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17:13 - More of this, please
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110005102
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Via Dean Esmay—Irshad Manji has a piece in the WSJ calling for Muslims to face up to the possibility that the Quran may not, in fact, be as "perfect" as the faith always claims it to be.
It's not the end of the world if it isn't, guys. Seriously.
All it means is that you get to be one more religion among many, tolerant of the others' existence, and able to admit flaws in your own. That's the big piece of cognitive dissonance preventing Islamic leaders from spreading stern denunciations—that stick—of terrorism. It needs to happen now.
This is one frickin' tolerant modern world for religious diversity; more so than ever in history. There's never been a better time to bring Islam out of the closet and quit acting like admitting flaws in its texts will be fatal to it. It'll turn Islam into something modern that can coexist with the rest of the world peacefully, preserve it for the future, and protect the rest of us from the fanatics. The sooner this reformation comes, the better for every human on Earth.
...Or, you can always put out a fatwa on Ms. Manji. Your call.
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Brian Tiemann
