We hear that we need allies among the moderate Muslim nations. I agree. However we must come up with a definition of what, exactly, a “moderate” Muslim state looks like. Here is a list of characteristics which I consider the minimum necessary to earn the name “moderate”.
They must recognize the right of Israel to exist within defensible borders.
They must not participate in the anti-Israel boycott.
They must grant full freedom of religion, including the right to convert from Islam to any other faith and the right to proselytize, also the right to build houses of worship for other faiths.
They must grant full civil rights to women. Including the right to move about in public unescorted, to drive a car, to vote, to wear modern clothing and to choose whom they will marry.
They must outlaw the practice of female circumcision.
They must aggressively investigate, prosecute and punish crimes committed against converts from Islam to any other faith and so called “honor killings”.
Show me a Muslim state that can pass these tests and I’ll have no objection to them running ports in the US or participating in any other way in our economy.
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Ah, I see. There is no such thing.
ReplyDeleteBlogger ate my post. I had to rewrite the whole thing.
ReplyDeleteYou've been using this softwear longer than I have. Does it do this often?
This draft was probably better than the first, that's why blogger ate the first one!
ReplyDeleteI've had it sit dumber than a stump when uploading pics and go nowhere, but never had a whole post disapear.
I dunno, that's a heck of a list of demands.From our POV it doesn't seem like alot to ask, but for a large portion of them it will be nigh near impossible.
That is my point. When we hear about the supposedly "moderate" Muslim states that are our "allies" in the war it would be easy for an uninformed person to get a mental picture of a place just like America, except with head rags.
ReplyDeleteIn reality the "moderate" Islamic states are worse in their treatment of women and non-Muslims than the Jim Crow South or Apartide South Africa ever thought of being to Blacks.
If we are going to let them be full participants in our economy I DEMAND that they act like they deserve a share of the Earth's oxygen supply.
There is no place but hell for people who think as you.
ReplyDeleteBlogger has eaten more of my postings than I can remember. And yes, Lem. There is no place but hell for people like you. How dare you post something with a shred of honesty. Ever notice that they don't attack the premise but will resort to public defamation at the drop of a hat if you'd tweaked their widdle feelings.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I feel there ain't no hell that awful people go to...yet. So that stupid ANONYMOUS remark made me laugh.
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