A suggestion to Muslims
As Islam nears the point when are being branded as the "Official Religion" of terrorism, moderate muslims who are peace-loving, life loving and abhorrent of the violence unleashed by some of the radical sub-sets of the religion are in the really unpleasent situation of being scrutinized more carefully by security, being discriminated against, being the targets of hate attacks, racist crime et al. (for no fault of theirs)
Just saying "I am a moderate Muslim" does seem to be cutting it, as people (ignorantly and incorrectly in most cases), still assume that moderate Muslims, although better than the extremists still sympathize with the overall violent cause, passively.
My simple suggestion is, Moderate Muslims should get together and call themselves something else. They can retain all of their religious practices, rituals and routine. All they really need is a new name with the associated branding campaign. Maybe they could have a green wrist band like the "Live Strong" band.
Just saying "I am a moderate Muslim" does seem to be cutting it, as people (ignorantly and incorrectly in most cases), still assume that moderate Muslims, although better than the extremists still sympathize with the overall violent cause, passively.
My simple suggestion is, Moderate Muslims should get together and call themselves something else. They can retain all of their religious practices, rituals and routine. All they really need is a new name with the associated branding campaign. Maybe they could have a green wrist band like the "Live Strong" band.
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