Friday, December 07, 2007

Again, where are the moderates?

Ayaan Hirsi Ali reminds us once more of the silence of Islamist moderates in the world of the 21st century. Do they exist? She comments on the recent outrages against Muslim women in Egypt, Sudan and India and asks whether there can be many moderates when the Koran includes such commands as the following:
The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication, flog each of them with 100 stripes: Let no compassion move you in their case, in a matter prescribed by Allah, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day. (Koran 24:2)

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