Cleric Plans WH Protest.
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Cleric Plans WH Protest
by Bangalore 4 Replies latest social current
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DanaBug
Interesting. He says the problem with our country is we've gone "away from the divine law and are making the law up according to their own whims and desires". Sound familiar? (School shootings started happening after they took God and prayers out of school, it's time to take our country back to God) They also fail to define Sharia law and say muslims here don't agree with it. Wrong. Sharia law has different interpretations by different clerics because it's based on the Q'uran which is also interpreted differently (that's where the different kinds of Islam come from), what's practiced in Saudi Arabia is not the Sharia that Muslim Americans practice. The cleric even says many of those countries don't practice Sharia. And Muslims already practice Sharia here and it's already held up by our courts. It encompasses how they invest, what foods they eat, how they divorce, funeral arrangements, etc. Know why that's not a problem for us? Because it only applies to Muslims and our constitution guarantees everyone the right to not be bound by religious law. Just as Jewish law only applies to Jews. Sharia does not mean terrorist, and it's really misleading for her to insinuate that.
So Fox news fails again by leaving out relevant information. It's almost amusing that people are so scared of words like sharia and jihad without bothering to find out what they actually mean to the people who practice it. It's a bit like a non-Christian looking at how JWs let their children die and tear apart families or how the WBC pickets funerals and concluding all Christians do that.
Understand that I don't defend anything that happens in the name of religion in the Middle East. We should all be disgusted by it. But I don't agree with fear-mongering through misinformation. It helps no one and harms Americans.
Oth, we should be worried about the Middle East. I don't think they're going to stand for our continued involvement over there much longer, doesn't bode well for our economy. And we should also be worried anytime someone suggests making a religious belief a law, Christian or Muslim. Seperation of church and state is a beautiful thing; Christian extremists in our own country are doing their best to tear that down. That's actually more a threat to us than Sharia.
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Iamallcool
I would think other people near the WH will tell them go to hell.
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DanaBug
Of course Americans will tell him to go to hell; that's why this is not a problem at all, just fear-mongering. Sharia law will not affect us, unless congress and the white house all suddenly converted to Islam and changed our government to a theocracy.
Perfect example from that page:
Papajoe, do you have the slightest concept what is destructive and evil about Sharia Law? It is the imposition of religious values by means of government force. Apparently, your only problem with this monstrosity is that the values are Islamic instead of Christian. I, for one, want to live in a free society, where my attitudes and actions require the consent of neither Muslim clerics nor Midwestern soccer moms.
Markalanpeter- Can any person, in today’s world ever live in a free society? You seem to infer that any religion is problematic to your goal of happiness. I submit that until one conforms to do God’s will one can never be truly happy. The problem, as I see it, is that very few individuals acknowledge we are creatures of a loving God and NEED a spiritual connection to Him. If every person on earth followed only two basic principles, given us by Jesus, we could end all problems worldwide. One, Love Jehovah God with all your heart, mind and soul. And two, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Basic, simple and universal; but surprisingly unpopular. In the words of John Lennon “Imagine all the people….”
Sounds very similar to that cleric. Simple answer, if you're afraid of Sharia support the seperation of church and state.
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Bangalore
Religion and politics is a deadly combination.
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