tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7148951396576155849.post7468237108922267715..comments2024-01-30T14:57:53.352-05:00Comments on Town Commons: A Former Terrorist Speaks Out On Wahhabi / Salafi Islam and Tells the West Not to be Silencedscotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05052920226349799408noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7148951396576155849.post-47218569540611375362007-04-06T08:53:00.000-04:002007-04-06T08:53:00.000-04:00You are incorrect. Salafism and Wahabism are not ...You are incorrect. Salafism and Wahabism are not the same thing. Wahabi is a subset of Salafism. It's like saying Protestant and Christian are the same thing. All Protestants are Christians, but not all Christians are Protestant. Not all Salafis are Wahabis - and in fact Wahabism is the "root" of terrorist ideology.<BR/><BR/>You are giving Tawfik Hamid way too much credibility. Having studied under al-Zawahiri and having been a member of one of Egypts most notorious terror organizations did anyone ever think that he might be giving out DISinformation?<BR/><BR/>If you've ever studied Islam, and if you've ever considered the differences between culture and religion, you would know that most of what he says in this article is unsubstantiated, incorrect and invalid. Check your facts before you buy into this guys DISinformation campaign.<BR/><BR/>He claims that Americans "restrict reformation of Islam" but that is a BS excuse. Nobody can reform the extremists or radical Muslims except Muslims. <BR/><BR/>He claims that there is a "deafening silence of the Muslim majority" - well, why then, were the leaders of the Arab world discussing extremism at the recent Arab League summit March 28-29? Musharraf and al Khalifa both spoke out about this and the need to counter radicalism. That's not a "deafening silence."<BR/><BR/>What people in the West need to do, and what non-Muslims need to do, is to become educated about Islam - and to check their facts before buying into everything that they read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com