1 Yup, moderates sure do exist, just check out these two blogs: http://muttawa.blogspot.com/ http://bigpharaoh.blogspot.com/ The top one is a Saudi, the second one is Egyptian

2 That makes 3 total moderates out of how many billion? I'm sure moderate (hypocritical) muslims exists, that doesn't really...matter. Since they're emphatically silent, either because they don't have the numbers or organization to attract attention (and, consequentially, have any power) or out of fear of the non-"moderate" muslims. I'm sure there were "moderate" nazis, too, who wern't down with killing jews and stuff. I don't really care.

3 Wow, grammar check. I need to posst after my morning cup of tea. But I think the idea is still clear. Moderate muslims are powerless and inconsequential. For once, the MSM does something right. Ignores moderate muslims, because they're not news items. They'll be news items when they, you know, do something.

4 Morning cup of tea? Where the heck are you? Coffee is the bomb!

5 Coffee? Whiskey!

6 Here's how I differ with you Demosophist: These people are emphatically not 'moderate' Muslims, they are 'liberal' Muslims. I don't think I'm playing word games either. A) There are important implications to those words if Muslims are distributed on a normal bell-shaped curve. B) Those words are contextual, and the word 'moderate' when applied to different ideological orientations matters greatly. Now, having said that, it is great to see secular Muslims speaking up.

7 The Religious Policeman would be regarded as apostasy and the guy is living in England. I have no doubts real fatwas have been issued against him. His site meter shows 533K visits, predominately English speakers and Americans. 2% of the viewers come from UAE, 1% from Kuwait and Malaysia. The Big Pharoah shows 132K site visits, again with a very heavy English/American presence. 2% are Arabic speakers, 5% of the viewers are Egyptian, 1% from Jordan, Morocco and Kuwait. The Big Pharoah would be considered a reformer, pro-Democracy type blogger. It is hard to extrapolate from such general numbers. I would speculate that a fair percentage of the English speakers are muslim though. There are very, very few antagonistic responses in the comments section, for what it's worth. Enemies are easier to identify than friends sometimes.

8 Coffee is bad for you. If it gives you context, I havn't had a soda in years. Tea is really the strongest thing I drink. After that its juice, gatorade, and water.

9 MiB, coffee is good for you. The latest research shows that two to three cups of coffee leads to longer life. The research did not include adding whiskey, except of Fridays.

10 MiB, coffee is good for you. The latest research shows that two to three cups of coffee leads to a longer life. The research did not include adding whiskey, except of Fridays.

11 I know some muslims who are the most civil, liberal people you could meet, but in conversation, they still bring up the JOOOOOOS now and then. We've a long way to go.