Monday September 25, 2006

I've Been Thinking:

Egypt is considered to be one of the most liberal of all Arab states.
Egypt is the country the West carefully watches to measure the winds of liberalization and change.
Egypt just banned three leading European papers - two French and one German.

Why? Because of the way they depicted Islam and Mohammed.
What? They described Islam as being "spread by the sword."
Here is the problem: A major part of the history of Islam involves "being spread by the sword."

Not to see Islam for what it is, is to be blind and self-deceived.
Not to accept Islam for what it is, is even more dangerous.
Most dangerous of all is to deny what Islam teaches and to prevent others from learning about it.

For a society to grow, it must be self-critical.
Egypt has just provided us with another glaring example of what is most lacking in Islam today.