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More than once I’ve asked rhetorically for examples of Muslims speaking out against terrorism, against honor killings, against FGM, against the suppression of women, etc. I am pleased to say that I have found examples of just that. The Council on American-Islamic Relations has called for an end to rights violations against women and volunteered support for House Resolution 32.

Note that CAIR is not without its critics. Perhaps some of that criticism is justified. But I will extend a hand in friendship to any effort to secularize Islam. CAIR may or may not consider themselves part of the secularization of Islam, but they are. Islam is clearly a monotheistic superstition that has no ability to accept other faiths except as tax-paying slaves. Where Islam accept worship of other invisible monsters that live in the sky other than their own, Islam grows more secular. Islam is clearly a woman-hating superstition. Where Islam treats women as individuals to be judged on their own merits, Islam grows more secular. Islam is clearly a superstition spread by the sword. Where Islam offers debate and accepts both triumphs and failures, Islam grows more secular. There is much to loathe in Islam. But I will gladly recommend the perpetuation of what might be good, or at least neutral, in Islam.