There is No “Radical Islam” and There is Also No “Moderate Islam”

by Dr. Mordechai Kedar
November 15, 2015

Beginning more or less with 9/11, the expression “radical Islam” became the accepted way for the media, politicians and public to define the religious and ideological foundations of Islam-based violence when referring to what the world calls “terror.”  This expression was meant to be contrasted with “moderate Islam” which presents Muslims as ordinary people who wish to live in peace with all of mankind. The world created the image of two Islams, one radical and impossible to live with, and one moderate and “just like us.”