We Know What Radical Islam Is--What Is Moderate Islam?

As of yet, there does not seem to be an answer. Andy McCarthy writes:

...as an admirer of the courage of moderate Muslims, it is my most fervent wish that they are successful in reforming Islam. We need to be honest, however, that they are trying to achieve reform precisely because there are problems with Islam as is. The most frustrating thing about "moderate Islam" is that no one seems to be able to say what it entails. The so called "radicals" tell us exactly what they believe and (accurately) cite chapter and verse in the scriptures. The moderates never persuasively refute the radicals -- they just say the radicals are too "extreme." This doesn't come close to making the case that the radicals have Islam wrong. If your goal is to persuade other Muslims -- and everyone seems to agree that only Islam can settle its internal divisions -- that's the case that has to be made.

Read the whole thing.

Or do moderate Muslims think that radical Muslims have Islam exactly right--and the moderates are trying to make wholesale changes to Islam?

Note: Andrew McCarthy has written, The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America, which is coming out May 25th.

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