I hope Mr. Sullivan won't shoot me for stealing his post, but the following really needs to get attention from as many people as possible:
Andrew Sullivan | The Daily Dish:
"Here's another moderate Muslim manifesto, but, like Locke's Letter on Toleration, it insists on tolerance not as a secular but as a religious value:
'While we understand the feelings of our co-religionists, we strongly urge them to refrain from rage and violence. A zeal for Allah is rightful only when it is expressed in an enlightened manner, since Allah himself has ordained a restrained response.... No state, community or individual has a right to impose Islam on others. People should accept and practice Islam not because they are forced to do so, but because they believe in its teachings.'"
Sounds quite a bit like what Christians are supposed to do: influence, not impose.
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