I do think it is totally PARANOID and SCHIZOPHRENIC that Muslims consider it a threat. After all if Sharia Islam is such a flawless and perfect legal system, how on earth, could any logic or alternative compete with it.
"Muslims", as far as I know, don't consider secular education a threat any more than "Christians" consider universal health care coverage a threat.
I think that in the interest of having a productive discussion with the Muslims on this forum, it is better not to stereotype. Islam, like Christianity and Judaism, is not one single set of beliefs. There is a "version" of Islam to suit just about anybody, just like there is a version of Christianity and Judaism that suits just about anybody. You don't know which version .lava subscribes to, so the statement above is pretty rude considering she is participating in this discussion.
Which Islamic sect are you referring to?
It reminds me of my conversations with British conservatives when I was living in England. They constantly complained that "immigrants are ruining the country and stealing our jobs", without for half a second stopping to consider they were speaking to an actual, factual job-stealing immigrant.
IMO, "immigrants are ruining the country" is a socially acceptable English euphemism for "I hate non-white, non-English speaking people". They didn't stop to think they were dissing "immigrants" to an actual immigrant because I'm white, and I speak English. They assumed I'd subscribe to the same euphemistic racism because I belong to the same race, and they assumed I'd recognize that when they are talking about "immigrants", they're not talking about
me.
The conclusion is that in fact it is flawed, fragile and an antiquated system very prone to collapse. The goal posts are moving again, so now its the West vs all Muslims, how naive...
I don't think it's naive. The two nations most recently attacked and occupied by predominantly Christian Western armies happen to be predominantly Muslim countries. In light of this fact, it's more than reasonable to consider the possibility that the motive for the attack and occupation might be religious in nature.
And it is. In my opinion, though, it's not the religion of "Christianity" against the religion of "Islam", it's the religion of "Capitalism" against the religion of "Autonomy". It just so happens that in this case the Christians are fighting for capitalism and the Muslims are fighting for autonomy.
But in shifting the goal posts Islamists seem to conveniently forget, The Taliban's Sharai Law public executions, beheadings hangings and lethal stonings at the soccer stadium, in Kahbul, the acid attacks, honor killings the ABSOLUTE REPRESSION OF WOMEN.
You might not have noticed this development, but the Taliban is no longer in power. Also, the term "Islam" and the term "Taliban" are not interchangeable any more than the term "Republican" and the term "Christian" are interchangeable. Not everybody resisting the occupation in Afghanistan is "Taliban". Most are just fighting for dignity, freedom and autonomy, same as you would if your country was invaded by a foreign army.
OK.
They're horrible!