freediver,
I was looking over your wiki entry about Islam and I just wanted to challenge a certain them that recurs a few times there:
Quote:Islam differs from what most Australians typically think of as religion in that it doubles as a system of government. Muslims are commanded to live by the local laws if they are living in a non-Muslim state, but the mechanism for turning a non-Muslim state into a Muslim one is ambiguous. Hostility towards Islam is considered justification for conquest. Such hostility seems inevitable if a large group of people try to undermine our values and system of government.
Quote:If Australia was at war with the Caliphate, Australian Muslims would be required to take up arms against Australia. There is no clear guideline for identifying when this should occur.
Are you aware of the history of Abyssinia? And it's relationship to Islam..
In the earliest days of Islam, much like we are again today, Muslims were a weak and oppressed people, stateless and seeking to establish themselves, a small group of the close family/companions of Muhammad (pbuh) were given permission to migrate to Abyssinia, to seek refuge there from the persecution they were suffering in Makkah. Muhammad (pbuh) advised them that the King of Abyssinia was a just and pious man, and that they would be safe there. There was a famous encounter that occured when the Makkans sent a delegation to seek the repatriation of the Muslims. The cousin of Muhammad (pbuh) Ja'far (May God be pleased with him), presented the case of the Muslims to the King of Abyssinia, and he agreed to let the Muslims stay and live in safety.
Due to this kind and noble treatment of the Abyssinians towards the Muslims, the Islamic Caliphate for centuries never dared to attack the Christian Kingdom of Abyssinia, even though all the lands around it became Muslim, and it remained that way pretty much until the 1500's with the arrival of the Europeans, who sought to use the Christian Kingdom to their advantage against the Muslims.
This example indicates quite clearly that Muslims are quite capable of having peaceful relations with people who wish to remain Christian, especially if they'd shown kindness and mercy to the Muslims when they were in need. However, I can only imagine how a re-established Caliphate would look back from the future on a nation that vilified it's Muslim minority and sought to demonise them as an evil presence that should be opposed, fought and expelled.
Just some food for thought
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