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March 23, 2015
Islam. Listen up! Just what is your major malfunction?
The faith’s claim, promoted by many of its leading lights, to combine spiritual and earthly authority, with no separation of mosque and state, has stunted the development of independent political institutions. A militant minority of Muslims are caught up in a search for legitimacy through ever more fanatical interpretations of the Koran. Other Muslims, threatened by militia violence and civil war, have sought refuge in their sect. In Iraq and Syria plenty of Shias and Sunnis used to marry each other; too often today they resort to maiming each other. And this violent perversion of Islam has spread to places as distant as northern Nigeria and northern England.The Middle East: The tragedy of the Arabs | The Economist
Posted by gerardvanderleun at March 23, 2015 10:52 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
Your Say
Encourage this. Point out the heresy of one sect to the other. In writing call the opposite branch apostates. Keep going until there is one person standing. Shoot that person.
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at March 23, 2015 12:22 PM
To you, this is R. Lee Ermey. To me, he's (like) John Lennon. A prophet for the ages.
Go back to your political discussion. Thank you.
Posted by: Casey Klahn at March 23, 2015 4:03 PM
Variations on a theme since 1400.
Variations on a Theme by Haydn
To me it's Joseph Haydn, to others it might be Tom Hayden
Posted by: chasmatic at March 23, 2015 11:05 PM
The faith’s claim, promoted by many of its leading lights, to combine spiritual and earthly authority, with no separation of mosque and state, has stunted the development of independent political institutions.
Its not so much that, its the way it has been presented and taught. For hundreds of generations, Islam has been taught as absolute and unquestioned, it isn't even to be examined or studied, only memorized and obeyed.
Since Islam encompasses every aspect of life, from art to medicine to culture to child rearing to politics to religion and far beyond, that means every aspect of life is dominated by a single powerful and dominant concept: question nothing, obey, submit, and never, ever think.
Eventually such a culture is inevitably going to be stagnated as much as China became so under Confucianism or Medieval Europe did. It can't grow, it can't change, and it doesn't even have the tools to begin to understand another culture, let alone question its own.
There's a reason the Iraqui Information Minister was telling people outrageous, idiotic, hilarious lies: because Iraqis had been raised since their great-great-great grandmother's great-great-great grandmother's grandmother was born to obey authority and submit.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 24, 2015 8:42 AM
Famous last words. One sentence too far, actually, Gunny screwed up and didn't notice that the time for talking was past.
Posted by: John A. Fleming at March 25, 2015 4:01 PM