Hi Billy, On Aug 27, 2010, at 11:22 AM, [email protected] wrote: > The interview with Hani Alwaziri dated February 7th, 2010 intended to discuss > Rauf’s plans for what he terms “American Style Islam” and the Cordova > Initiative goals for the U.S. Rauf later stated that his goal was “To > establish an American style Islam in the United States” in which he explains > his aspiration of spreading Islam in America by using flexibility and molding > Islam to become palatable to the American culture while preserving the > integrity of Islamic ideology:
I actually think Rauf may be sincere, and utterly self-deceived about the incompatibility of Islam with American values. He may have literally willed himself to disbelieve that the Madinan verses exist or are in any way a problem. No stranger than all the other self-deception going on.... -- Ernie P. -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
