A Metric for Muslim Moderation

Islam is a total system for the supervision and governance of human affairs. It comprises religion, politics, jurisprudence, military affairs, economics, culture, domestic relations, and every other aspect of life. It is the answer to all questions, albeit from the perspective of a seventh-century revelation. Its fundamental tenets may not be altered, since it is taken to originate by Divine command.Reflexive appeal to the First Amendment clouds our thinking and serves to obscure this obvious incompatibility.

In America, Muslims are free to embrace the theology of their choosing, but they are not free to justify political totalism as a religious tenet.

We cannot avoid recognizing this incompatibility. However discomforting it may be, we must face the fact, sooner rather than later, that Muslims in America must choose between Sharia and liberty.

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