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Judging Islam by its Worst Moments
Religious
freedom isn't
just for
Christians
by D onald
K aul
It seem s that the
q u ic k e s t p a th to
popu larity these days
is to s a y te r r i b l e
things about Islam .
I f it's not som e sleazy p o litician
vacuum ing votes by o p p o sin g a
m osque n e ar G ro u n d Z ero, it’s a
tinhorn ev an g elist in Florida th reat­
ening to start a bonfire w ith copies
o f the K oran, the holy book o flsla m .
W hen it com es to the M anhattan
m osque, w hat's fine by the C o n sti­
tution is fine by m e. A s far as b u rn ­
ing the K oran goes, I'm ag ain st it.
A nd I'm ag ain st burning books
o f any kind. T he K oran, the B ible,
"L ady C hatterley's L over"; doesn't
m ake any difference. B urning books
rem inds m e o f the N urem burg ral­
lies.
In other w ords, I counsel to ler­
ance in all things. W hich doesn't get
m e as m uch love as you m ight think.
F o r exam ple, o ne fellow w rites:
"A re y ou suggesting that w e are
to be to leran t o f a religion that
e sp o u se s the tre a tm e n t o f
w om en as indicted in the fol­
low ing article?" (T he treat­
m ent referred to involves ston­
ing, beating, rape, and virtual
slavery.)
"H aving read the K oran
from c o v er to c o v er I find that
th ey talk 'peace' w hen in th e m in o r­
ity in a co untry, and co n q u est by
an y m ean s w h en they are in the
p o sitio n o f p o w e r...a m osque (no
m atter w hat th ey m ay chose to call
it to disguise th eir real intent) near
the T w in T ow ers is a m o n u m en t to
th eir v ictory in d estro y in g and k ill­
ing.
"R em em b er that in m an y c o u n ­
tries they d an ced in the streets re­
jo ic in g at the d estruction and m u r­
d e r o f ab o u t 3,000 p eople on 9/11."
Y es they did, som e o f them , and
sh am e on them for it. O n the other
hand, w hen I w as a chi Id m y parents
took m e dow ntow n to celeb rate V -J
D ay, w hich w as the result o f o u r
incineration o f tens o f thousands o f
Japanese. It w as the h ap p iest crow d
I've ev er been in.
In o th e r w ords, every society
and ev ery religion has its dark side,
w hich w ar tends to b rin g to the fore.
Y ou can't ju d g e Islam exclusively
by its w o rst m o m en ts—w om en b e­
ing stoned to death fo r abandoning
th eir ab u siv e husbands, girls being
d isfig u red b y M uslim v igilantes for
the crim e o f go in g to school, the
religions have exploited and o p ­
p ressed w om en th ro u g h o u t their
histories and, at the extrem e o rth o ­
dox end o f the spectrum , still do. Tell
m e, w hich relig io n s—again, in their
m o s t c o n s e r v a tiv e f o r m —tr e a t
w om en as equals? T hey seal w om en
o f f from the levers o f p o w er and do
w hat they can to m arginalize them in
the church.
A dm ittedly, even by the debased
standards o f m ainstream religion,
o p p ressio n o f w o m en in co n serv a­ radical Islam is bonkers on the sub­
tive M uslim countries (som e o f them je c t o f w om en. A nd w hile I see
o u r allies).
M uslim s rio t in the streets w hen
I kn ow w hat y o u 're go in g to say. so m eo n e p u b lish es an im age o f the
"A nd th o se co n serv ativ es ju stify p ro p h et M oham m ad, I don't see it
th eir a ctio n s by q u o tin g the K oran, h ap p en in g w hen they stone a poor
verbatim . T he religion is rotten at its rape v ictim to d eath in a M uslim
very core."
village.
O h sto p . T h e re is n o m o ra l o u t­
T hat's too bad. A nd y et I still
ra g e c o m m itte d in th e n a m e o f think w e should recognize that no
C h ris tia n ity th a t h as n o t fo u n d its religion o r p h ilo so p h ical system is
ju s tific a tio n in th e B ib le , fro m the ho m o g en eo u s in its beliefs.
C ru s a d e s to th e In q u is itio n , fro m
A s A m ericans, w e are com m itted
s la v e ry to th e p e rs e c u tio n o f h o ­ to p ro tectin g the rights o f M uslim s
m o s e x u a ls an d th e s u b ju g a tio n o f even as w e p ro tect the rights o f
w o m e n . T h e y w e re ju s t d o in g C h ristian s and Jew s.
G o d 's w ill. It's th e sa m e w ith ra d i­
B ecause that's w ho w e are.
c al Islam .
OtherWords columnist Donald
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