@hg47's Blog: The Tweet & The TakeAway - Posts Tagged "islam"

Want to know about Islam? Get an autobiography of a former Muslim who quit the religion & had members of his own family try to kill him.

Don't get me started on Islam. I get it that any religion is by default THE GOOD and that anyone who attacks any religion is by default BAD.

But I am suspicious of a religion that demands the death of any member who tries to quit. I am suspicious of a religion that demands death for anyone anywhere who criticizes the religion. I am suspicious of a religion that legally, morally and ethically codifies the inferiority of women such that it is impossible for a Muslim male ever to be convicted of rape in any Islamic country.

Last I checked, Pew Research in late 2010, I think, showed that the majority of Muslims in the world believe that the laws of whatever country they are living in must allow for the death of any Muslim who quits Islam. Yes, there are "moderate" Muslims; but most Muslims are not "moderate" by infidel standards of moderation.

But I've already written too much. It is dangerous to talk or write negatively of Islam. One might be accused of hate speech, which is punishable in Western Countries by imprisonment. One might be targeted for assassination.

So, I'll just give you my Reading List.

WHY I AM NOT A MUSLIM by Ibn Warraq

THE MYTH OF ISLAMIC TOLERANCE edited by Robert Spencer

CRUEL AND USUAL PUNISHMENT by Nonie Darwish

STEALTH JIHAD by Robert Spencer

ISLAM AND TERRORISM by Mark A. Gabriel, Ph.D.

THE POLITICALLY INCORRECT GUIDE™ TO ISLAM (AND THE CRUSADES) by Robert Spencer

I have no clue what to "do" about Islam. I do not advocate any particular agenda, except caution. The whole "Arab Spring" thing looks more to me like "Islamic Implosion." I will shut up now. @hg47