Outlaw Islam, yes, but based on their laws

Submitted by Alain Jean-Mairet (Switzerland), Jan 2, 2007 at 00:56

The difficulty is to prove it, or to prove that the propagating of Islam itself fosters Islamism quite naturally.

The book is the root of it. Quite simply the only proof one requires is the book which fosters the propogation of the islamic cancer by any means necessary.

Yes but. Yes, the book is proof enough for a reasonable observer.

But it is not sufficient in itself; you need other scriptures to elucidate it. You soon end up with quite a heap of those. It makes matters murky for many people who won't believe that the interpretation of that many scriptures can be clear-cut.

Then using those scriptures is some sort of penetration into a sacred realm. Not that you should care, but your take is then in competition with believers' works (think of tafsirs) who claim that all that is actually good, even perfect -- and they are allowed to lie all they want, with all their heart. So the demonstration quickly comes into a morass when you confront Muslims. And you will have to fight against sincere but ignorant believers (Muslims and others) who are convinced that you are the enemy of faith itself.

You don't have that problem with laws. No interpretation there. It says cut off hands and feet, and it means it -- hands and feet ARE being cut off. It says attack and fight until there's only Allah's monotheism around, and that is what Muslims leaders have been doing when they could. It says let's humiliate dhimmis and it explains how exactly. It says slaves all over the place and it is quite clear what is meant.

And you don't have to explain why that is bad. That debate is over around here. We have strong laws forbidding all that and I'm not aware of any political movement questioning them... apart from Muslims claiming that their religion should be allowed to strive among us.

That's why I would recommend to forget about the Koran and Traditions, and to concentrate on consensual Islamic laws. Koran and Sunnah are something for Muslims. Let it be their job to sort that out.

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