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Polish engineer beheaded in Pakistan. [347]
I don't know why more dedicated genuine muslims dont speak out and enlighten the world to these imposters of their genuine faith.
Because the so-called moderates or "enlightened" are the minority in the muslim world. The vast majority of muslims are either illiterate and uneducated - even about the intracacies of their own religion (accepting dictates from Islamic scholars and Imams whom they
believe are more capable of understanding their faith than themselves) - or they are sheep following their religious leaders an their tribal betters down whatever path they are led, or they are extremists seeking violence as a way to demonstrate their devotion to Allah (and to what they believe Allah wants). Of course there are many variations beyond that (including atheists!), but those types make up the majority of the muslim world. Travel to places such as Indonesia, the Sudan, Syria, Saudi Arabia and see for yourself.
Moderates are the minority and speak out mostly in the safety of ideologically diverse countries such as the USA. These so-called "enlightened" muslims must fear for their safety or even their own lives if they denounce the violence carried out by the extremist elements.
In any event they are all muslims - extremist or moderate alike. It's not the place of anyone else to tell any of them who is and who is not a true muslim. As in Christianity, etc. there are different sects of Islam with varying agenda and differing degrees of fanatacism. Being a moderate or an advocate of terrorism doesn't make them imposters and it doesn't make their identities as muslims any less valid.
