Reply #26: I didn't say it should be ignored...

[Psephos]

I said there are more important stories about Gitmo, and that this is diverting attention from them. Public attention is a finite resource, and we should use it efficiently.

I frankly think that it's time fundamentalist Muslims stop viewing the Koran, which is a book, as "the entire essence of their being and religion." That sort of fundamentalism is what keeps Shari'a in business. It prevents women from enjoying the same rights and privileges as men. It slams gays, and slams them hard. It creates permanent tension between fundamentalist Muslims and others who worship a different god (their term is "infidels") and prescribes the violence you should use on them if they don't see things your way.

I don't see much difference between the trouble we have with "God said it, I believe it, that settles it" fundies here in the US, and the trouble Muslim fundies cause elsewhere with similar attitudes about the Koran. I am not afraid to judge them by the same standard.

As always, just my opinions. :-)

Peace.


EDIT: added a missing word