First-explain to me how "Islam" is any more valid than "Christianity." Why should I since I have never asserted this?
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 what has this to do with whether or not Islam has any leadership?
And Third-Under the principles of Islam, in theory every Muslim is equal to every other Muslim. So? How does this mean there are no leaders? In America we are all equal (in theory) but that doesn't change the fact that we have leaders. You're so stuck on semantics that it's starting to make you look absurd.
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Date: 6/8/09 14:22 (UTC)Why should I since I have never asserted this?
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 what has this to do with whether or not Islam has any leadership?
And Third-Under the principles of Islam, in theory every Muslim is equal to every other Muslim.
So? How does this mean there are no leaders? In America we are all equal (in theory) but that doesn't change the fact that we have leaders. You're so stuck on semantics that it's starting to make you look absurd.