4 Examples of Moderate Muslim Societies & More Evolving

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Don’t assume that just because Islam’s most fundamentalist voices have been loudest for so long they’re the only ones speaking. Or that countries can’t evolve over time. Check out these articles which I read from and discuss in today’s podcast:

“Not all Muslims are the same”:

The Nizari Ismailis on the other hand are pro-western in their outlook. For example, the schools they build in developing countries are based on the British O and A level system, not the religious Madrassa system. They support secular pluralism not theocracies, they promote intellectual freedom, the education and advancement of women, and private sector enterprise. Women are considered equal to men in every way and aren’t expected to wear any form of head covering. They assimilate into the society in which they live and they don’t remain aloof or apart from it. Entrepreneurial, but decidedly philanthropic, they don’t play the victim card, blaming the West or Israel for the woes in the Islamic world, in fact they appear quite pro-Israel.

Who are genuine Muslim moderates? Separating the wheat from the chafe

My first Algemeiner op-ed: “Campus Activists Want to Revive the Black-Jewish Partnership”

Kids’ Textbooks in Some Muslim Polities: The Bad, the Ugly, and the Good

“In Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the Muslims I met could not have been kinder or more respectful of my faith”

“Bahrain backs IHRA definition of anti-Semitism in memorandum with US”