Why do conservatives deny the existence of moderate Muslims such as the ones who got the teacher out of jail?

Question

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071203/ts_nm/sudan_prophet_dc;_ylt=ApB1ZP.BE7._N6o9gXLnZJVZ.3QA

Answer 1

we dont. I'm glad to see that even their children are telling them they were wrong. POWER TO THE PEOPLE

Answer 2

I personally do not deny the existence of moderate Muslims. It is just that the vast majority of Muslims, at least in the Middle East, tend to be far from moderates. Muslims in the West tend to be more moderate. Unfortunately, the "immoderates" tend to find support for their position in their scripture and the moderates usually find themselves being accused of being "infidels".

Answer 3

While I am conservative leaning about the subject of Muslims, I like this story. What I like the most is, evidently the children have not been brainwashed yet to the extremism of RADICAL Islam.

Answer 4

It's hard to be afraid of people who do the right thing.

The religious right conservative block in the US wants you to be afraid of Muslims. They are doing everything in their power to keep you afraid of Muslims and this type of news makes people think that the people we should really be afraid of are the extremists, rather than the Muslims as a whole.

By and large, most Muslims and most Christians are the same, they are people who are trying to make the best out of the life they have been given. There are extremists on both sides of that equation and those are the people we should be watching.

Answer 5

Cause they need a boogieman? I dunno.

LIBERAL MUSLIMS

Saudi Reformers: Seeking Rights, Paying a Price

"I wrote the latest book just to say that the problem is not from outside, the problem is from ourselves; if we don't change ourselves, nothing will change," Hamad said over coffee in the green marbled lobby of an upscale hotel near Dammam, the city along the Gulf where he lives.

His earlier books challenging sexual and political mores remain banned.

Hence, Hamad writes novels to try to jolt young Saudis into re-examining their own society. Fawaziah al-Bakr, a college professor, agitates for women to question their assigned roles. Hassan al-Maleky, a theologian, argues that no one sect, such as the Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia, should hold a monopoly on interpreting Islam.

Here and elsewhere, Arab reformers tend to be isolated dissidents, sometimes labeled heretics. Even those who pursue the mildest forms of protest are slapped with long prison sentences. The right to assemble does not exist, political parties are banned along with nongovernment organizations, and the ruling princes constantly tell editors what they can print.

Local television is almost all clerics, all the time.

http://www.metransparent.com/texts/neil_macfarquhar_saudi_reformers_seeking_rights_paying_a_price.htm

Answer 6

Nice, broad generalization there. Most Conservatives admit that there are moderate muslims, but that they are typically too quiet about the actions of their fellow worshippers.

I pity you if you can't understand the difference. But, it's oh so much easier to broadly bash those you disagree with.

Answer 7

Because moderate Muslims aren't very noticeable. They don't yell "Alluwah Akbar!" at the top of their lungs or explode.

Answer 8

You are wrong. I want to see more moderate Muslims to speak out.

Answer 9

Wouldn't those be the same moderate muslims that put her there in the first place? Until muslims stand up to the terrorists in there ranks, and protest as loudly against the homicide bombers who kill the innocent as they protest against cartoons and teddy bears, I have no reason not to suspect them all.

Answer 10

Sort of like Moderate Liberals, they say nothing and let the Far Left wing run their lives and speak for them, for they are to busy at Starbucks to care.

Answer 11

I don't hear conservatives denying the existence of moderate Muslims. I hear conservatives wondering where the hell the VOICES of these moderate Muslims are in times of crisis.