Dr. Mansur (if you read this), I have seldom read these thoughts expressed as succinctly. One part I had difficulty understanding was “a Muslim in terms of belief and conduct, according to the Koran, is inferior to a Mumin (a believer in God be he a Jew, a Christians, or of any other faith-tradition and this belief is evident in his conduct)”.
Islam is not alone as a religion struggling with a troublesome interpretation of its bedrock scripture — for evidence, one need only look at the establishment of the Protestant Church. The question becomes, as Pope Benedict has hinted, how to resolve this internal conflict without a generalized religious war. It is clear from some of the immoderate posts above that there is a widespread perception that peace-loving muslims are either unwilling or unable to control their monsters. Is this not also jihad?
