First of all let me say, I like Mr Al Andalusi. He is a nice, respectful and seems intelligent. And I personally believe he has been mislead into thinking his faith in Islam is rational, and I truly hope one day with the assistance of secularists and agnostics like myself he sees the light of real rational thought, secularism, democracy and liberalism and disbelief in fantasy and superstition.
However as nice as Mr Andalusi the fact of the matter is the organization he belongs to is advocating Sharia. Really this is no surprise considering the innate connection between state and religion found in Islam.
Without further or do, here is what Mr Andalusi has to say:
It's quite ironic this speech, many of the arguments made by Mr Andalusi would have to be conceded by Christians, for example his rejection of liberalism and appeal to God's Law. Ultimately God defines justice. And if Allah is God, then everything contained in the Divine Law (Sharia) is just including the horrific punishments and second class rights in the Sharia.
Of course you have to ask yourself the question, if Sharia Law is enacted in Europe or England which version of Sharia will be implemented? Which version of Sharia says not to kill apostates who declare they are indeed apostates? Will we be implementing something like The Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan, The Egyptian Brotherhood, Saudi Arabia, Muslim spokesman Anjem Choudary or Mr Andalusi himself?
I do see a small inconsistency from Mr Andalusi in not conceding the literal interpretation and application of the Quran (not that I'm saying he got enough air time, he should have been provided more):
every religion has people who will take misguided interpretations, anjem chauhdry and andres breivak. That not a reason to demonise a whole religion and its followers
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, how dare you say Anjem Choudary has a misguided interpretation of Islam? He is 100% correct in everything he says about it. If you disagree, you are an apostate and deserve to be killed.
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