[wiseprince]

Me too, it’s been quite lonely. NO ONE gets it yet. Maybe this willhelp

[algernonpj]

What many Westerners don't get is that people living in Islamic cultures have a profoundly different world view than Westerners.

There is no concept of freedom as we think of it. "In the Western world, we talk all the time about freedom. In the Islamic world, freedom is not a political term. It’s a legal term: Freedom as opposed to slavery.". In other words one could live under SHaria and be free.

From the same interview with Bernard Lewis (ME expert): "But Lewis regards a dash toward Western-style elections, far from representing a solution to the region’s difficulties, as constituting “a dangerous aggravation” of the problem, and fears that radical Islamic movements would be best placed to exploit so misguided a move".