“Within every religion, there exists a spectrum of attitudes and behavior and extremism is not unique to one particular belief system. There are people who sincerely view themselves as Muslims who have committed horrible acts in the name of Islam. These people, and their interpretation of Islam, is rightly called “extremist;” they are a minority within Islam and the vast majority of Muslims reject their violence and consider their interpretation a distortion of the Muslim faith. Extremism is not unique to Islam.” (From “Myths and Facts about Muslim People and Islam” ADL.org)
It is amazing that we live in the Twenty-first Century, and yet people are still living in denial of the true nature of Islam. I recently attended a seminar in Chicago in which the presenter outlined six different stages of “The Cultural Proficiency Continuum.” The third stage, known as “The Blind Stage,” caught my attention. He explained that in this stage, people ignore all the facts.
I believe the author of the article “Myths and Facts about Muslim People and Islam” is truly living in that “Blind ...
