There was recently a television series in the UK where a reporter went undercover into some prominent mosques where Islamic preachers were saying some things that could easily sound inflammatory. It has been taken up by a number of different people, with a wide variety of responses from Tony Blair, the Australian Government, and western Muslims.
Here is the 1st part in the original showing:
The response by the Australian Government is here at BBC
And here is a response to the series, from a Muslim professor at Yale, Yasir Qadhi:
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
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The BBC show was disturbing but pretty much par for the course on Fox News here in the states.
I felt the anxiety of the Yale prof, but wonder if his response would do anything but harden westerners' views that even the brightest Muslims are religiously arrogant and out of touch with their western cultural setting. That's how I felt and I consider myself a more sympathetic listener than some.
I saw this! HA! These guys are such goobers.
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