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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was first invited to a beheading in Saudi Arabia while working as a physician in Riyadh. It was 1999, and I was an attending intensive care specialist in an advanced medical system that valued my U.S. training.  As we finished resuscitating a patient, a colleague casually said: “We’re going to Chop-Chop Square tomorrow. Do you want to see a beheading?”

He was referring to Deera, the Riyadh district surrounding its major seminary and mosque. During the week, Deera bustled with commerce, home to the finest jewelers. But on Fridays, with shops closed for Islam’s holy day, people convicted of capital crimes such as murder, rape and incest were beheaded by the sword-wielding state executioner in full public view.

The horrific irony — saving a life while my colleagues discussed the entertainment of taking one — was too much for me. I politely declined the invitation, and in the days that followed, I did my best to push the incident out of mind as I grappled with the country’s tension between modern and medieval.

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As a devout Muslim, the tragedies of recent days have packed an added blow.  Along with the senseless loss of two promising young lives, I have been forced to confront the fact that the beautiful religion that continues to sustain me — that supports me in my life-giving work as a physician — is increasingly the domain of those who would use it to destroy everything I hold dear.

Recent events have left me able to draw only one conclusion: [b]Islamism — the radical imposter form of my religion — has declared war on Islam.[/b]

see - http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/09/05/my-beautiful-faith-is-being-overtaken-by-the-beheaders-ive-interviewed/?hpid=z7[/quote]

I am a practicing Muslim also. My husband and I visited Saudi Arabia several times. We did Hajj. I love my religion dearly. But you are correct in that the Islam practiced there is quite different. Unduly harsh, and mixed with deeply rooted cultural influences. This will not change any time soon. However, we are blessed enough to be free of such influences here in the west, and Islam is free to flourish here.[/quote]

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