A very interesting piece on Islam and Wahhabism:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/11/wo...av=bottom-well
A very interesting piece on Islam and Wahhabism:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/11/wo...av=bottom-well
One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike -- and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
--Albert Einstein
The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing, is a fact so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice.
--Richard Dawkins
Be kind to all, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.
--Philo
As I understand it, Wahabbism and Salafism comprise about 2-3% of Islam, but they are responsible for much of the extremism.
Islam isn't exactly a bastion of live-and-let-live liberalism, but it is a very small percentage that is responsible for most of the bad.