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All Clearheaded Muslims Must Agree With Me
RECEIVED Mon., Feb. 4, 2008
Dear Editor,
A young Afghani journalism student named Sayed Parwez Kaambakhsh has recently been sentenced to death for asking, in writing, why Muslim men are allowed multiple spouses while Muslim women are not. His official crime, according to the Afghan court, is blasphemy against Islam based on sharia law. We can only hope that this verdict will be overturned.
The dangerous reality is that this sentence comes from Afghanistan – a country supposedly liberated from Taliban tyranny. But the court’s ruling is identical to how the Taliban would rule. We and all rational Muslims must realize the moral quandary this pretense of justice represents as a leading indicator of how far Islam has yet to go before it can be generally recognized as a positive force. This is unfortunate but true. For coherent Muslims, this travesty is a slap in the face.
Those favoring multiculturalism also have to search their souls. The example of this poor Afghani citizen is instructive of why premodern Islamist sharia is inconsistent with a free pluralistic society. While multiculturalism pleads that all cultural models are equally moral and worthy of respect, this mockery of justice is the latest example of how unhinged that position is.
Moreover, this is another indication that we are in a world war with millions of radical Islamists striving to enslave the world in sharia totalitarianism and murder all who resist them. This requires that neo-leftists, e.g., Democrats, reform their unabridged acceptance of multiculturalism. And further, clearheaded Muslims must bravely stand up against those in their religion advocating and committing these types of crimes against humanity. The rest of us must never deny that we are currently at war and that the Islamist enemy must be defeated – totally.
A young Afghani journalism student named Sayed Parwez Kaambakhsh has recently been sentenced to death for asking, in writing, why Muslim men are allowed multiple spouses while Muslim women are not. His official crime, according to the Afghan court, is blasphemy against Islam based on sharia law. We can only hope that this verdict will be overturned.
The dangerous reality is that this sentence comes from Afghanistan – a country supposedly liberated from Taliban tyranny. But the court’s ruling is identical to how the Taliban would rule. We and all rational Muslims must realize the moral quandary this pretense of justice represents as a leading indicator of how far Islam has yet to go before it can be generally recognized as a positive force. This is unfortunate but true. For coherent Muslims, this travesty is a slap in the face.
Those favoring multiculturalism also have to search their souls. The example of this poor Afghani citizen is instructive of why premodern Islamist sharia is inconsistent with a free pluralistic society. While multiculturalism pleads that all cultural models are equally moral and worthy of respect, this mockery of justice is the latest example of how unhinged that position is.
Moreover, this is another indication that we are in a world war with millions of radical Islamists striving to enslave the world in sharia totalitarianism and murder all who resist them. This requires that neo-leftists, e.g., Democrats, reform their unabridged acceptance of multiculturalism. And further, clearheaded Muslims must bravely stand up against those in their religion advocating and committing these types of crimes against humanity. The rest of us must never deny that we are currently at war and that the Islamist enemy must be defeated – totally.
Vance McDonald