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Old 02-15-06, 04:28 PM   #66
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Default Re: The EU and Europe's cultural identity

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Originally Posted by Wim Libaers
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Originally Posted by Abraham
Their vision on radical or mainstream Islam is that they don't buy that Sharia-crap and prefer Western freedoms. Still they would say that they are Muslims.
Some would question that self-definition. It's a bit like Christians who will only enter a church for marriages and funerals, and don't follow the Bible in their life. Can you still call them real Christians?
An appropriate term in this case would be a "cultural Muslim" or a "Muslim-for-identification-purposes-only". Both terms are used by JW's Hugh Fitzgerald to describe Amir Taheri, who has unfortunately been revealed to be a major letdown.
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