh look, the word “subdue” has a gazillion different meanings in Arabic and they have quite a lot of words for it:
I am gifted with the power of google, apparently, not everyone is. [/quote]
a gazillion different meanings, all meaning basically the same thing.
1.Overcome, quieten, or bring under control (a feeling or person)
2.Bring (a country or people) under control by force
I have the power of google also, “google dictionary”, to be exact.[/quote]
Again, you are using the English etymology of an Arabic text. Let me break it down for you. The Quran is in Arabic. It was revealed in ancient Arabic poetry, as poetry was the highest form of literature at the time. Now your taking an English translation of ancient Arabic poetry without any knowledge of the context and then trying to apply english etymology to it. Do you see how retarded that is?? The scholars who translate/explain the Quran correctly not only know Ancient Arabic, but they have studied the arab culture of the time so that the poetic nature can be understood. And I don’t know what translation of the Quran you looked at but here’s the 3 most popular ones for the ending of that verse:
“…, after having been humbled.”
“… and feel themselves subdued”
" being brought low"
None of these translations imply that the nonMuslims have to become Muslim or have Muslim rules forced upon them, and this verse is not exempt from “Be not the aggressor for Allah hates the aggressor”.
As for apostasy, there is different of opinions on that within each of the schools of thought, and there are Hadith where apostates were not punished. It is not an automatic action and actually has multiple conditions that have to be met. Oddly enough, the Bible calls for death to apostates, while the Quran does not explicitly mention it.
As far as the killing of Christians in Egypt, there is no justification for killing an innocent person and Islam allows no such thing unless the Christian was the aggressor (not saying that was the case). I don’t know when those people died, but if it was during the uprising against Mubarak, a lot of Egyptians died and thousands were injured, so I don’t know if they are included in that or if it happened uniquely. Regardless, the actions of a follower of a religion are not exclusive to the teachings of that religion whether they are Muslims, Christians, Jewish or any other religion. You are trying to link them together as to deface Islam and Muslims. That’s why I call you and your posse hate mongers and/or a fear mongers.[/quote]
“Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki made what looks to be his most threatening message yet: calling on Muslims to kill Americans at will” http://www.collive.com/show_news.rtx?id=3189&alias=imam-calls-to-kill-jews
“According to the Hamas interpretation of Islam, the Jews are inherently evil, seek to rule the world, and are a threat to Muslims and all of humanity. Therefore they are destined to extermination”
"Palestinian Television continued over the weekend to re-broadcast excerpts from a Friday sermon in the Zayed bin Sultan Aal Nahyan mosque in Gaza. 'The Jews are Jews, whether Labor or Likud… They do not have any moderates or any advocates of peace. They are all liars… they are the terrorists. They are the ones who must be butchered and killed, as Allah the Almighty said: ‘Fight them: Allah will torture them at your hands, and will humiliate them and will help you to overcome them, and will relieve the minds of the believers…’ "
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2009/10/13/new-york-based-muslims-web-site-calls-god-kill-jews/
"beloved Sheik Abdullah Faisal, who’s preaching the religion of Islam and serving as a spiritual guide. Faisal was convicted in the U.K. in 2003 for spreading messages of racial hatred and urging his followers to kill Jews, Hindus and Westerners. In sermon recordings played at his trial, Faisal called on young, impressionable Muslims to use chemical weapons to Ã?¢??exterminate unbelieversÃ?¢?? and Ã?¢??cut the throat of the Kaffars [nonbelievers] with [a] machete.Ã?¢??
I could go on for days…[/quote]
You bring nothing new. That is all old news. Yes there are radicals. Welcome to planet Earth, where 93% of Muslims in the world are against violent jihad.[/quote]
First off, if that were the case, I’d be ashamed if I were a Muslim. Second, where did that number come from?
Subdue does not mean force their rules upon. The etymology of the english word does not apply to the arabic word. There is no compulsion in religious belief. That’s what it says in the Quran. Even in Muslim controlled lands, there were Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians etc and their Churches were allowed to make their own laws for their people.
Please take your hate-spreading arguments to someone else.[/quote]
Oh look, the word “subdue” has a gazillion different meanings in Arabic and they have quite a lot of words for it:
I am gifted with the power of google, apparently, not everyone is. [/quote]
a gazillion different meanings, all meaning basically the same thing.
