My Year Inside Radical Islam: Part Two
posted at 9:37 am on March 22, 2007 by Bryan
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I wish he would quit referring to Sufism as “a very liberal form of Islam.” While a number of hippie “converts” to Islam today who think they are Muslims (but actually practice almost none of it–for example, actress Ellen Burstyn) and act moderate, identify themselves as “Sufi,” it bears almost no resemblance to Sufi Islam. Real Sufi’ism is anything but “a very liberal form of Islam.” Just ask Saladin. Anyone who refers to Sufism as “a very liberal form of Islam” is actually quite ignorant on Islam and very uninformed about its past. Andrew Bostom and Robert Spencer would agree with me on this point, as both have written on it, as have I. A recent Wall Street Journal column made the same points as well.
Debbie Schlussel on March 22, 2007 at 10:31 AM
Wake up America. What is it going to take? ABC? NCB? CBS?
seejanemom on March 22, 2007 at 10:43 AM
Is he still a Muslim? Or has he taken up a different religion? Does anyone know? I agree with Debbie’s point-it is unusual that he refers to Sufism as being very liberal. Perhaps in comparison to Wahabism? He says it’s more mystical a number of times as well.
WriterMom on March 22, 2007 at 11:30 AM
Great Vent Michelle!
omegaram on March 22, 2007 at 11:36 AM
He’s a Christian.
PRCalDude on March 22, 2007 at 12:41 PM
Maybe will wake up after the next terrorist attack. It’ll be much bigger.
PRCalDude on March 22, 2007 at 1:02 PM
Excellent interview. These insights should be aired on our main stream media. The public needs to see and understand how radical islam thinks.
darwin on March 22, 2007 at 2:29 PM
As PRCalDude says, Daveed is a Christian now.
Bryan on March 22, 2007 at 3:04 PM
I have nothing to say except that I enjoyed the interview. Thanks.
Esthier on March 22, 2007 at 3:29 PM
Wait…I thought the “fired US Attorneys” story was the important issue of today’s news cycle. Why are you wasting bandwidth on this stuff?
You have upset me. Now I have to go take a supplemental dose of soma.
Concern over radical Islam is so yesterday.
Anton on March 22, 2007 at 3:30 PM
Thanks for doing this interview. I just finished (and loved) his book, so it was nice to get some answers to my questions.
tikvah on March 22, 2007 at 3:35 PM
….allowing a little time for the sarcasm to wear off….
It’s hard to stay hopeful about the survival of the West after viewing Allahpundit’s post on “Palestinian zombies run child-bomber PSA” and then viewing this interview. The good news is that Mr. Gartenstein-Ross finds some positive reception for his book among some moderate American muslims.
The bad news is I have to hear about Palestinian child-bomber recruitment TV spots on a political blog instead of via ABC, NBC, CNN, or Fox.
Perhaps Michelle can do something about the “Fox” part of the problem. I hope so.
Anton on March 22, 2007 at 3:36 PM
Fascinating interview, Michelle.
As far as Sufism goes, the only individual I knew (through the Internet only) who claimed to be a Sufi, described himself as Sufi-lite. He was a member of The Theosophical Society and followed what could be described as the One World Spirituality espoused by the U.N. and enabled by the Lucis Trust, etc.
It was actually because of his ideas and the fact that the U.N. is so blatantly pro-Arab (Islamic/not Christian) that I started studying Islam.
Connie on March 22, 2007 at 11:01 PM
The last scene is the reason why the left can never be allowed to control foreign policy. They are suicidally narcissistic, incapable of dealing with reality without projecting their own ideology onto every policy decision.
spmat on March 22, 2007 at 11:43 PM
Me thinks Fred Thompson would find a spot for Daveed Gartenstein-Ross in his cabinet, yes mee thinks this is SPOT ON!
PinkyBigglesworth on March 23, 2007 at 2:48 AM