VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Dinah|DATE|1369400537|CONTENT|I would agree with Alun on this one.  Islam is mired in medievalism with its Shariah law, brutal punishments and attitudes to women.  Any progressive ideas it once had were lost many years ago.  Why do people talk about &#039;moderate&#039; Muslims, when they don&#039;t talk about &#039;moderate&#039; Christians, &#039;moderate&#039; Buddhists or &#039;moderate&#039; Hindus?  What exactly would a &#039;moderate&#039; Christian be?  Someone who only gets up to go to Church when it isn&#039;t raining and they haven&#039;t got a hangover?  &#039;Moderate&#039; in terms of Muslims is an euphemism for those who don&#039;t support the violent overthrow of Western democracy, but some at least of the &#039;moderates&#039; have fairly unpalatable and unenlightened views on many other issues.

We had an Enlightenment in the West because in the end Christians  became disgusted and fed up with their fellows slaughtering each other and anyone else who didn&#039;t agree with them.  Let us hope Muslims eventually reach the same conclusion.|IP-ADDRESS|79.71.118.249|MODERATIONFLAG|