Ever since 9/11 the search has been on in earnest to find a moderate Muslim: a professing Muslim who clearly and unambiguously endorses Western pluralism, the equality of dignity and rights of all people, and even newly hot-button issues like freedom of conscience. And again and again the media darlings exalted as moderates have been found to have skeletons in the closet -- attachment to jihad-martyrdom attacks against Israeli civilians, at very least.
Maher Hathout is the latest Media Moderate, and one of the most compelling. He has written a large and exhaustively documented book, In Pursuit of Justice, that presents the most honest and comprehensive case for Moderate Islam that I have ever seen. Instead of glossing over and denying uncomfortable truths, as so many Islamic apologists do, Hathout in this book acknowledges them and presents a case for an Islamic alternative. He even uses Bat Ye'or as a source.
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