Yet, your perception is wrong on the infidel part as well, at least when it was used in the Koran. The infidels it was referring to, was polytheist of their own tribes or surrounds, not Hebrews or Christians, which they considered misguided, but kin none the less. Goat
Bob Giramma wrote: > Thanks for that, Jon. Your comments and the piece on Sayyid Qutb agree with > most other explanations I've read. As you observe, the "majority of Muslims" > are not violent Islamists. But you neglected to note their indirect > complicity through their apologist excuses to attacks on foreign infidels and > refusal to stand up against the violent Islamists among them. They are the > Middle East version of sheople. > > The information you provided also reiterates my prior claim that the roots of > modern Middle East Islamism are in response to Egyptian secularism, not > Western intervention. The US, Israel, and other Western nations are merely > useful scapegoats that also stand in their way of dominating the Middle East. >
