Islam is a political party hiding under a religious banner,

Submitted by Prashant (United States), Dec 27, 2016 at 01:47

Dear Dr Pipes,

Your reader Jim in 2010 questioned if Islam should get religious protection in the USA? I think that Islam may be considered a religion but it should also be treated as a political party or movement. By its own insistence, Islam does not differentiate between church and state. And it should bear the consequences of that choice.

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