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The Magic of Reality
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Sean Faircloth:
Attack of the Theocrats!
This provides an eloquent answer both to "It's their culture" and to "Where are the moderate Muslims?"
As for "cultural relativism", I think this term covers several different ideas:
In my opinion, recognising (1) and (2) is necessary to becoming an enlightened person in today's world; (3) will therefore always be present as a pitfall to avoid.
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