Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Are we working toward our own destruction?

From Bassam M. Madany's book The Bible and Islam: a Basic Guide to Sharing God's Word with a Muslim:
According to Islam, the world is divided into two camps: Daru'l Islam and Daru'l Harb, i.e., the household of Islam and the household of war. Within Islamic countries, the Shari'a Law is supreme and is enforced within society through the arm of the state. Until recently, the vast majority of Muslims lived almost exclusively with Daru'l Islam. Now that many have migrated to the West, it is very difficult for them to fully practice the requirements of their faith in an environment where the state is neutral vis-a-vis religious matters. Radical Muslims, enjoying the freedoms of our Western pluralistic societies, are working hard to create conditions which would allow the followers of Islam to live as if they were still residing within an Islamic territory. However, such a goal can be realized only where Shari'a Law is enforced by a theocratic state!

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