tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post5577867669481262579..comments2023-12-24T06:13:49.857-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Closet Republican: Egyptian Presidential Candidate Says Women Will Be Forced To Wear Veil Or "Change Creed"Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-56044300785825396482012-04-19T20:24:48.209-04:002012-04-19T20:24:48.209-04:00Hello Perdita,
Thank you, yes, I wrote a recent p...Hello Perdita,<br /><br />Thank you, yes, I wrote a recent post about the people who were disqualified from running.<br /><br />I do know there are many Muslims who are not extremists like the Islamists, that is why I am very careful to distinguish between radical Islam/Islamists/Salafists.Incognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-24490911223108774402012-04-19T08:25:34.559-04:002012-04-19T08:25:34.559-04:00It's probably worth an addendum to say Abu Ism...It's probably worth an addendum to say Abu Ismail has been disqualified, for having an American mother. Not the best reason but... <br /><br />It's all fine and good pointing out the horrific ideas of Salafists like this, but it simply doesn't add up to 'there are no personal freedoms in Islam'. Tell that to the millions of moderate Muslims I live alongside in Egypt, who combine religious practice and personal life much in the same multifarious ways as American Christians do. <br /><br />The equation of Salafism with all Islam is the road to intolerance.Perditanoreply@blogger.com