Three Things About Islam
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This post was written by MacAoidh on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 16:41. MacAoidh has written 7998 posts on this blog.
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What can I say? It's an ABSOLUTELY ACCURATE description of the Religion of Peace. Therefor it will be buried by our Leadership and their toadies at ABCNNBCBS, the New York Slimes, the Lost Angels Times, and WaPo.
What can I say? It's an ABSOLUTELY ACCURATE description of the Religion of Peace. Therefor it will be buried by our Leadership and their toadies at ABCNNBCBS, the New York Slimes, the Lost Angels Times, and WaPo.
This "explanation" of Islam fails to account for the fact that the vast majority of the world's Muslims are not terrorists, and fails to take into account that there are several Muslim-majority states (Turkey, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, for example) which have at least procedural democracy and do not interfere with the religious identity and practices of non-Muslims in those countries. Nor do most Muslims agree with the interpretation of Sharia presented here. Rather than talk about Islam, we should talk about "Islams." There are as many varieties of Islam as there are varieties of Christianity.
I would take issue with the statement that there is no interference with non-Muslims in Indonesia, among other statements in your comment. Indonesian Muslims have been ruthlessly persecuting Christians for decades. Why do you think East Timor had to break off from Indonesia?
And if most Muslims don't agree with the interpretation of Sharia in the video, what is the "majority" definition of Sharia?
As someone who has studied Asia for decades, I can assure you that the state has not persecuted Christians in Indonesia. In fact, Christianity is one of the five legally recognized monotheistic religions. The dispute with East Timor was over self-rule (the East Timorese are a different ethnic group than most Indonesians), not religion. Catholicism became one marker of that identity, but Catholics within Indonesia have not been persecuted. (It's the Chinese who have faced persecution).
As for Sharia, it is "the law of God." However, different Muslims interpret that law in different ways, just as Christians interpret the Ten Commandments in different ways.
So if it's not the government doing the persecuting of Christians it doesn't matter?
I don't think that equates to religious freedom.
This "explanation" of Islam fails to account for the fact that the vast majority of the world's Muslims are not terrorists, and fails to take into account that there are several Muslim-majority states (Turkey, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, for example) which have at least procedural democracy and do not interfere with the religious identity and practices of non-Muslims in those countries. Nor do most Muslims agree with the interpretation of Sharia presented here. Rather than talk about Islam, we should talk about "Islams." There are as many varieties of Islam as there are varieties of Christianity.
I would take issue with the statement that there is no interference with non-Muslims in Indonesia, among other statements in your comment. Indonesian Muslims have been ruthlessly persecuting Christians for decades. Why do you think East Timor had to break off from Indonesia?
And if most Muslims don't agree with the interpretation of Sharia in the video, what is the "majority" definition of Sharia?
As someone who has studied Asia for decades, I can assure you that the state has not persecuted Christians in Indonesia. In fact, Christianity is one of the five legally recognized monotheistic religions. The dispute with East Timor was over self-rule (the East Timorese are a different ethnic group than most Indonesians), not religion. Catholicism became one marker of that identity, but Catholics within Indonesia have not been persecuted. (It's the Chinese who have faced persecution).
As for Sharia, it is "the law of God." However, different Muslims interpret that law in different ways, just as Christians interpret the Ten Commandments in different ways.
So if it's not the government doing the persecuting of Christians it doesn't matter?
I don't think that equates to religious freedom.