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Originally Posted by Krauter
What's wrong with Muslim laws controlling the land? Isn't in similar in Saudi Arabia? Muslim does not = bad, get your head out your arse and realize there are other cultures then American, Democratic and Christian.  |
Saudi Arabia as an example? Really? Just because our fine Western leaders decide to do business with them, does not make the regime any less oppressive.
Check out the
Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam and check out in which substantial points it differs from other declarations.
1000s of people died, not only in "Western" countries, for rights like universal suffrage or the right to critizise religion.
For most people it is more important in their daily lives to have access to fresh water, than having free elections. However this does not make the struggle for human rights less important.
This is not about respect for different cultures, but about very basic rights. Are muslims other human beings who are thus not eligible to the
universal, basic human rights? No, Sir, this is Western arrogance at it's best, to imply that these people do not need or want the freedom they are entitled to by birth.
If people decide to live like slaves on their own, free will, it is their problem, but no state has the right to abridge rights of the ones who don't want to live like this.