[MD] Christian Ethics and U.S. Law

[Khaled Alkotob]

[Platt}
> I don't know who God favors. I presume that if She exists She favors 
> every
> individual human as one of Her "children" and wants the individual 
> to be
> free to live,love, and pursue happiness. I would also presume if 
> that be
> the case that God favors nations that help individuals achieve those 
> goals.
> 
> Islam has great legitimacy based on its outstanding achievements in 
> the past that
> somehow got off track in the modern era. Those more familiar with 
> Islamic history
> than I can probably explain what happened. Today there are radical 
> elements
> in Islam who, for whatever reason, threaten Western civilization. 
> Some blame
> white imperialists for the rise of radical Islam. Others blame 
> poverty and lack
> of opportunity. Still others blame the rigid aspects of 
> fundamentalist Islamic
> religion. Whatever, those who threaten for whatever reason to 
> eliminate others
> and demonstrate a willingness and capacity to do so hold no 
> legitimacy in my book
> and must themselves be eliminated. But for the majority of Islam who 
> are peaceful,
> they have as much legitimacy has any other group. The only caveat I 
> would propose
> is that when the emigrate to another country they should assimilate 
> by adopting
> the language, customs and values of the host country so as to avoid 
> unnecessary
> friction. But, I could be wrong.

[Khaled]
Is that the sound of reason I hear, or are you baiting us.
No one really knows what went wrong and where, and maybe all the above
reasons are to blame, and only time will fix things ( i.e the IRA)

If one looks at he largest Muslim country in the world, Indonesia, one
says well there is hope.

So religion is not to blame, a little politics, a little colonialism, a
little oil, a little passion, and there you have a recipe for disaster.

As for assimilating in a new culture, I have posted on that  before. Some
things take time. And remember that what freedom you give people like the
Amish, you have to give the rest.

Khaled