Re: Islam and the West
i do my part in correcting nonmuslims as well as muslims when they misinterpret certain verses of the quran that i have knowledge on. if they say something ignorant and insulting about the religion or muslims i’ll be on the defensive and try to correct their warped view but that’s as far as i’ll go.
it’s not my responsibility, i ain’t the muslim here, i am not a religious person, i have respect for all religions and love most things about all of them but it’s the responsibility of sane,balanced,compassionate muslims to show islam and muslims in a better light, fight the right conservative, horrible image that the haters are painting of them in a nonviolent way. and also correct those muslims that have a warped understanding of their own religion or seem to be misinterpreting certain verses <-------very important
supporting hezbollah is controversial at the moment b/c of how the west sees the organization
The person you mentioned in your post (Siraj Wahaj) is one of the “moderate” or soft scholars but the media showed him as some extreme radical preacher and unfortunately most people including yourself bought that without questioning.