muslims in america …. a lib. point of view so caution advised

 

1. I don’t think he will be able count on this guy’s vote https://youtu.be/Cv1YgVKoqLw

   Posted by LyndonB       12/10/2015  at  12:31 PM  



2. And on the other hand we have Andy McCarthys view;
   “Since we want to both honor religious liberty and preserve the Constitution that enshrines and protects it, we have a dilemma. The assumption that is central to this dilemma — the one that Trump has stumbled on and that Washington refuses to examine — is that Islam is merely a religion. . . . But Islam is no mere religion.

   As understood by the mainstream of Muslim-majority countries that are the source of immigration to America and the West, Islam is a comprehensive ideological system that governs all human affairs, from political, economic, and military matters to interpersonal relations and even hygiene. It is beyond dispute that Islam has religious tenets — the oneness of Allah, the belief that Mohammed is the final prophet, the obligation of ritual prayer. Yet these make up only a fraction of what is overwhelmingly a political ideology.

   Our constitutional principle of religious liberty is derived from the Western concept that the spiritual realm should be separate from civic and political life. The concept flows from the New Testament injunction to render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s and unto God what is God’s.

   Crucially, the interpretation of Islam that is mainstream in most Muslim-majority countries does not accept a division between mosque and state “.
   More here if you want it:
   http://www.nationalreview.com/article/428201/donald-trump-muslim-immigration-policy-discussion

   Posted by Rich K       12/10/2015  at  02:51 PM  



3. Well said Rich.

   Posted by LyndonB       12/11/2015  at  08:24 AM  

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