Understanding Islamic extremism.

In my previous post I wrote that question of ‘is Islam a violent religion?’ is erroneous and misleading. In any system or ideology violence is not the end. Violence and terrorism are just means to achieve ideological goals. Islam is very much a political ideology; Islam is expansionist in both the aspects, as belief and as political ideology. So the right question to be framed for perusal or understanding is ‘Is Islam tolerant towards non muslims?’ or ‘Can Islam co-exist peacefully with others?’ or ‘What does Islam say towards infidels?’

Secularism vs. Islam; Organization of Islamic Countries' Cairo Declaration and its hypocrisy.

Beginning in the 19th century and in to the 20th century, one political concept that has become dominant theme and has been accepted universally is notion of human rights. Other two significant political concepts are secularism and equality of all human beings.