So “Yaacov Ben Moshe” — rather than simply stating that my detailed exposition is an “over-simplification of Islam” — why don’t you impeach what I allege above? Explain how those canonical experts at the top Islamic university in the world, those scholars of Islam got their interpretation of Islam so wrong while YOU (a Jew? Posing as a Jew to make your position on “moderate” Islam seem more plausble??? inquiring readers want to know…) and Ahmed Mansour got it so right.
I invite you to take my points on and explain why they are an “over-simplification of Islam”. That would be far more enlightening that lobbing unsubstantiated swipes.
Axiomatically, without substantiation, your claim of “over-simplification of Islam” is itself an over-simplification of what I wrote.
Please provide evidence of your position. I provided ample evidence for mine.
Here are some questions to help you do this –(I even provide chances for you to earn extra credit!):
Is anything I said above untrue? If so, explain.
Is Muhammad and his violent life an example for Muslims for all time of the “perfect man”, the perfect Muslim — Does his life serve for Muslims the world over as the template for the exemplary Muslim life?
*(for extra credit — explain how discussing the centrality to Muslims of the concept of “uswa hasana” vis-a-vis Muhammad is an “over-simplification of Islam”.)
Has 1400 years of Islamic jurisprudence “cemented the violence and the hatred of “the other” among most Muslim cultures”? or has it not? Explain.
*(for extra credit, explain why statements of hatred towards Jews are regularly to be found in Islamic cultures as far afield as Indonesia and Malaysia the Philippines and China — be sure to explain why Indonesian Muslims, Chinese Muslims, Philippino Muslims, Malaysian Muslims express hatred of Jews, give their girls clitorectomies, behead apostates, and resort to terrorism. Explain how Mulsims, most of whom have never seen a Jew, and couldn’t identify Israel on any map, nevertheless hate Jews and “infidels”. Explain the ubiquitous expressions of hatred among Musims across the global spectrum for “non-believers”, “infidels”, “kuffir” etc., and how exposition of this fact is an “over-simplification of Islam”.)
Cheap swipes are one thing, and they tend to be “over-simplification[s]” in and of themselves.
Please explain for this forum how I have ‘over-simplified’ Islam. Oh do.
