issuevoter wrote on Aug 13
th, 2022 at 8:47am:
Rushdie has never been a threat to Islam.
He was perceived as a "threat" by (fundamentalist) Moslems in the M.E. because he referred to the Koran as "The Satanic Verses".
Just as I am likely to be considered a "threat" to (fundamentalist) Judaism when I refer to Jehovah as a genocidal bronze-age God, as stated in the OT itself. (eg 1 Samuel 15, 1-3).
The difference is that Jews (and Christians] in the West have progressed through a cultural "Enlightenment", so they will not so readily feel "threatened' by my (factual) statement.
Not so for the ME where any "enlightenment" is patchy at best.
Quote:There is a war between Western Liberalism and Islamic Fundamentalism,
Well, a political dispute between democratic liberalism, and theocratic rule; just as there is a political dispute between democratic liberalism and rule by consensus one party 'autocracy'. (Theocracy is based on religious dogma, 'autocracy' is merely a different
economic philosophy of government).
Quote:and you can argue the toss about good Mooslms and bad Mooslms, but you would be evading the issue.
No you wouldn't. Not all Moslems are fundamentalists,
and the Koran is merely an imperfect guide to a relationship with God, as is the OT - which unfortunately was combined with the NT in the first century AD, against the wishes of Marcion, an early compiler of the evolving NT canon.
Quote:Placating their fanaticism under the banner of cultural sensitivity, and inclusivity only encourages them.
Disputed above. Awareness that ALL scripture is the word of men, not the Word Of God, is the urgently required teaching in the modern global world - especially in the 'backward' M.E. countries.