Islam must be an incredibly weak belief system if it can’t stand being insulted. Or is it only certain Muslims whose belief in Islam is so weak that it can’t stand being insulted?
Thank you for posting this. ‘Tis, while this may be mainly a Muslim issue today, it isn’t a Muslim issue at all. I don’t know a single Muslim who thinks that anyone should be punished or killed for believing something different than they do. Christians and Jews have slaughtered infidels many times, so clearly this is an Abrahamic Religion problem. But wait, many other religions have done this sort of thing at various levels too…
This is Religion + Patriarchy + State = State Sponsored Homicide and Terror.
(Terror against their own people, as in the police state, not terrorism as in crazy dickheads waving around their underwear.)
Ophelia Benson is a columnist for Free Inquiry and the co-author of The Dictionary of Fashionable Nonsense, Why Truth Matters, and Does God Hate Women?
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'Tis Himself
May 12, 2012 at 2:48 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Islam must be an incredibly weak belief system if it can’t stand being insulted. Or is it only certain Muslims whose belief in Islam is so weak that it can’t stand being insulted?
Greg Laden
May 12, 2012 at 6:28 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Thank you for posting this. ‘Tis, while this may be mainly a Muslim issue today, it isn’t a Muslim issue at all. I don’t know a single Muslim who thinks that anyone should be punished or killed for believing something different than they do. Christians and Jews have slaughtered infidels many times, so clearly this is an Abrahamic Religion problem. But wait, many other religions have done this sort of thing at various levels too…
This is Religion + Patriarchy + State = State Sponsored Homicide and Terror.
(Terror against their own people, as in the police state, not terrorism as in crazy dickheads waving around their underwear.)