And to think that people say that Islam is incompatible with democracy, but we know better than that, don't we :
Transcript :
Following are excerpts from an interview with Iraqi cleric Sheikh Ahmad Al-Kubeisi, which aired on Dubai TV on February 24, 2006.
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Kubeisi: Brother, a Muslim has high moral standards, because he treats all prophets just as his prophet Muhammad. He treats them with the same respect. Despite these high moral standards, they curse and vilify us. We do not make a distinction between the divine messengers. Look how they curse Jesus and Moses, while our regard for them reaches unimaginable heights. Forget about the media and all that nonsense. We are a civilized nation, while they are a barbaric nation.
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By Allah, throughout the Christian West, there is not a single person who glorifies Jesus as we do. Similarly, there is not a single Jew on the face of the earth who loves Moses as we do.
Interviewer: A Muslim is considered a heretic if he harms any of the prophets...
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Kubeisi: He is killed - even if he's only joking. If he tells a joke about Moses, even unintentionally, he is killed. This is an affront to religion. That's how a nation of high moral standards should be.
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Forget about all the propaganda and the media - democracies and all that nonsense. They talk about democracy, but when Hamas won, they said: We do not accept this. You asked for democracy - this is democracy. Come off it!
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Truth is clear, and falsehood is clear. From now on, no one can lie to people - human rights, democracies, and whatever... It's all nonsense... The truth lies with us, and so do human rights, mercy, and justice.
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ReplyDeleteThis is too precious. Thanks.
Yea, we get killed even for a little joke on Moses and Jesus. Really? We could test this. I have a few drafts here. There is no moral equivalency between the three religions, we know that, but it is okay to laugh at any religion and to question them, in fact it is essential!
However, if I may, I think Islam is not compatible with democracy, not yet. It is still a complete authoritarian system which includes the civil and the law to religion for now.
I guess Islam will be compatible only when the head quarters of Islam are on democratic land; Saudi Arabia and Egypt comes to mind. Lots of work, wouldn't you say?
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Unrestricted "democracy" means majority rule; what the majority wants goes. "Democracy" in no way requires reason, and only occasionally, are reason-based restrictions (such as our Constitution and Bill of Rights) placed on it.
ReplyDeleteIn Afghanistan and Iraq, the only restrictions placed on democracy are that whatever the people do, they must operate within the limitations not of reason, but of shariah. Hence the totally irrational Rahman incident, to say nothing of many other cases along that same line awaiting trial.
Actually, Islam and democracy are completely compatible. The majority of people want an Islamic nation, an Islamic constitution, and Islamic law, and that's what they're getting.
So, Our Leader's gross misunderstanding of the meaning of "democracy," and his ignorance or denial of the nature of Islam, has cost the lives of our men and women in uniform, and billions out of our treasury, to what end?
Had we fought this thing properly, with proper ends in mind, it would have been worth it, but as things stand right now, I think it was not.
It's not too late yet, but how many of you think we'll have the guts to make the necessary course corrections?
Stop this cult before it is too late!
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