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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
Having spent two weeks in a small car with a "normal" muslim (his day job was used car salesman), I feel somwhat qualified to comment.
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In fact, no :
Testis unus, testis nullus. You had, however, an interesting experience that you wisely share. I had, for my part, numerous and much longer experiences with normal muslims and don't feel qualified at all.
I have friends in Tunisia, Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. I have met people (not firends this time) from all these countries plus a number from Pakistan and Asian muslim countries (not to talk of African muslim). One of my best friend is married to a Saudi (And I spent hours speaking with him about religion). I recently translated judicial material to help an english woman whose saudi husband stole her children. The lawyer, I and my ex-wife, had for our divorce was a Tunisian muslim. My step father has spent years in the muslim world. The public frenchman for whom I have the most respect is a muslim. Around my place, you have 13 muslim families (one fundamentalist, another one being fully successful with kids becoming lawyers, others being on the average, many being regular, some being a pain). I had met people from Harki, Berber and Arabic descent.
Still, I could brought up plenty of testimony, most contradictory. The only common ground between all these people is that, if they have faith, they won't tolarate that you attack the Coran. Actually, I have witnessed the same attitude from Christian and Jews.
Leg, If I had been you, I might have had a word with the police about the guy you met. If he went as far as what you describe (in his thinking), he could become dangerous or may be not.