Bob McCarty Writes

Jon Meacham and Sally Quinn open the week of “Muslims Speak Out” online discussion with a jointly-written and politically correct piece, Why “Muslims Speak Out” Matters, that begins this way:

In the Qu’ran, God himself anticipated earthly extremism. “We have made you a middle people,” Allah says to the Muslims in Chapter 2, verse 143—a suggestion that Islam was founded, in part, as a means by which the people of the faith might keep the things of this world in perspective and in proportion. In the popular imagination of the first years of the 21st century, though, Islam (like Christianity and Judaism at different times and in different places) is more likely to be thought of as violent and literal rather than peaceable and interpretative. It would be politically correct but pointless to act as though this were not the case.

The Washington Post/Newsweek-affiliated duo asks a lot of questions and outline the week ahead; however, their first post today lacks what I expect will be a real fireworks show of discourse, thanks to my fellow bloggers.

FYI: The comments section appears below the Why “Muslims Speak Out” Matters post. Use it wisely!

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