Interesting points of view concerning the identity of a Moderate
Muslim.
To understand the difference between Moderation and Radicalism, we
will need to understand the motivation to be either one or the
other.
Whether one is a Muslim, Christian, Catholic, Budhist, Taoist, or a
Jew, there will be those who are quietly religious, practising the
faith and spreading the gospel truth of their faith - all done with
a pure Religious purpose.
At the other end of the spectrum, we can also see the Pro-Active
Radicals, impatient with the status quo of their religious
existence, who will take up the cudgel to be active in matters of
society.
These faithfuls believe that a religion is all encompassing in
one's Life, and truly believe that a religion should not be
confined to one's Religious Behaviour, but the entire Behaviour of
One's Being that will extend into the realms of Politics, Social,
Communal, Cultural norms.
While some religious faithfuls involve themselves into the
political actions without the use of their Religious Standards,
others will demand the use of their Faith as a Guiding Light and
impose such standards on the non-Faithfuls. This is where the
faithful differ.
There will be the extreme radical groups that will resort to
extreme action, and we see these Radicals not only in Islam - with
their Jihadis, but also in the Christian Faith too - as seen in the
Shining Path guerilla groups of Peru, Ku Klax Klan in USA, and any
other Religious Action Groups operating on the fringes of
Society.
These Radicals are quite intelligent people, who have the
intelligence to twist complex religious issues into simple reasons
to justify the cause for their radical actions.
These Radicals have super-egos that society have no room to receive
or accomodate them, and their only recourse is to shake the world
and find space in any place that can be found.
Will 'Moderates' operate in similar fashion, when Human Reason
takes precedence over the mind, and determine one's actions ?