1.Overcome, quieten, or bring under control (a feeling or person)
2.Bring (a country or people) under control by force
I have the power of google also, “google dictionary”, to be exact.[/quote]
Again, you are using the English etymology of an Arabic text. Let me break it down for you. The Quran is in Arabic. It was revealed in ancient Arabic poetry, as poetry was the highest form of literature at the time. Now your taking an English translation of ancient Arabic poetry without any knowledge of the context and then trying to apply english etymology to it. Do you see how retarded that is?? The scholars who translate/explain the Quran correctly not only know Ancient Arabic, but they have studied the arab culture of the time so that the poetic nature can be understood. And I don’t know what translation of the Quran you looked at but here’s the 3 most popular ones for the ending of that verse:
“…, after having been humbled.”
“… and feel themselves subdued”
" being brought low"
None of these translations imply that the nonMuslims have to become Muslim or have Muslim rules forced upon them, and this verse is not exempt from “Be not the aggressor for Allah hates the aggressor”.
As for apostasy, there is different of opinions on that within each of the schools of thought, and there are Hadith where apostates were not punished. It is not an automatic action and actually has multiple conditions that have to be met. Oddly enough, the Bible calls for death to apostates, while the Quran does not explicitly mention it.
As far as the killing of Christians in Egypt, there is no justification for killing an innocent person and Islam allows no such thing unless the Christian was the aggressor (not saying that was the case). I don’t know when those people died, but if it was during the uprising against Mubarak, a lot of Egyptians died and thousands were injured, so I don’t know if they are included in that or if it happened uniquely. Regardless, the actions of a follower of a religion are not exclusive to the teachings of that religion whether they are Muslims, Christians, Jewish or any other religion. You are trying to link them together as to deface Islam and Muslims. That’s why I call you and your posse hate mongers and/or a fear mongers.[/quote]
“Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki made what looks to be his most threatening message yet: calling on Muslims to kill Americans at will” http://www.collive.com/show_news.rtx?id=3189&alias=imam-calls-to-kill-jews
“According to the Hamas interpretation of Islam, the Jews are inherently evil, seek to rule the world, and are a threat to Muslims and all of humanity. Therefore they are destined to extermination”
"Palestinian Television continued over the weekend to re-broadcast excerpts from a Friday sermon in the Zayed bin Sultan Aal Nahyan mosque in Gaza. 'The Jews are Jews, whether Labor or Likud… They do not have any moderates or any advocates of peace. They are all liars… they are the terrorists. They are the ones who must be butchered and killed, as Allah the Almighty said: ‘Fight them: Allah will torture them at your hands, and will humiliate them and will help you to overcome them, and will relieve the minds of the believers…’ "
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2009/10/13/new-york-based-muslims-web-site-calls-god-kill-jews/
"beloved Sheik Abdullah Faisal, who’s preaching the religion of Islam and serving as a spiritual guide. Faisal was convicted in the U.K. in 2003 for spreading messages of racial hatred and urging his followers to kill Jews, Hindus and Westerners. In sermon recordings played at his trial, Faisal called on young, impressionable Muslims to use chemical weapons to Ã?¢??exterminate unbelieversÃ?¢?? and Ã?¢??cut the throat of the Kaffars [nonbelievers] with [a] machete.Ã?¢??
I could go on for days…[/quote]
You bring nothing new. That is all old news. Yes there are radicals. Welcome to planet Earth, where 93% of Muslims in the world are against violent jihad.[/quote]
A. Where did you get that figure?
B.Until that 93% work to quell the 7%, then they are allowing the minority to speak for them, and should be treated as such.
C. According to Pew (http://pewresearch.org/assets/pdf/muslim-americans.pdf page 53) a much larger minroty supprts violence, up to 46% in Nigeria.
Why would you be ashamed if you were Muslim? Muslims are people, just like any other large group of people the vast majority are peaceful normal folk.
What’s shameful (in my eyes) is the fact that the United States is putting Muslims on trial and has not learned from it’s past witch hunts of Japanese Americans and the accused Communists.
What’s also shameful is the fact that the US went to war with Iraq under false pretense (weapons of mass destruction) and that has led to the death of 100,000+ innocent civilians.
What’s shameful is that the Tea Party started a protest outside of a fundraiser Muslims throw for a women’s shelter! What’s even more shameful is that an elected official at that protest talked about her her son, a Marine, and his Marine buddies would love to come and kill the Muslims, sending them to paradise early, while the Muslims are inside raising money to HELP people.
