The very fact that this conference convenes suggests Islamic history/doctrine regarding religious minority rights within Islamic communities exists which these participants wish to deny or mitigate by denying abrogation/dualism of Islam.
Another useful resource: Center for the Study of Political Islam: Statistical Islam (pdf) Nov 9 2010 | by Bill Warner
Before he began writing and publishing books about Islam, Dr. Warner was an applied physicist trained in quantum physics, and a University professor; he holds a PhD in both Physics and Mathematics. Warner founded the Center for the Study of Political Islam (CSPI) and is its director. His stated aim is to make Islamic doctrine, particularly the political and legal system of Islam, understandable to any member of the general public, and his training in scientific theory and mathematics has "shaped how he analyzed Islamic doctrine".
His books focus on Islamic law, and the canonical texts from which that law is derived. He uses these Islamic texts (Qur'an, Sira and Hadith) as his primary sources of evidence, draws his conclusions from them, and quotes from them copiously.
He considers the life of Prophet Muhammad as the key factor in understanding Islam and how it should be practiced, "To know Islam, you must know Mohammed. His life, called the Sira, and sayings, called Hadith, are the foundations of Islam. It is more important to know Mohammed than the Koran. Our books will show you one of history's interesting leaders".
According to Warner, there are two key principles that underlie Islam's political system: duality (particularly moral dualism) and submission (to the hierarchies Islam imposes).
". . .dualism is the foundation and key to understanding Islam.
Everything about Islam comes in twos starting with its foundational declaration: (1) there is no god but Allah and (2) Mohammed is His prophet. Therefore, Islam is Allah (Koran) and the Sunna (words and deeds of Mohammed found in the Sira and Hadith). . . . Our first clue about the dualism is in the Koran, which is actually two books, the Koran of Mecca (early) and the Koran of Medina (later). The insight into the logic of the Koran comes from the large numbers of contradictions in it. On the surface, Islam resolves these contradictions by resorting to "abrogation". This means that the verse written later supersedes the earlier verse. But in fact, since the Koran is considered by Muslims to be the perfect word of Allah, both verses are sacred and true. The later verse is "better," but the earlier verse cannot be wrong since Allah is perfect. This is the foundation of dualism. Both verses are "right." Both sides of the contradiction are true in dualistic logic. The circumstances govern which verse is used.
Also, by Bill Warner...an excellent video: Why We Are Afraid, A 1400 Year Secret, by Dr Bill Warner (44:49) The history of Islam in Europe and how it effects us to this day. This is a history based on numbers and facts that you may not see anywhere else and explains why we may be afraid to see Islam for what it is based on its own doctrine and practice.
Fatwa on this infidel in 3..2..1
King Mo 6 is extremely pro-West. The king of Jordan and this guy are as good as they get. And both of them are only a rifle shot or grenade toss from being deposed at any given time.
Sad, this gal working for Amnesty International (Who I disagree with on a number of issues) was working in Burkina Faso and got bullets in the chest and died. She was Moroccan, French Moroccan. Hope this isn’t an intrusion on this thread, but I felt bad about as well as for the man killed too.
I can imagine how outraged a practicing Wahhabi Muslim would receive this absurdity. - tom
Any country that punishes apostasy, should be booted right the hell out of the UN.
That, or he is apostate, as deserving of death as we Infidels.