No, freda, they were not directed at you. They were directed at, and directly quoted from Ooh-Aah2.

The discussion has been about Islamic fundamentalism vs. Islamic moderates. What the ruling party in Syria is doing is not moderate in any political sense of the word, but it is in no way a "fundamentalist Islamic" government. With the exception of Islamic fundamentalists (who are vigorously discouraged in that country), everyone else is free to practice whatever religion they belong to. So it is totally wrong to try to suggest that the government of Syria is an example of fundamentalist Islam, which it is not. My discusion of Syria is in response to Ooh-Aa2's direct request for me to show examples of governments in countries with majority Muslim populations in which the governments are not fundamentalist Muslim governments. Syria is one such example. To try to suggest otherwise is totally wrong.