On 21/02/2008, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester(a)gmail.com> wrote:
beliefs. It is, in my opinion, not possible for people
to say "Muslims
believe X". Which muslims? Which sect? In which country? The clerics?
What about the population at large? Is there opposition? No, it's
impossible to speak for all Muslims on this issue, and to do so is
frankly absurd.
Be careful about taking this too far, seductive though the logic is.
The existence of exceptions does not make it unreasonable to conclude
that there is a widespread and significant level of support for the
position, even if its speakers generally overdo it by saying "all
Muslims" - it is quite possible for it to be not *all* Muslims and
still a staggeringly large number of people!
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk