I think his citing Islam as the one true monotheistic religion is in reference to the Christian trinity of Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Too little emphasis on historic reality: Islamic governments are without exception misogynist dictatorships.
The main problem of Islam vis a vis democracy is that pesky little death-to-the-infidel thing.
That and it's always run by blockhead micromanaging fascist perverts.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
An interesting passage:
The " common folk", however, must do as they are told either by the text and tradition or by fatwas issued by the experts. Khomeini coined the word "mustazafeen" (the feeble ones) to describe the common folk.
Khomeini shares the contempt for the untermenschen with patrician prick Jihad Fedayeen al-Keri who voted for fatwas before he voted against them.
America's founders held truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
In view of this I see no free future for mankind in any "religion-neutral" direction.
Secular humanism has no ethical problem with the extermination of Jews by Hitler, Christians by Sudanese Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists and home-worshipping Christians by Communist Chinese.
Freedom is God's gift which must be safeguarded by men.
Democracy is in general the rule by the people; representative government is the American way.
Anything which dilutes the diktats of the nomenklatura is despised by the Kerrys and Khomeinis.
The safety valve must be available to the Iranian people: The tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants.
And never forget: Mr. UN is not your friend.
Something the American Liberals and Socialists will never understand. They look on Freedom as something they allow us to have and they are the safeguards of the power.
Good post, Phil.