...separation will not light our path...participation will
Now those are words of wisdom for sure !!
Carlos Santana san, I am grateful for your expressing your thoughts and desires here, and now, would like to also suggest that if you were interested in opening a thread discussing what you reason and feel to be the heart of the Islamic message in the Serious Discussion sub-fora of the Community forum, it would be fine.
One point to keep in mind, however, is that there will be people who may disagree with some of what you might say, think, or espouse. And while debate is a healthy thing, I personally, will make sure that any debate and discussion on disagreements will
not turn negative and will
not become personal attacks against other members. Of course that will be for all members joining in on the discussion.
Along those lines, then, each person who is discussing will have to also check their threshold of emotional sense towards the subject. In other words, being easily offended simply because some may be unmoveable from a position which opposes another, is not an advisable attitude or personality trait. Keeping an academic attitude and tone is required.
If you are interested...or others, for that matter...and feel you can adhere to the above standard, then please do open a thread there in the Serious Discussions area--
ALSO keep in mind, however, that it will be debate and discussion and
not trying to 'sell' or 'proselyte,' and I and other staff members will be the ones to draw the line on what makes these two points.