Islamism

Islam isn't just a religion but a lifestyle, legal system and cultural anchor, collectively known as Deen. The logical conclusion of Deen should be clear to anyone who thinks about it for more then a few seconds, if Islam is to be a way of life, why not apply it to gov't? The result of this is Islam applied not as a religion but rather as an ideology, Islamism.

Now while it's true some Islamist groups (Taliban and Hamas being the most noteworthy) have selectively taken the most violent parts of their religion to justify their actions, the fact is most Islamists are only interested in living in accordance to their religious beliefs, namely absolute obedience to God and respect for the prophets (Abraham, Elisha, Jesus and Mohammad being considered the cream of the crop). The result is a seemingly odd (to a Westerner) mix of strict religiosity and secular governance. If you asked a typical Islamist if they supported liberal-democracy or Sharia they would simply reply, "Yes." Yes they want to have laws that don't violate Sharia (this includes things such as religious freedom for the Peoples of the Book, a duty to give to charity, defending the weak and treating murders as they would those guilty of genocide for anyone who attributes violence to the word) but they also want to be free to practice their religion in peace and to elect their leaders.

Alas vary few in the West have actually ever studied Sharia or Deen and so end up looking to Hamas as an example of Islamism rather then the Green Crescent (Islamist Red Cross basically). Only when the West realizes that democracy and religion are 1 and the same in the Islamic world can we implement policies that achieve our strategic interests while not alienating the nearly 2 billion people who happen to live in proximity to and control those interests. Continuing to view Islamic civilization as backward and trying to 'fix' it will accomplish only 1 thing, more terrorists, it's time for a change and that change is educated tolerance.

CatholicCrusader said:

I'll bet there were some good Nazis during WWII. Poor old Joe Sixpack who worked in a factory to feed his kids may have been a local party member but may not have given a whit about Hitler's dreams of conquest, and probably got along okay with his Jewish neighbor who recently dissappeared.

But be that as it may, the Nazi Party was still evil at its core and an enemy of freedom. Are there some okay Muslims out there? I am sure there are. But Islam is an evil entity and the enemy of freedom, its naive good members not withstanding.

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So I take it you're the kind of Westerner that has never actually studied what they condemn that I was talking about?

"To kill a single innocent is as if to kill all of Humanity." <-- That's an example of Sharia, how is that evil?

CatholicCrusader said:

I've studied good and evil. There is this neat book you should check out some time. Its called the Bible. A lot of good stuff in there.



I see you left out the parts about honor killings, stoning girls who have sex to death, and all that other nifty stuff.

If you think Sharia is so great then move to the Middle East. But I won't hold my breath. People like you talk a big talk defending Islamo-Fascists, but in fact you'd crap your drawers if you ever had to live under it, which makes you a hypocrite with a capitol H.

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The Bible calls for adulteors to be stoned and prostitutes to be burned at the stake. Ya, so much better.

CatholicCrusader said:

I just love how Liberals talk about equal rights and then defend an evil entity like Islam that forces its women to cover themselves, stones them, and treats them like second class citizens.

Who's more oppressed, the Muslim woman following her religion or the Western Woman forced to go on a starvation diet every summer so she can fit in her bikini and be eye candy for men? Also the Bible also calls for woman to cover up: 1 Corinthians 11-5 But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved.

And why is it the yourt peacful religion is always blowing stuff up? When was the last time you saw a Hindu Suicide Bomber? When was the last time you saw a Budhhist Suicide Bomber? When was the last time you saw a Catholic Suicide Bomber? When was the last time you saw a Episcopalian Suicide Bomber?

The Hindus started blowing themselves up during the civil war in India, it's where the Muslims got the idea. As for Catholics, Northern Ireland?

No, its always your peaceful Islam, killing in the name of Allah. But at least they can always count on blind fools in the West to defend their attrocities.

Like I said: You defend them from afar but you'd pee your pants if you ever had to live under their dictates. And that is why you are a Hypoctrite.... ...and my oh my, weren't you just attacking hypocrites in another thread? LOL!

Shmuck.

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So, care to try again?

CatholicCrusader said:

As I said, they can always count on blind fools in the West to defend their attrocities

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Way to not say anything.

CatholicCrusader said:

Thats the Old Testament Jewish law that Jesus did away with.
Don't say stupid things.

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Ah, this classic cop-out. Tell me, if the OT is invalid why is it in the Bible?

CatholicCrusader said:

You would never understand the answer.
You are what we call reprobate.

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Try me.

I'm still waiting CC...

CatholicCrusader said:

Don't hold your breath. I shant waste my time on it.

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So you can't explain why an invalid body of text is, despite being invalid, part of the cannon Bible? And you expect me to take you seriously?