Quote Originally Posted by Centurion1 View Post
I do not blame Islam. I blame Islam if it permeates government as I do Christianity, Buddhism, or Animism when it is found within government.

Also yes I blame quite a few issues people associate with Islam in Arab countries with their respective cultural issues. Too often people confuse antiquated cultural practices with Islam itself.
Good. Now if Islam is apparently able to 'absorb' many different cultural traditions, it could also 'absorb' democratic principles and institutions, right? If only the powers that be would tolerate it. Which they don't, because it is not in their political and material interest.

I think the real problem is not that a petrified Islam perpetuates dictatorships, but that it is the dictatorships that perpetuate a petrified Islam.

So how do we break that cycle?

AII