First-explain to me how "Islam" is any more valid than "Christianity." Christians are not hive minds, they've long-running grudges and disputes over theology. How is it that Islam is homogenous and united when the One Holy and Apostolic Church has never been One?
Second-in large parts of the Middle East (including Turkey) modernity has been overlaid in a thin layer that is a real-world version of the Christian Right's fears-practices of the majority religion were entirely outlawed and thus Islamism can viably state that a religion that is outlawed altogether is under threat.
And Third-Under the principles of Islam, in theory every Muslim is equal to every other Muslim. This is essential to understanding the bloody thing, but since most Leftists get their religion from Dan Brown I can understand why understanding those Mediterranean Darkies is too tough for the Left's ideas. /snerkgrowlsnarlmutter.
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Second-in large parts of the Middle East (including Turkey) modernity has been overlaid in a thin layer that is a real-world version of the Christian Right's fears-practices of the majority religion were entirely outlawed and thus Islamism can viably state that a religion that is outlawed altogether is under threat.
And Third-Under the principles of Islam, in theory every Muslim is equal to every other Muslim. This is essential to understanding the bloody thing, but since most Leftists get their religion from Dan Brown I can understand why understanding those Mediterranean Darkies is too tough for the Left's ideas. /snerkgrowlsnarlmutter.