Posted on 11/25/2015 5:12:45 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Islam is not a race. Islam is not an ethnicity. Islam is a religion and a political philosophy. And it is distinct from other religions and political philosophies.
Pointing this fact out does not make a person obsessed with hatred or racism. A Muslim might hold moderate views or he might hold extreme ones. If we act as if the color of people's skin rather than their beliefs define them, we're engaging in a curiously narrow-minded discussion about one of the world's great faiths -- one that is comprised of all races and many ethnicities.
Yet this is exactly the formulation many on the Left demand.
I bring this up after reading Charles Blow's latest overwrought piece, in which he wishfully contends that "Anti Muslim is Anti America." Conflating a bunch of insane Trumpisms and GOP overreactions with completely legitimate concerns about illiberalism within Islam, Blow asserts we should put "a lid on this corrosive language." What he means is that we should accept his ahistorical interpretation of what America and Islam means—though he gives no indication that he comprehends either.
It's hardly un-American to believe that the foundational values of your society are preferable to the ones that make Yemen or Iran or Pakistan possible. We could spend days exploring the crimes committed against liberalism and decency by moderate Islamic nations without ever touching on the topic of ISIS or al-Qaeda. These crimes transcend ethnicity and race, but they all have something in common. Something we're not supposed to talk about.
When it comes to terror, the equation is even clearer. Mollie Hemingway does an excellent job highlighting the dangers of Hillary Clinton-style denialism on this front. Nowadays, even making a distinction between "radical" and moderate elements within Islam is an act of Islamophobia.
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Moderate muslimes? No such thing.
What one must know about Islam in one short sentence:
Islam is a cancer - Radiation is the answer.
Because we can’t talk about anything honestly.
Why should we listen to the left?
Thank you so much for posting this. John Quincy Adams must have read the Koran and Sira in exactly the same way I did. Americans need to stop pretending to understand Islam and read the books. It doesn’t bother to disguise itself and there is no excuse for ignorance.
Everyone needs to read their book so they understand the true nature of Islam.
There can be no peace until there is only Islam.
Or no Islam.
Mad Mo made it so.
Yes, they are all subject to Sudden Jihad Syndrome.
Mad Mo made it so.
It’s in their book.
“Nowadays, even making a distinction between “radical” and moderate elements within Islam is an act of Islamophobia.”
More like an act of idiocy, since there is no difference and no such thing as moderate in Islam. Just saying the above quote shows that, for all the ink the author used, he has no idea about which he speaks and therefore cannot speak honestly about it. Circular reasoning by the media to arrive, happy and felling good, back to the point where they started from as a way to make a living.
.....And THANKS to one Donald Trump, it is OKAY to NOT BE POLITICAL CORRECT.
Happy Thanksgiving!
We shouldn’t. I seldom do. Most people just do not want to be criticized or shouted down (literally) even though they know they are right.
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And, you know, if there were only Islam, there still would be no peace. Their need to feed off of fear would keep them turning on each other.
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