Is Islam a religion of war or peace? Both – and Muslims must decide, priest says

[trotsky]

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/is-islam-a-religion-of-war-or-peace-both-and-muslims-must-decide-priest-says-24503/

Fr. Samir considers the caliph's message an appeal to young Muslims who are committed to their religion, and said it “will convince many Muslim traditionalists to become Salafis and fight.”

“Faced with such call to arms, what can be done?” the priest asked. Amid the Islamic State's war “a military fight might be necessary, but it will not be decisive.”

“Military actions will reduce the violence, shed less blood, push back IS, but the movement will continue because it is part of Islam.”

Fr. Samir wrote that “the only solution is a radical reform to the internal reading of Islamic history.”

That damned Islamophobic racist bigoted atheist! Oh wait, he's a Catholic priest? Well how about that.

[Yorktown]

1. And to think Pastafarianism won't be allowed in the interfaith forum

Christians and Muslims will be able to trade barbs over the respective violence of their faiths,

while the peaceful religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster will be kept out.

Bronze Age religions privilege..

[Arugula Latte]

2. We got sauced.

[Yorktown]

3. My request is pending, but I fear it's already been shortcircuited via PM

I let you be the judge of the fairness of my petition to the administrators:

About representing the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster in the 'interfaith' forum

Someone speaking in the collective name of the religions of the bronze age (hrmjustin) suggested my religion, that of the Holy Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, would probably not be welcome in the interfaith forum, having to be confined to the forums for skeptics.

This is unfair as we are believers and would not enjoy having to mingle with skeptics, atheists, agnostics and other such unsavory characters. We would like to bask in the joy of sharing our religious experience with like minded believers such as the Christians, Muslims, Buddhists and all the other men and women of true faith (even if their faiths are not that which pleases the eternal Flying Spaghetti Monster, may peace and grated cheese be upon it always).

In short, we, believers in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster would like to have equal rights with the more established religions, even if we are a new and minority religion.

For your kind attention, and may the pasta be with you.
RAmen.

[trotsky]

4. I can tell you what the response will be:

Hosts are free to run their groups however they want. They can exclude any religion they want to in Interfaith because they don't approve of it. Never mind that THEIR religions would have been rejected as "too new" or "not enough serious followers" at one point in time as well!

[rug]

6. Do post the response.

[rug]

5. You and Sam Harris have interesting bedfellows.