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What is "True Islam". Please Explain.

Good Morning,

In case you were wondering about the personal liberty/rights of the Iraqi citizens, the new Prime Minister Maliki is supposedly fighting for the rights of individuals there. I am just wondering what will happen when the next Iraqi citizen is discovered with a bible in his closet? It was several months ago, as you will recall, that an Iraqi guy was outted by a relative that he had a bible in his home. He ended up in a holding cell in Iraq qualifiying for the death penalty. Word got out, and Mr. Bush cut a deal to get this guy extracted from Iraq into another country so he would not have to face the death penalty there for practicing his own religion.

Here is what is in the news today:

WASHINGTON - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki insisted Wednesday that his country is a front line in the war on terrorism and said those behind the rampant violence there are perverting the Islamic faith.

"I know some of you question whether Iraq is part of the war on terror," al-Maliki told a joint meeting of Congress, where some lawmakers have been critical of the new Iraqi leader's position on the current conflict between Israel and Hezbollah militants.

"Let me be very clear," said al-Maliki, speaking through a translator. "This is a battle between true Islam, for which a person's liberty and rights constitute essential cornerstones, and terrorism, which wraps itself in a fake Islamic cloak."

Let's see what the "True Islam" in the future brings. Will people really be able to practice their personal and individual rights?

We'll see.

Have a nice day.

posted by Wink @ 10:19 AM