Re: Moderation
Moderation in Islam: To me, moderate Muslims are Muslims that follow Islam according to what Prophet (SAW) has taught Islam and according to the way what Allah wanted Muslim to follow Islam.
There are people on either side of moderate Muslims.
One completely ignored all teachings and principle of Islam and even though they call themselves Muslims, they follow nothing.
Whereas there is another group that have made Islam a cult and follow Islam like cult, as kuffar follow kufur. These people don’t follow Islam what Allah sent and what Prophet (SAW) taught, they follow Islam ignorantly and interpreted things wrongly to suits their ignorance. But whatever they follow, be that Islam or not Islam, they call it Islam and follow it with pretext that they are following Islam. They are extremists but in reality, extremely misguided.
Example: Eating and weight: A 5 ft 9 inches tall medium built man eats moderately. His weight is around 11.5 stone. That is moderate.
On his one side, an another man, 5 ft 9 inches tall medium built, eats too little and thus has weight 5 stone, still believes that he is fat (actually he has bulimia). This man is sickly thin and intellectually dumb.
On his another side, a third man, 5 ft 9 inches tall medium built, eats too much and thus has weight 35 stones, still believes that he is thin (actually he is mentally sick and obese). This man is sickly fat and intellectually dumb.
Same is true about Islam and Muslims.