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

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In an article on counter-radicalisation there is this robust public statement (slightly edited):

The Muslim mayor of Rotterdam made a bold, blunt statement in the immediate aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris: If you don’t like freedom, for the love of God, pack you bags and leave. Maybe there is a place in this world where you do fit it. Be honest with yourself and don’t start killing innocent journalists....Disappear if you can’t find your place in The Netherlands. If you don’t like it here because you don’t like satirists who make a newspaper … piss off.

Link:http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...es-jihad.html?

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An interesting paragraph in an over all interesting article:

The appearance of the Islamic State as a major force in Iraq and Syria, with threats of terrorist attacks on the West, has concentrated minds again to a degree. But unwillingness to ask difficult questions persists in many quarters. Despite the fact that we have more than circumstantial evidence that the Islamic State is being manipulated by Syrian intelligence, and Iran’s too, these notions are dismissed out of hand by too many Westerners who study terrorism. Yet if we want to defeat the Islamic State, it would be wise to actually understand it. That Washington, DC, continues its bipartisan blocking of release of the full 9/11 Commission Report, which includes troubling details of Saudi misconduct regarding Al-Qa’ida, is not an encouraging sign.

http://20committee.com/2014/09/25/wh...rism-is-wrong/

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Earlier this week John Ware, one of the BBC's intrepid documentary makers had a BBC Panorama programme 'After Paris - The Battle for British Islam' and today an article, as per the title:http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/...m-9985531.html

A taster and even more relevant after Paris, even if teh UK is very different from France:

Although some recent surveys have found that Muslims identify more strongly with Britain and its democratic institutions than the general public, they may mask some uncomfortable truths. “We need to drill down into what that actually means,” says Dilwar Hussain. Might respect for democracy actually mean gratitude for the hands-off multicultural tolerance that encouraged a very conservative version of Islam or marriage with your first cousin? “We’ve avoided these sort of questions in the past because they are all too difficult.”

Other surveys show that overall residential diversity in Britain is growing but, again, this brighter picture may not be matched by the reality on the ground. The Social Integration Commission has found poor social integration in some highly diverse areas, suggesting that residential integration doesn’t necessarily translate to meaningful social interaction.

The half hour documentary is available on IPlayer:http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...-british-islam