Respect For Religion

Submitted by Mark D (United States), Feb 15, 2014 at 22:38

First, that the right of Westerners to discuss, criticize, and even ridicule Islam and Muslims has eroded over the years.

Hang on a mo, it's called respecting one's faith. If one respects the faith Islam, then by and large he couldn't critisize it. I do not even think it's a right left issue in terms of government. We are thought to respect religion else we discriminate it. Hence George Bush: "Islam is the religion of peace.". Hence Obama reaching out. Hence Romney also wants a two state solution to the Palestinian issue and have said Jihad had nothing to do with Islam. For those who does not have high regard for religion, then they say to Islam: Go chase yourself! Go climb a tree! Go fly a kite! Go jump in the lake!

- Mark D.

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