What is shameful is that a Muslim woman wants to compete in weightlifting AND follow her religion at the same time, and that causes all the hate mongers and fear mongers to put on their keyboard warrior outfits and start painting general judgements upon all of Islam and all Muslims.
The 93% figure comes from Gallup. The 93% try to quell the 7%, but how are they supposed to do that when their religion and their rights are on trial? That 7% doesn’t operate out in the open, but mainstream Muslims do assist the authorities and turn in the extremists that they know of when they can. And a lot of them are deterred by fear and mistrust because people spreading hate make all Muslims appear as if they are of that 7%.
[quote]zahmad wrote:
Why would you be ashamed if you were Muslim? Muslims are people, just like any other large group of people the vast majority are peaceful normal folk.
What’s shameful (in my eyes) is the fact that the United States is putting Muslims on trial and has not learned from it’s past witch hunts of Japanese Americans and the accused Communists.
What’s also shameful is the fact that the US went to war with Iraq under false pretense (weapons of mass destruction) and that has led to the death of 100,000+ innocent civilians.
What’s shameful is that the Tea Party started a protest outside of a fundraiser Muslims throw for a women’s shelter! What’s even more shameful is that an elected official at that protest talked about her her son, a Marine, and his Marine buddies would love to come and kill the Muslims, sending them to paradise early, while the Muslims are inside raising money to HELP people.
What is shameful is that a Muslim woman wants to compete in weightlifting AND follow her religion at the same time, and that causes all the hate mongers and fear mongers to put on their keyboard warrior outfits and start painting general judgements upon all of Islam and all Muslims.
The 93% figure comes from Gallup. The 93% try to quell the 7%, but how are they supposed to do that when their religion and their rights are on trial? That 7% doesn’t operate out in the open, but mainstream Muslims do assist the authorities and turn in the extremists that they know of when they can. And a lot of them are deterred by fear and mistrust because people spreading hate make all Muslims appear as if they are of that 7%. [/quote]
I think you are misquoting Gallup. If I remember right it stated tha 93% didn’t support the 9/11 attacks, not that 93% opposed violent jihad.
I reject you position that moderate muslims oppose radical muslims. They in fact fund them.
Muslims and Americans are equally likely to reject attacks on civilians as morally unjustifiable.
Large majorities of Muslims would guarantee free speech if it were up to them to write a new constitution AND they say religious leaders should have no direct role in drafting that constitution.
Muslims around the world say that what they LEAST admire about the West is its perceived moral decay and breakdown of traditional values – the same answers that Americans themselves give when asked this question.
When asked about their dreams for the future, Muslims say they want better jobs and security, not conflict and violence.
Muslims say the most important thing Westerners can do to improve relations with their societies is to change their negative views toward Muslims and respect Islam.
[quote]zahmad wrote:
Why would you be ashamed if you were Muslim? Muslims are people, just like any other large group of people the vast majority are peaceful normal folk.
What’s shameful (in my eyes) is the fact that the United States is putting Muslims on trial and has not learned from it’s past witch hunts of Japanese Americans and the accused Communists.
[/quote]
Japanese was a different situation, Muslim is not a race.
And most of the accused communist were in fact communists trying to subvert the American people.
False pretenses created by the Iraqi government.
Got a source on this?
Does this charity also do things like work to reward the families of suicide bombers? How were the funds actually going to be spent?
I was on that thread and don’t remember any hate mongering. could you quote some?
[quote]
The 93% figure comes from Gallup. The 93% try to quell the 7%, but how are they supposed to do that when their religion and their rights are on trial? That 7% doesn’t operate out in the open, but mainstream Muslims do assist the authorities and turn in the extremists that they know of when they can. And a lot of them are deterred by fear and mistrust because people spreading hate make all Muslims appear as if they are of that 7%. [/quote]
I would be ashamed of 7% of my faith.
Are you aware of the official positions of even moderate Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia?
Muslims and Americans are equally likely to reject attacks on civilians as morally unjustifiable.
Large majorities of Muslims would guarantee free speech if it were up to them to write a new constitution AND they say religious leaders should have no direct role in drafting that constitution.
Muslims around the world say that what they LEAST admire about the West is its perceived moral decay and breakdown of traditional values – the same answers that Americans themselves give when asked this question.
When asked about their dreams for the future, Muslims say they want better jobs and security, not conflict and violence.
Muslims say the most important thing Westerners can do to improve relations with their societies is to change their negative views toward Muslims and respect Islam.
[/quote]