Nahid
"Nonie" Darwish, author of Wholly Different: Why I Chose Biblical Values Over Islamic
Values, who was born in Cairo, Egypt, and raised adevout Muslim but now
resides in Los Angeles and is an sincere Christian, believes the problem facing
the West extends beyond radical groups like the Islamic State and al-Qaeda.
A
veteran writer on these issues, the author believes Americans are at a
crossroads and must engage the ideas underpinning the terror attacks that are
being carried out by Muslims and injustices occurring in the Islamic world while
not getting lost in obscurities about Muslims as a whole.
"It's
not because Muslim people are bad or good," Darwish said in interview with The
Christian Post. "It's very important that the West understand that."
"We
are talking about an ideology, not people," she insisted, noting that the
mainstream media often "muddy the water" on this.
But
when Darwish, and others, dares raise this issue, some claim that she also
paints with too broad a brush, assigning the worst motive to Muslims rather
engage in criticism of the ideas emanating from Islamic theology itself.
But
this is a departure from past debates about other political creeds, she
says.
With
European fascism and Soviet Communism, for example, "we didn't call every
Russian evil, every German was not evil during Nazi Germany, so we should get
beyond that now," Darwish said.
"Ideology
is everything," she continued. "It defines the culture that we live in, the
standards by which we live," and Islamic values are "the measurement of what
good behavior is in the Muslim world."
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more at
http://www.christianpost.com/news/muslim-turned-christian-author-wholly-different-islam-rebellion-against-bible-175757/#IHJdUUVh9QrOG5B1.99
