Nineteen years after; is this a "moderate" Muslim?

[davidbfpo]

Hat tip to a "lurker" for this NPR report 'Prominent Muslim Sheikh Issues Fatwa Against ISIS Violence':http://www.npr.org/2014/09/25/351277...iolence?live=1

First time recently I've seen a non-Muslim comment like this:

He's providing a counter-example to all this violent extremism. He's providing the counter-narrative. It's not a cure-all pill. It won't stop everything, we know that, but without it, where are we?

Then an academic on Islam:

What it will do is give those who might otherwise sit this out an argument, something to think about. It shows that the things that ISIS does, its objectives, the methods it uses, have no basis in classical Islamic jurisprudence and teaching.

[omarali50]

I think all this will change (with "crisis" along the way), but for now, this is pretty accurate

http://hurryupharry.org/2013/10/31/t...oderate-islam/