Islamic Law Is Clearly Against Terrorism, Against

I As A Muslim Want You, As A Christian, To Really Be A Perfect Christian. I Want My Jewish Friends To Be Perfect Jews, To Live According To The Highest Principles Of What It Means To Be A Jew, To Be A Christian, To Be A Muslim.

In The 20th Century, The Muslim World Created A Vision Of Religious Nationalism. Turkey, For Example, Had To Be Ethnically Turkish. Kurds, Armenians, Other Minorities Didn't Have A Place In Such A Vision Of A Nation-state.

Americans Must Outgrow The Unbecoming Arrogance That Leads Us To Assert That America Somehow Owns A Monopoly On Goodness And Truth - A Belief That Leads Some To View The World As But A Stage On Which To Play Out The Great Historical Drama: The United States Of America Versus The Powers Of Evil.

Islamic Law Is Clearly Against Terrorism, Against Any Kind Of Deliberate Killing Of Civilians Or Similar 'collateral Damage.'

Staying Chaste Until Marriage, A Commandment Of My Faith, Was One Of The Most Difficult Challenges Of My Young Life. I Had A Powerful Sense That If I Did Not Get A Grip On My Identity, My Ethics, And My Religion, I Would Go Off The Rails.