Posted on 03/22/2015 12:37:18 PM PDT by wtd
THERE was a time when author and activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali believed it all.
She believed that, according to Islam, the infidel should die, that the Koran is infallible, that those who violated sharia law — thieves, gays, adulterers — deserved to be stoned to death or beheaded, as they were each Friday in a public gathering place she and her brother called “Chop-Chop Square.”
Today, she is that rare thing: a public intellectual who, despite death threats and charges of bigotry, calls for an end to Islam — not just as the faithful know it, but as we in the West think we know it.
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Islam is a political system...not a religion.
Very brave woman.
Her five Islamic beliefs that must be jettisoned.
• The infallibility of the Prophet Mohammed and the literal interpretation of the Koran
• The idea that life after death is more important than life on earth
• Sharia law
• Allowing any Muslim to enforce ideas of right and wrong on another
• Jihad, or holy war
Problem is, reject those, and I don’t see how it’s Islam anymore.
It’s like saying Christians should give up faith that Jesus is the Savior.
and Obama promoting self-esteem for Muslims is like telling a gangbanger he’s a good shot.
Like I always say, islam must be destroyed.
She’s married to a well known conservative writer.
"Problem is, reject those, and I don’t see how it’s Islam anymore. - Sherman Logan
As demonstrated in this link, Statistical Islam (pdf), religion is a minute component of the political ideology known as Islam.
I kind of like Niall Ferguson, although he’s not really an FR kind of conservative.
I did not know about the marriage.
Seems like she’s got no business converting to Judaism in her situation. The world needs more Noahides anyway.
“end to Islam”
Yeh that.
In Islam, there can only be peace when there is nothing but Islam.
For us infidels, that means until there is no Islam, there cannot be peace.
Be Prepared
Not true. If there were only Islam you would really see some bloodshed between the different sects.
“... the literal interpretation of the Koran.”
The koran is defined by what is written in the hadiths and sunnahs explaining exactly what is mean or not meant. There is no such thing a a literal interpretation of the Koran. Ali should know better.
The biggest obstacle to change within the Islamic world is the death sentence that goes with those attempting any change.
Ali is a gay atheist who believes that Islam is a religion, not a political system.
“Islam is a political system...not a religion.”
Yep. And just as Germany outlawed the Nazi Party after WWII, Some of these moderate Arab nations, like Egypt, would do well if they did the same.
For the Islamist, it’s not about the “hereafter”, it’s about the “here”, after Islam subjugates the world.
I like her and own two of her books. But she praises Obama in this article which is weird beyond belief.
Islam is a satanic cult of death.
re·li·gion
noun
noun: religion
the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
“ideas about the relationship between science and religion”
synonyms: faith, belief, worship, creed; More
sect, church, cult, denomination
“the freedom to practice their own religion”
a particular system of faith and worship.
plural noun: religions
“the world’s great religions”
a pursuit or interest to which someone ascribes supreme importance.
“consumerism is the new religion”
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