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Should Different Religions Be Treated Differently?
Crisis Magazine ^ | January 16, 2017 | William Kilpatrick

Posted on 01/17/2017 7:17:31 AM PST by livius

When the planning board of Bernards Township, New Jersey, turned down a plan to build a mosque, the local Islamic society turned around and sued the town for discrimination. Now, a federal judge has ruled that a parking requirement imposed by the township on the mosque was discriminatory.

Adeel Mangi, the Islamic society’s lawyer, praised the decision, saying “this is a landmark ruling…that will have national impact in reaffirming that townships cannot treat applicants differently based on their religion.”

Andrew Bieszad, an Islam scholar, has a different take. In an article titled “landmark federal court ruling opens the way for explosion of constructing mega-mosques across America,” he states that “the issue here is not about parking spaces or religious freedom—it is about the presence of Islam.” He goes on to observe:

"Islam does not come into a society to co-exist with others. Islam comes with the intention of invading, dominating, and eventually either assimilating or enslaving the area."

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TOPICS: Current Events; General Discusssion; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: islam; terrorism
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To: livius

Question: Would anyone say that we would have to tolerate the Nazi’s if only Hitler had proclaimed himself a prophet of God?


21 posted on 01/17/2017 7:53:36 AM PST by Petrosius
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To: BitWielder1
It's worth noting it's the left, who does not care about religion in the first place, who are most vocal about religious freedom for Muslims.
The Left is using our laws against us.

22 posted on 01/17/2017 7:53:56 AM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: livius

Islam comes with the intention of invading, dominating, and eventually either assimilating or enslaving the area.”

Only if you don’t submit.....


23 posted on 01/17/2017 7:57:30 AM PST by ConservativeDude
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To: livius

Yes.


24 posted on 01/17/2017 7:57:39 AM PST by mulligan
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To: milford421

Yeah. You are correct. That really should be part of it.


25 posted on 01/17/2017 8:03:37 AM PST by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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To: livius

No.

But a religion must not be conflated with a cult.


26 posted on 01/17/2017 8:03:53 AM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: livius
Basic understanding of Islam.

The early writings in the Koran were written in Mecca. These suras were a call to leave paganism and believe in one God. They also are the contain the verses that call Christians and Jews the people of the book, and says other nice and moderate things. It is from the Meccan writings that Muslims will quote when dealing with others.

The later writings were written in Medina. These writings are what Sharia law is mostly based on. The Medinan verses contain instructions to use the Meccan verses to deceive the infidel. And is a call to conquer and subjugate the world.

27 posted on 01/17/2017 8:10:15 AM PST by D Rider
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To: Ray76

Islam can not be considered a religion since a core doctrine of islam requires non-members join or die, it requires members kill non-members, it requires death of any member who leaves. These are the hallmarks of a cult.

Islam has little spiritual component, only a rigid code of behavior with the promise of base rewards in an afterlife.

Islam advocates lying to non-members to advance islam. This is another trait of cults.


28 posted on 01/17/2017 8:11:03 AM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Mr. Douglas

Exactly. Well said...


29 posted on 01/17/2017 8:11:12 AM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: livius

To the atheist, all religions look the same.


30 posted on 01/17/2017 8:15:25 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: D Rider

There is also the doctrine of “abrogation” which states that if there is a conflict between a Meccan verse and a Medinan verse the Medinan is authoritative.


31 posted on 01/17/2017 8:16:38 AM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Ray76
That is exactly right. I was trying to keep it simple and left out that important point.

I am always surprised when people that are speaking authoritatively in regards to Islam have absolutely no understanding of what we have posted here. Islam is expert at deception, even with its deception laid out in the open for all to see, if one would only look.

32 posted on 01/17/2017 8:24:33 AM PST by D Rider
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To: livius

A demonic religion.


33 posted on 01/17/2017 8:25:10 AM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: livius

It might have slid right by me, but what kind of parking restriction was so bad it had to be litigated?

By bad, I mean how was it different from what was (or was not) applied to churches of other denominations?


34 posted on 01/17/2017 8:30:24 AM PST by Oatka
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To: livius
Should Different Religions Be Treated Differently?

No.

Islam is NOT a religion. It is a political system of conquest, with religious trappings to woo the ignorant.

35 posted on 01/17/2017 8:31:51 AM PST by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: D Rider

The Bill Warner video is excellent.


36 posted on 01/17/2017 9:07:35 AM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: D Rider
This six part primer complements the video.
Part 1: The Foundations of Sharia Law
Part 2: The Foundations of Islam and Jihad
Part 3: Official (Politically Correct) Islam versus the Truth
Part 4: The Foundations of Islamic Reason
Part 5: The Fast-Approaching Clash of Civilizations
Part 6: Islamic Doctrine Governing Women

37 posted on 01/17/2017 9:09:34 AM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: D Rider
The later writings were written in Medina. These writings are what Sharia law is mostly based on. The Medinan verses contain instructions to use the Meccan verses to deceive the infidel. And is a call to conquer and subjugate the world.

And it certainly succeeded, since in Mecca when Muhammad and Abu Bakr made a run for it up to Medina to avoid being killed by their own tribe, there were only about a 100 to 150 Muslim converts made in 13 years in Mecca by preaching.

When Muhammad got to Medina the sword came out and 10 years later when Muhammad died there were about 10,000 Muslims.
Today, there are over a Billion Muslims. -Tom

38 posted on 01/17/2017 9:16:20 AM PST by Capt. Tom
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To: livius

All ‘religions’ are not the same. Seems to me I remember there was a religion in the Yucatan that practiced ritual killings, disembowelments and pyramids. Would THAT be ok in today’s PC universe? If there is a resurgence would it be tolerated and granted equality with peaceful Christian and Jewish and Buddhists rites? Anyone can declare a cult a ‘religion’ these days.The stupidity is our self-conditioning to accept everything rather than ‘offend’.


39 posted on 01/17/2017 9:28:08 AM PST by ClearBlueSky (ISLAM is the problem. ISLAM is the enemy of civilization.)
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To: FR_addict

That is an important distinction. Imams and Mullahs are not simply asking to build a structure where they can freely worship, they are looking to change our constitution to a government of Sharia Law. The trick is to provide legal American citizens with the protections of the constitution that allow the practice of religion freely, without violating the rights of other Americans.

It is my opinion that Islam would have less influence if Americans weren’t leaving the Judeo/Christian roots of their founders in exchange for secular consumerism.


40 posted on 01/17/2017 9:31:44 AM PST by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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