{"id":271,"date":"2009-03-17T06:11:06","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T06:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2009\/03\/no-moderate-muslims.html"},"modified":"2009-03-17T06:11:06","modified_gmt":"2009-03-17T06:11:06","slug":"no-moderate-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2009\/03\/no-moderate-muslims.html","title":{"rendered":"no moderate muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"

a classic short story<\/a> by Ali Eteraz. It begins, <\/p>\n

The Great J.A.F.I (Just another Frothing Islamophobe) stepped through
\nthe door and said he was looking for Ali Eteraz. Somewhere in the world
\nsome murderers who called themselves Muslims had done some murdering
\nand it was necessary to find Ali Eteraz to have him comment on the
\nmatter, since being a law abiding Muslim he knew everything about law
\nbreaking Muslims.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

what transpires next, you will simply have to read the whole thing<\/a> to determine for yourself. My favorite sentence, though, is “Ali Eteraz smiled the great smile of those who know they are loved by the right people.” Indeed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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