tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9418497.post112266511164933602..comments2023-09-30T10:13:41.041-05:00Comments on Salikah: A Student's Digest: Why the West has lost goodwill of MuslimsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9418497.post-1134326956873558662005-12-11T13:49:00.000-05:002005-12-11T13:49:00.000-05:00Quite agreed.Quite agreed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9418497.post-1122755686228647352005-07-30T15:34:00.000-05:002005-07-30T15:34:00.000-05:00Danithew,Indeed the situation in much of the Islam...Danithew,<BR/><BR/>Indeed the situation in much of the Islamic world is tragic and plagued by horrible, selfish governments who do little for their people. <BR/><BR/>I don't believe that the masses there are trapped between such governments and a deviant exremist interpretation of Islam alone, though. <BR/><BR/>Yes, these two exists, but there are also large numbers of Muslims in these lands that are devout, unhappy with the government and yet not extreme but rather, are peace loving, good people.<BR/><BR/>Bad apples stand out more because of the attention they bring to themselves. <BR/><BR/>I pray, as you do, that Iraq becomes a free democratic peaceful nation that is an example to the world. But I pray other democracies are not created in the same, bloody manner that leaves physical, psychological, and spiritual scars on its people and all of humanity.<BR/><BR/>Peace,<BR/>SalikahSalikahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13924799989782025661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9418497.post-1122748894977588662005-07-30T13:41:00.000-05:002005-07-30T13:41:00.000-05:00My feeling is that too much of the Islamic world i...My feeling is that too much of the Islamic world is trapped between the bad alternatives of authoritarian/monarchical governments on one side and Islamic fundamentalism on the other side. I am hoping that the democratic government in Iraq can become established and entrenched and eventually be prosperous for the Iraqi people. If so, perhaps there will be a clear way to move away of the current political tragedy that is so rampant in the Middle East.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com