Islam (Religion)

by David Turell , Thursday, September 18, 2008, 00:00 (5911 days ago) @ Carl

David: " Muslim governments that foster terrorism should be held accountable." - > There are about 1.5 billion Muslims. If we killed 150 million, we would just make the other 90% really angry. Obviously, violence is not a solution.
 
> Allow them an opt-out sharia law where it does not conflict with basic laws and rights of the host country. Public pressure at the top levels of their government can stop some of the most egregious practices, such as child execution. 
> Our challenge is to get them to work with us (which they are already doing) to fight terror, and avoid radicalizing the impressive youths. - > As far as the Middle East, although the conflict is split along religious lines, it is really a political conflict. The peace between Israel and Egypt has held, although there is still no love lost. A way needs to be found to repeat that process with the remainder of the Arabs. - I did not propose killing 150,000,000 Muslims. Note I said hold those Muslim governments accountable who foster terrorism. Violence is not a solution, but if they bring terrorism against us, (remember the Towers) there should be a violent response. - In regard to Sharia law, if they want to live in my country they must follow our laws. On the other hand if there is a legal contest between two Muslims that does not affect our basic societal rules and does not affect non-Muslims those religious laws can apply, but this arangement needs to be clearly specified. - As far as'egregious practices' in Muslim countries, I would tell you that is none of our business, any more than the World Court in Brussels trying to tell Texas not to execute a proven murderer. (recently) - We certainly should encourage Muslim governments to work with the Western World to reduce the radicalization of their youth. - In regard to the tenuous peace between Israel and Egypt (and by the way Jordan), the major reason is the power of the Israeli Defense Force. "The way to repeat that [peace] process" is through strength; the lack of response in the Clinton administration to the first Tower bombings, the Cole, etc., made bin Laden feel we were a weak paper tigers and lead directly to the second Tower bombings.