(Washington Times) Larry Witham - A fierce debate has broken out on whether Islam is a good religion that was hijacked or Islam is inherently violent. "I think we must drive Islam to have a Reformation, which is what Salman Rushdie is saying, that Islam unreformed will be brutal and barbaric," the Rev. Patrick Sookhdeo of the Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity in London said in a talk earlier this year. Another U.S. official said "We have to find the moderates and encourage them. It's not easy."
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