Rishon Rishon

Moderate Islam

David Frum posts about Islam. It ends thus:

You often hear people say that the Islamic world needs a “Reformation.” Alas, in many ways, Islamic extremism is the Muslim “Reformation.” Al Qaeda and its ideological supporters are rejecting a thousand years of interpretation - interpretation that has tended to soften the often harsh Koranic text - to return to the bald words of Islamic scripture.

He also links to Iraqi blogger Zeyad, who ends his post thus:

I can go on and on, but I would rather not. I have intensively examined the Quran and Sunna, and I might have a few things that would scare some pious believers. Maybe, some other time, when I'm in a safer environment, I would devote a website or a book to the subject.

And that is the problem with Islam today. I think it’s ridiculous when non-Moslems proclaim the morality or moderation of Islam. Unfortunately, I’m not hearing it from Moslems themselves.