Islamism or Islam?
Reader comment on item: Jihad in America: Grand Deception - Discussion Panel Webcast

Submitted by Carl, Dec 31, 2013 13:33

I have watched only the 15-minute excerpt, but I am concerned about two things:

1) There seems to be an attempt to separate "political Islam" from Islam. This is misguided because everything that the Muslim Brotherhood does and stands for comes straight from the Koran and the Sunnah which is Islam itself and is propagated by every mosque in the world. The fact that many Moslems do not follow these doctrines in practice does not change the basic doctrines of Islam. "Islamism" is only the practical expression of Islam. Islam, itself, is the problem. People need to be clear about this crucial point. A "moderate Moslem" like Zuhdi Jasser, for example, is a Moslem who does not follow the doctrines of Islam.

2) The noise, music and drumbeat in the background of the film is an awful and annoying distraction. Please get rid of it. The material itself is powerful and riveting enough.

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