[Reader-list] RE: neo-modism?

[Ali, Omar]

It is best to stay out of this weird argument. "neo-mod" is not a real
category. The people being lumped together are the most diverse group.
Ranging from an old-fashioned military dictator to professors to young
muslims with a sense of humor. I am sure some of them are agents of CIA,
Mossad or whatever. And some are just plain crooks. Some are also sincerely
tryiing to reform what they see as aberrations. Others are just having fun.
I don't know how this whole mishmash hangs together. 
One little quibble....abidullah Jan insists that there are no mosques with
signs saying "jews or christians are the enemy" while there is a church
somewhere that says "islam is the enemy". This is plainly not true. There
are hundreds of mosques and madrassas in pakistan alone which announce
(sometimes on signs posted on the door!) that jews and hindus are our enemy.
Not hard to find these people, I wonder how abid missed seeing them all his
life?
Btw, any information on who this Jan guy is? What does he do for a living? 

Omar (neither neo nor mod)

PS: I do not fail to notice that after announcing "stay out of this weird
argument" I did dip my toe in.....

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