Spain: An Islamic political party emerges

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The truth has a special ring to it, so people know it when they hear it.

I’m not so sure, Hunter. I think people want to hear what they want to hear. People are not normally used to telling others the truth and they even lie to themselves. There are a lot of relationships based on a façade much more than in real commitment (and not only in “love” affairs, but also in friendship or in commercial relations).

So, would normal Muslims (I mean, people who are not foolish) reconsider their own opinions, their own ideas, their own beliefs? I’m not very sure. yes, there will some of them who will with a high personal cost. But the majority would not. I am not saying that’s a Muslim/Islamic thing, that’s a human thing. There are very few people who are searching for the truth. So when confronted with the truth only a very tiny minority will dare to confront it.

The solution: speak the truth. The truth has a special ring to it, so people know it when they hear it. The more the truth is spoken, the more dysfunctional the extremist versions of Islam will show themselves to be. Decent people who are Muslims will have to reconsider what they know of Islam, and they will be confronted with a choice: abandon it, reform it, or join the ranks of jihadist honor-killing fanatic freaks.

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While many Muslims deny this, and may honestly believe it is not true, Islam cannot peacefully coexist with other religions; it is, by its nature, imperialistic. And, the militant version that the Saudis spread (similar to other variants found in the Islamosphere), cannot peacefully coexist with less militant brands of Islam.

I know your position on this, Hunter. Read this and the comments:
http://covenantzone.blogspot.com/2009/02/no-room-for-winston-churchill-in-obamas.html
So, what solution there is? Because I really don’t see anyone (or at least any possible one.

In 2004, an imam in Spain, Mohammed Kamal Mustafa, was found guilty of “inciting violence on the basis of gender” for his book Women in Islam, which discussed the methods and limits of administering “physical punishment” of women.

I think they are lying because they fear the consequences of saying what they really want. So they just speak in metaphores, people don’t worry about what happens and so they can continue operating under the radar.

First is to spread Islam among the infidels, especially those who feel somehow disenfranchised. This is the same as pretty much any political movement does: the communists, the Nazis, and even political movements that we like and respect.

The second step is to radicalize the Islamic community. Old communities of Muslims in the world have accepted money from Saudi Arabia, but it is very much a deal with the devil, as the Saudis spread their own extremist, militant brand of Islam.

We see both of these steps ongoing pretty much all the time, but in places like the UK, you will see 1) the numbers of Muslims growing and 2) the mosques getting more radical.

While many Muslims deny this, and may honestly believe it is not true, Islam cannot peacefully coexist with other religions; it is, by its nature, imperialistic. And, the militant version that the Saudis spread (similar to other variants found in the Islamosphere), cannot peacefully coexist with less militant brands of Islam.

This is a great big dark cloud hanging over the earth, and it is not going to go away.

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