From a Muslim point of view<\/a>.\u00a0 I know, not all Muslims are terrorists.\u00a0 My gut feeling?\u00a0 Most Muslims are like most people throughout time.\u00a0 Some good. Some bad.\u00a0 Most just trying to get by.\u00a0 Still, there is something about Islam that is shaking things up a bit right now in our post-Multi-Cultural insistence that the Christian West is the cause of all suffering and the Muslim world is no doubt peopled with sincere peace loving folks who just want to have fun.\u00a0 <\/p>\nSo the continued tale of Egypt getting pissed at Pope Benedict, for daring to suggest letting Christians be murdered isn\u2019t a good thing, suggests a different side of the debate is worth examining.\u00a0 Not that we will, but it would be interesting to see thing from different angles, not just the angle of perpetual guilt and\u00a0repentance by which the West sees most things in the world today.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From a Muslim point of view.\u00a0 I know, not all Muslims are terrorists.\u00a0 My gut feeling?\u00a0 Most Muslims are like most people throughout time.\u00a0 Some good. Some bad.\u00a0 Most just trying to get by.\u00a0 Still, there is something about Islam that is shaking things up a bit right now in our post-Multi-Cultural insistence that the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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