"Islam is not a set of idea or rituals.... it is universal religion mandated for Muslims from one any only Lord Allah the most Almighty!
It may be your perception that Islam stands for criticism"
For heaven's sake, listen to yourself. you aren't even making sense.
Now, to be clear: I don't have anything at all against Muslims, actually, I'd say about 95% of the ones I've met in my life are perfectly normal, likeable and very pleasant. Until the question of religion is brought up and then we all have to pussyfoot around to avoid being called critical, offensive or, worst of all, "Islamophobic racists".
This abnormal sensitivity is exactly what you have been displaying in this thread and it is precisely for that reason that I can turn to the CRITICISM of Winston Churchill, speaking in 1899 about his experiences in the Sudan, and can say that, thanks to you, Advocate, I now know that what he said then applies today too:
"Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen; all know how to die; but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science - the science against which it had vainly struggled - the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome."
Oh DEAR how very RACIST and 'Orientalist' of me, as Edward Said would no doubt say.
Well, the truth hurts - so suck it up. We're all tired of all this pussyfooting around on eggshells, and constantly twisting and diluting words in sentences to avoid saying what we really think. So let Churchill do the talking. And you know what? I'd bet that 80% of those reading this thread would agree with me; they're just too scared to come out and say it.
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"let's slip out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini" Mae West
"Islam is not a set of idea or rituals.... it is universal religion mandated for Muslims from one any only Lord Allah the most Almighty!
It may be your perception that Islam stands for criticism"
For heaven's sake, listen to yourself. you aren't even making sense.
Now, to be clear: I don't have anything at all against Muslims, actually, I'd say about 95% of the ones I've met in my life are perfectly normal, likeable and very pleasant. Until the question of religion is brought up and then we all have to pussyfoot around to avoid being called critical, offensive or, worst of all, "Islamophobic racists".
This abnormal sensitivity is exactly what you have been displaying in this thread and it is precisely for that reason that I can turn to the CRITICISM of Winston Churchill, speaking in 1899 about his experiences in the Sudan, and can say that, thanks to you, Advocate, I now know that what he said then applies today too:
"Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen; all know how to die; but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science - the science against which it had vainly struggled - the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome."
Oh DEAR how very RACIST and 'Orientalist' of me, as Edward Said would no doubt say.
Well, the truth hurts - so suck it up. We're all tired of all this pussyfooting around on eggshells, and constantly twisting and diluting words in sentences to avoid saying what we really think. So let Churchill do the talking. And you know what? I'd bet that 80% of those reading this thread would agree with me; they're just too scared to come out and say it.
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"let's slip out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini" Mae West