Baroness Warsi says Muslim prejudice seen as normal

tater · 01-20-11, 07:23 PM

Islam is not an "indelible trait" of some people. Ie: it is NOT "race."

Islam is belief in a set of ideas. Nothing more. being against Islam is no different than being against any other set of ideas. If it's OK to be against Republicans, or Communists, or Nazis, it's just as OK to be against Muslims (people who agree with the set of ideas called "Islam.").

It's even OK to be against—shudder—Judaism. The tricky bit with that is that starting with the Spanish Inquisition, being Jewish ceased being one who believed a set of ideas (that it is entirely legitimate to be against), and became a "blood" issue. This was because many converted (upon threat of death), and these conversos we then persecuted because even though now Catholic, their neighbors wanted to their stuff (what a surprise). So anti-semitism is a special case because it because a "race" where none really existed.

Muslims are not a "race," have not been persecuted as a race (though Muslims themselves disallow leaving on pain of death, so any problems making it a "race" should be taken up with THEM.

I dislike any backwards, misogynistic, violent set of beliefs. islam fits the bill.

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tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Islam is not an "indelible trait" of some people. Ie: it is NOT "race." Islam is belief in a set of ideas. Nothing more. being against Islam is no different than being against any other set of ideas. If it's OK to be against Republicans, or Communists, or Nazis, it's just as OK to be against Muslims (people who agree with the set of ideas called "Islam."). It's even OK to be against—shudder—Judaism. The tricky bit with that is that starting with the Spanish Inquisition, being Jewish ceased being one who believed a set of ideas (that it is entirely legitimate to be against), and became a "blood" issue. This was because many converted (upon threat of death), and these conversos we then persecuted because even though now Catholic, their neighbors wanted to their stuff (what a surprise). So anti-semitism is a special case because it because a "race" where none really existed. Muslims are not a "race," have not been persecuted as a race (though Muslims themselves disallow leaving on pain of death, so any problems making it a "race" should be taken up with THEM. I dislike any backwards, misogynistic, violent set of beliefs. islam fits the bill.