NOVANEWS Elie Elhadj
Posted with permission from daringopinion.com.
Non-Arab Muslims in predominantly Sunni Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Turkey, representing two thirds of world Muslims, have a moderate and modern attitude towards Islamic dogma and Shari’a laws. They conduct democratic parliamentary elections and have had female prime ministers and presidents.
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letting orientalists frame debate on islam? Elie Elhadj was Chief Executive Officer of a major Saudi bank during most of the 1990s. Born in Syria, he retired from banking early to earn a Ph.D. from the London University’s””” School of Oriental and African Studies””.
The coming battle will engulf the moderates and the Islamists over the soul of Islam. The battle will be fought over whether Islam is going to be the intolerant violent religion of the Bin Laden Wahhabi type; or,”””””” the enlightened moderate and modern Islam of the Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkish type?”””””””’
see problem brother?