-By Warner Todd Huston
A new video shows purportedly “normal” Muslims–those who are supposedly not radicalized–agreeing that all the extreme punishments prescribed by the Koran are perfectly right and good. The crowd of Muslims in the video seen below is shown voting in favor of punishments such as the stoning of gays and adulterers.
Now, many on the left claim that we cannot blame “all Muslims” for Islamic-based terrorism and we must not assume all Muslims believe in the ancient, extreme, backwards things in the Koran. They say that “most” Muslims are normal folks that are “just like us.” On the other hand, others say that Islam is Islam, radicalized or not, and there isn’t any difference between the worst Muslim terrorist and any other Muslim. This video doesn’t help the left’s argument much.
The video was taken at a Norwegian Islamic conference in March of this year and was first made public by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) in May. MEMRI is a group that translates into English Muslim news broadcast or printed in foreign languages so that American audiences can see what Muslims say when they aren’t trying to fool us in our own language.
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Shocking Video: ‘Normal’ Muslims Supporting ‘Punishments in the Koran’ Like Stoning for Gays, Adulterers”