Is anti-theocracy considered a "far right" position, e.g. the Netherlands

[icehorse]

Summary:

Many Muslims in Europe want Sharia law. Sharia law represents a big step towards theocracy.

Geert Wilders recently won a big election in the Netherlands based on his positions that Islamic immigration to the Netherlands must be stopped. In this video and others, Wilders is called "far right". So does that mean that being against theocracy is now a "far right" stance?

Some polls on Sharia in Europe:

Poll: 40% of UK Muslims want Sharia

i24NEWS

www.i24news.tv

And around the world, support for Sharia is quite high:

Chapter 1: Beliefs About Sharia

According to the survey findings, most Muslims believe sharia is the revealed word of God rather than a body of law developed by men based on the word of

www.pewresearch.org

 

[Sand Dancer]

Any theocracy other than Christian theocracy is bad. That is a far right stance.

 

[icehorse]

Any theocracy other than Christian theocracy is bad. That is a far right stance.

How did Christian theocracies enter into this thread?

 

[LuisDantas]

The far right tends to have quite a lot of theocracy supporters, delluded as they are.

 

[Sand Dancer]

How did Christian theocracies enter into this thread?

Because the topic mentioned a far right stance. I can only speak from an American's POV. Most people, left or right, probably don't want an Islamic theocracy.

 

[icehorse]

The far right tends to have quite a lot of theocracy supporters, delluded as they are.

@Sand Dancer

Wilders is AGAINST theocracies, that's the point of the OP.

 

[Viker]

Summary:

Many Muslims in Europe want Sharia law. Sharia law represents a big step towards theocracy.

Geert Wilders recently won a big election in the Netherlands based on his positions that Islamic immigration to the Netherlands must be stopped. In this video and others, Wilders is called "far right". So does that mean that being against theocracy is now a "far right" stance?

Some polls on Sharia in Europe:

Poll: 40% of UK Muslims want Sharia

i24NEWS

www.i24news.tv

And around the world, support for Sharia is quite high:

Chapter 1: Beliefs About Sharia

According to the survey findings, most Muslims believe sharia is the revealed word of God rather than a body of law developed by men based on the word of

www.pewresearch.org

Could be anti-Muslim and basic anti-theocratic sentiment combined working together. There are folks who wouldn't mind a more Christian based theocracy. It's that those who support, in the west, shari'a are of the wrong religion and culture for many Europeans.

BTW, one could be opposed to theocracy and still have far right leanings, i.e. nationalism.

 

[Sand Dancer]

@Sand Dancer

Wilders is AGAINST theocracies, that's the point of the OP.

I didn't think it was a far right only stance but the far right in Europe is probably pretty liberal here.

 

[Estro Felino]

Any theocracy other than Christian theocracy is bad. That is a far right stance.

This thread is about Europe.
In Europe so many far-right Nationalists are atheists and anti-Vatican.
I personally know them.

 

[Sand Dancer]

This thread is about Europe.
In Europe so many far-right Nationalists are atheists and anti-Vatican.
I personally know them.

That's different than the US for sure.

 

[Viker]

This thread is about Europe.
In Europe so many far-right Nationalists are atheists and anti-Vatican.
I personally know them.

There are pagan, atheist and Protestant nationalists in Europe, even America.

 

[Viker]

That's different than the US for sure.

Most of our nationalists do seem to prefer a strict fundamentalist Christianity.

 

[fantome profane]

@Sand Dancer

Wilders is AGAINST theocracies, that's the point of the OP.

He is against an Islamic theocracy.

Yes, to your question I think it is correct to consider the Christian far right to be against theocracy if that theocracy is Islamic. And the Islamic far right would equally be opposed to a Christian theocracy.

 

[Estro Felino]

That's different than the US for sure.

I am sure that most US rightists are against all theocracies. Christian theocracy included.

 

[Viker]

I am sure that most US rightists are against all theocracies. Christian theocracy included.

Absolutely not. Mike Johnson, our House Speaker, is an open Christian nationalist, far right pundit and believes in dominionism. Dominionism amounts to theocratic totalitarianism.

 

[fantome profane]

I am sure

You should not be.

 

[Estro Felino]

He is against an Islamic theocracy.

Yes, to your question I think it is correct to consider the Christian far right to be against theocracy if that theocracy is Islamic. And the Islamic far right would equally be opposed to a Christian theocracy.

I imagine that PM Trudeau would never say what this PM says.

 

[Sand Dancer]

I am sure that most US rightists are against all theocracies. Christian theocracy included.

I think 24-28% were in favor of becoming a strictly Christian nation.

 

[Viker]

I imagine that PM Trudeau would never say what this PM says.

Quick observation: the headline reads 'no place for Islamic culture'. It's not anti-theocratic as it is anti-Islamic.

 

[Estro Felino]

Quick observation: the headline reads 'no place for Islamic culture'. It's not anti-theocratic as it is anti-Islamic.

She meant "a certain interpretation", watch the video. It's short.