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| Terror Networks & Islam |
| The Evolution of Islam : Interview with Mohamed Ibn Guadi |
| 2005-03-17 |
| Hat tip Jihad Watch. Good articles on globalpolitician.com, btw By Ryan Mauro Mohamed Ibn Guadi is an Islamologist at Strasbourg University and a researcher in Semitic Philology. He is a contributor to Figaro, Le Point and other journals. He is the Director of the Islamology Program at the French Center of Middle East Studies (AFEMO) in Toulouse. He is currently preparing a book on Islam and the West. RM: Is Islam growing more radical or moderate overall? Where is it the most worrisome? MIG: That's a good question, Ryan. Today, most people think that radical Islam is growing to the detriment of the "real" Islam. Is Islam a religion of peace? No. Is it a religion of war? Neither. As a matter a fact, this is a puzzle. Osama Bin Laden is a good Muslim. I mean, what they say about the West is consistent with Islamic history. It's true that moderate Muslims represent Islam but we have to keep in mind that Osama, Mullah Omar and others represent Islam as well. RM: But do you think that the religion of Islam as a whole is growing more radical, or more peaceful ? MIG: Islam is growing more original which means that Islam is returning to its foundations. Islam is in a decisive time that it will determine its future. The growing of democracy in the Arab world could change the Arab minds but not Islam. |
| Posted by:Anonymous5089 |
| #2 Hope they didn't gave out his address. |
| Posted by: gromgorru 2005-03-17 10:29:50 AM |
| #1 this interview took place some time ago (when Arafat was alive and not obviously sick) |
| Posted by: mhw 2005-03-17 8:39:59 AM |