"As one Christian pastor who is familiar with Muslim countries wrote in an email recently: "Islam advocates and pleads for tolerance wherever it is in the minority; it advocates, implements and practices suppression and violence wherever it is in the majority."
The doctrine which from the very first origin of religious dissensions, has been held by all bigots of all sects, when condensed into a few words, and stripped of rhetorical disguise, is simply this: I am in the right and you are in the wrong. When you are the stronger you ought to tolerate me; for it is your duty to tolerate truth. But when I am the stronger I shall persecute you; for it is my duty to persecute error.-- Macaulay, Sir James Mackintosh.
Many Arabs I have spoken to seem to think that the US foreign policy should be to assist in the overthrow of the repressive governments under which their societies find themselves. They blame the US for perpetuating these regimes. Yet when left to their own devices they produce Islamic theocracies that take their countries back centuries from an economic and human rights perspective. I refer to Iran, Afghanistan and Algeria if it were permitted.
The minister quoted in the article had it right. When Muslims are in the majority in a country the country will be pushed to accept Sha'aria as the law of the land. Non-muslims then must effectively adhere to a foreign religious law. Lack of knowledge of that law is not an excuse.