VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris attacks

Re:VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris ... by steveklabnik on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @09:45AM (#10581318)

  > a significant number of adherents of Islam hold ideas that
  > are incompatible with an open society.

Yet, a significant number of them also do. You can't generalize over a billion people like this.

For example, there are many Muslim-majority states that have had multiple women as heads of state. Sounds pretty progressive when you put it that way...

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Re:VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris ... by cygx on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @09:55AM (#10581390)

You can't generalize over a billion people like this.

Of course you can. The issue is not that such generalizations are invalid, but what conclusions to draw from them and what actions to take in response.

Also note that I have a black friend^W^W Muslim roommate (in fact a Hafiz) I get along well with. That does not mean I don't consider Islam as it presents itself today on a global scale a dangerous ideology.

For example, there are many Muslim-majority states that have had multiple women as heads of state.

And how many out gay politicians are there in such countries? And anecdotally speaking, remember what happened to Benazir Bhutto.

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