tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post122743509640030148..comments2024-03-23T02:00:27.106+03:00Comments on SUSIE of ARABIA: New Book Explores Lives of American-Born Muslim WomenSusie of Arabiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13315336613944665651noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-85416573781095936552011-03-07T03:57:40.854+03:002011-03-07T03:57:40.854+03:00No other religion has a political agenda written i...No other religion has a political agenda written into its holy book. That is the <b>big</b> issue with Islam. All good, observant Muslims must put Islam first and the state second. In a pluralistic, democracy this cannot be because religion and the state are separate. Therefore, it follows that if a Muslim is a true-believer he cannot also be a good citizen of the U. S. or any other democratic nation because, Islam must come first above all man-made laws. <br /><br />Additionally, many of the tenets in the Qur’an are against democracy for all people and equality of the sexes, as well as denying equality to non-Muslims via the institution of dhimma, the Islamic protection tax of jizya that must be paid by all non-Muslims. Then there are the anti-Semitic and anti-non-Muslim passages that someone like Nathalie should become familiar with. <br /><br />Perhaps Nathalie does not know about the above. She should read the Qur’an and learn that Islam is more a totalitarian, political ideology than a religion. Under true Islam, as it was practiced by the prophet and his companions, women like Nathalie would have virtually no rights, except those that her guardian gave to her. It is highly doubtful that most free, Western women would want to live as third class citizens, veiled and severely restricted, (as Susie has shown many times that she must do in Saudi Arabia) being denied the freedom to even leave the house or do anything that men are permitted to do. Six year old boys have more rights under true Islam than do adult women. <br /><br />Nathalie might also want to investigate sharia law and what that means for human rights or the lack thereof, most especially for women. She might also want to check out honor killings, and the special punishments meted out to criminals such as the chopping off or hands, feet or heads and stoning for adulterers. Being unmarried and in the vicinity of the opposite sex to whom one is not related is considered adultery, btw. The internet is full of videos of such barbaric punishments. Avail yourself, Nathalie! <br /><br />It appears that Sarkozy and Merkel as well as most of the populace of Europe and the U. S. understand what equality for Islam means—no equality for others because Islam is superior, according to Muslims and must rule as it states in the Qur’an. The more the push of Muslims for special exemptions for Islam the more the free world will push back. Only in the West can Muslims worship as they choose. That right is denied them in many Islamic lands. Sunnis believe that Shia are at best lesser Muslims and at worst apostates. Both sects have disdain for the other sects of Islam such as Suffis. Many Muslims persecute each other and non-Muslims alike. Not a day goes by without murders of brother Muslims in the name of religion. One need only read the papers of Islamic nations such as: Malaysia, Indonesia, the middle east, Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan and so on to note the daily carnage in Allah’s name. <br /><br />Freedom to worship in the West is what Muslims can have. What Muslims cannot do is to try to push their faith and tyrannical political ideology into the faces and down the throats of the rest of the world! They demand respect for their religion, laws and cultural traditions. So does the non-Muslim world.Xaviernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-74826802965363709832011-03-05T15:47:31.003+03:002011-03-05T15:47:31.003+03:00'all places of worship (churches, chapels, syn...'all places of worship (churches, chapels, synagogues, temples) belong to the state'<br /><br />I didn't know that. Why is that?How does that work? After the collection plate is passed does it go to the govt coffers?Lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-23166976917801957702011-03-03T17:32:00.202+03:002011-03-03T17:32:00.202+03:00"Questioning whether it is possible for an Am..."Questioning whether it is possible for an American to be both a good Muslim and a good citizen" ? <br />Good gracious, what sort of a world have we come down to? Of course they can be!<br /><br />A similar debate is raging in France at the moment - our beloved President Nicolas Sarkozy is about to launch a debate about the place of Islam in our country. This is a disgrace. Peaceful believers in any faith should be welcome here!<br /><br />I guess the problem in France lies with the fact that since a law of 1905 all places of worship (churches, chapels, synagogues, temples) belong to the state. In those days there were no mosques in France. Now that we have more and more muslims, should the state fund the building of mosques? Some muslims in Paris have to pray in the streets because the mosques are too small; this seems to offend some passers-by and indeed is it fair to muslims that they have no proper places of worship?Nathalie H.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.com