Posted on 07/03/2014 8:05:39 AM PDT by Cheerio
Yale University’s Yale Global Online has published a piece by Ooi Kee Beng, deputy director of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, asserting that “Islam has no centralized controls; any power-hungry despot can use religion as an excuse.” But it’s no excuse; it’s a theological imperative.
The article complains about “the excessive use of ‘Islam’ in denoting as many aspects of daily life as possible. With Islam being a holistic religion, modern leaders of Muslim-majority societies tend to encourage the description of as many aspects as possible of modern life under a restrictive Islamic paradigm. Regrettably, this tendency mirrors and sustains the simultaneous propensity of non-Muslims to regard Muslim societies as being steered by a rigid religious ideology.”
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Name another religion that urges its followers to go out and kill people.
Sounds Jewish.;-)
Liberalism is a choice and not a disease, just like communism, socialism and atheism.
One has to have faith to accept these lifestyles and faith is a choice.
Liberalism is a choice that leads to the functional equivalent of brain damage. It is thus both a choice and a disease.
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