That's a bit harsh, I don't have pics of Malcolm X on my bedroom wall. I'd also be careful about what my son learns and only send him to learn from someone who I trust.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwsHEBdJhSIblocked access - you marked it as friends only.
In any case I hope he learns about religion from me rather than from a Mullah. I think he'll turn out ok - here is the little dude in action:
So do I, but I dont know in which generation radical Islam could enter your genepool, but I certainly think its possible.
Its happened before, in fact ive seen it happen in front of me amongst family friends I grew up with, amongst liberal-minded muslim parents.
You just dont see things the same way I do. I believe an objective reading of the Quran doesnt send a healthy nor great humanistic message.
By indoctrinating your child to believe that its the true word of God and you will find the only way round it is to continually make excuses for it. Why bother? If your child joined the Islamic society at university and turned round and said he didnt believe what you say because you were being intellectually dishonest.
If he said the quran and hadith were saying xyz, what could you say? Because I believe, and many others here as well as muslims, would actually say he was right.
So you have 2 ways either you teach him to be intellectually dishonest, or you teach him wahhabi Islam.
The thing is that poor boy will believe in anything you tell him and will be indoctrinated as a result. I could make both my children believe in a revolving teapot and Lord Ganesh & Vedas if I wanted too, there really is no virtue in that. Particularly if he grew up to believe that.
When my little son turned round and said he believed in God I said nothing. When he said he didnt believe in God because God was invisible I said nothing. I wonder what you would do?
I am confident enough that without premature brainwashing or indoctrination, these so-called messages from God are imperfect and few (apart from the medievil or spiritual, crystal ball types) would be lead astray by them. Thats one reason why they cant really be from God, but by a construct of medievil mans imagination.
And if thats true, then Islam will be overrun by these types in the future, thus making the prospect of Islam and even more scary one than what we see at present. Thats why I believe that rather than zoning in on pictures of Muhammed Ali & "by whatever means necessary" Malcolm X - we already have enough of that mentality in Islam, I personally think you are better off concentrating your efforts elsewhere.
If you are not prepared to ditch the religion and see it as we see it is, then somewhere where you efforts will be more fruitful and where you could be of benefit to others.
Topic: I think it is time for me to leave Islam