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Politics : Islam, The Message
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To: AmericanVoter who wrote (651)3/24/2003 2:09:37 PM
From: Thomas M.   of 758
 
<<< ... It is Islam’s all-pervasiveness that alarms the West and pushes it toward this pre-emptive war. What the West wants now, the United States included, is a Middle East where Islam is shorn not just of obstinate leadership, but of its sometimes explosive, primal force. An Islam relegated to a Friday congregational sermon and communal exchanges of goodwill is what the West is looking for.

The Shariah of course will be the first thing to go, Western culture having totally stripped the law of its power to cause fear and instill obedience. No more of those “barbaric” punishments. The West has spoken.

Islam will soon exist throughout the Middle East only in the way that Westerners find most palatable — stripped down to its ornaments. The new Islam will consist of poetry, architecture, and voluminous costumes that Arabs will occasionally put on for weddings or state occasions, recalling how modestly they used to dress in obedience to God’s will in the days before the last Iraq war, much as Swedes and Danes and Germans now throw on the occasional traditional costume. A few presents for Eid and perhaps a few days off every few years for the Haj will round out the religious calendar. Once in a while, you can get a permit from your city council to barbecue a goat or a sheep ... >>>

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