25 June 2014

The Left’s blind spot with Islam: opposing bigotry does not mean liking a religion

.... And the problem for the Left is that once you look into religious freedom around the world it becomes very hard to sustain the idea that Islam is a tolerant faith, as they would like to believe. There are tolerant versions of Islam, now and historically, and it’s right that the Islamist version of history is countered by appeals to more progressive traditions of the faith, but the religion has had trouble adapting to pluralism and liberalism.

[A COMMENT] The Left won't criticise Islam because they use the same modus operandi.

Both claim to be a force for good, both claim to be peaceful and fair. Both play the victim card, both gain followers by claiming to be oppressed whilst issuing daily updates on who they're going to Hate more today.

Both outlaw any kind of debate because true open and honest discourse will expose both parties as the hateful, violent ideologies that they really are.

Like all bullies they use fear and intimidation to hold all critics at bay which is why they demand laws to oppress anyone who speaks against them and too often demand their opponents are Destroyed. [The Spectator] Read more