Some Hadith are labelled Gharib or Weak. These ones may have dubious or weak sources (such as the 72 Virgins Hadith) or may contradict other, more reliable, Hadith. However, some of these Gharib Hadith are used as hard and fast rules by certain Islamic leaders and/or groups and enforced upon people who may not agree with them or (through a lack of education) may not realise they are Gharib or even Hadith (as opposed to from the Quran).

Sorry but the rest of your post I simply do not agree with.

Thanks for the chance to help explain my religion though :)

Radicals are those who believe that the Quran is the exact word of God and are willing to strictly follow it. They are willing for subjugate women and not allow them the right to vote or any basic human rights. They are willing and happy to stone people to death for “fornication” or for the high crime of being gay. They believe terrorism is justified and that those suicide bombers who kill women and children are “martyrs’ and go straight to paradise where 72 virgins await them.

You asked how many are radical? That is very hard to say. According to the Pew Research Center it really varies depending on the country, but based on the studies, it is a very substantial number, perhaps 30 to 40 percent in some countries.

What to do abou it? Hold the governments directly responsible. Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia etc. Have the CIA jam their television and radio signals and pump in western media with western ideals so these people can start to be de-programmed. Isolate the countries with a strict policy of containment similar to what Harry S. Truman advocated with Communism. And,if all else fails, as a last resort, if the governments continue to foment Islamic radicalism, hold the leaders (not the people) directly responsible. A couple dozen Tomahawk Cruise missiles landing in their palaces would get their attention I think.

Would care to explain what you mean by radicals ?!
What number is that?

Let say they are 99.99% are raducals ,what would you suggest to do about them?or to them?

You sound like a very decent person and very reasonable. I wish your fellow Muslims felt the same way as you! But sadly, I believe that the number of radicals (or those who sympathize with them) is quite large. I hope you and your fellow moderate Muslims will speak up and be more vocal.

Censored? Erased? For what doesn’t seem so bad
Considering the insults generally thrown about.
But I guess I’d better not tease, or mock–egad!
Antiwar Blog’s prolific poster we’d better not flout.

I don’t think you would find anyone on this list who would defend the actions of the radical Islamic groups. I didn’t realise we had to denounce them, but if that’s what you want then consider them denounced :)

My main problem is when people attack Muslims or the Koran for the actions of these groups. As a Muslim, I have very little in common with what these groups believe or stand for. I do not condone killing, I believe veils/headscarves are voluntary, I believe men and women are equal, etc etc. And I believe that most other Muslims hold similar viewpoints/beliefs.

But just like Catholicism should not be demonised by the actions of the IRA, Christianity by the actions of the KKK, Indians by the Naxalites, or Communism by the Khmer Rouge, why should Islam be demonised by these extreme and extremely violent groups?

People may argue that there are violent passages in the Koran and I will not disagree, but those passages are almost always written with a specific context or guideline in mind. The Koran was written in a time when war was fairly common and a legitimate way of settling disputes, not just in the Middle East but pretty much everywhere. But a problem occurs when people (such as radical groups) take those violent passages and believe that they override all other passages speaking of peace and justice. As I said above, they interpret the passages in a way which fits their violent outlook on life.

The Koran insists on absolute and total respect for human life, and sees murder as a cardinal sin. But violent radicals believe that other passages overule the passages concerning this respect, whereas I and the Muslims I know believe the opposite.