Excellent point -- Support or antipathy for Sharia IS THE TRUE LITMUS TEST!

Submitted by GWK (United States), Aug 6, 2011 at 22:47

Conservative,or Liberal. Republican, Democrat or Libertarian. The true LITMUS TEST of patriotism and commitment to Western ideals of liberty and democracy is not "Tolerance of the Intolerant" nor the budget-cutting conservatism of Chris Christie, but it is instead an understanding that Sharia is fully against the basic principles of Western Civilization in so many ways -- from the rights of women to expect a monogamous and egalitarian marriage, to the rights of families to own dogs as pets (not only as work beasts), to the rights of Freedom of Speech, Religion (and religious doubt or questioning and probing thought), and to dress as one pleases -- that anyone who possibly supports Sharia is not possibly an American or a Western civilization democrat (small D).

The litmus test among Muslims in the West as to whether they are pro-Western Civilization and pro-America or against Western Civilization and against democracy is if they give their zakat (annual charitable contributions) to Sharia-supporting organizations, or overtly support Sharia anywhere in the world (Sharia is as terrible in Saudi Arabia as it would be in Ottawa! -- Only people in Saudi Arabia have been brainwashed to believe that Sharia is normal and the way life should be. People in Ottawa have been brainwashed to think they are being "enlightened"! (Those Dopes in Ottawa!))

In the 21st Century, as the Western (European/Australian/American) "Population Collapse" meets the "Muslim Population and Immigration Surge", the conflicts within Islam between Westernized Muslims and Sharia-oriented Muslims will become crucial to the survival and success of Western Civilization. Just ask any Sharia-oriented Muslim -- whether they be a "Media jihadist" or a "Militant operations jihadist" how they would respond to feminism, or freedom of religious speech, choice, or apostasy, or the equality among religions, and you will get a very Anti-democratic, anti-Western response.

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