great memories
A good week to remember this one:But as a practical matter, in very few Islamic countries do the governments have sufficient authority to resist demands for the punishment of apostates at the hands of religious authorities....-- Edward Luttwak, "President Apostate?" New York Times, May 12, 2008.
Because no government is likely to allow the prosecution of a President Obama — not even those of Iran and Saudi Arabia, the only two countries where Islamic religious courts dominate over secular law — another provision of Muslim law is perhaps more relevant: it prohibits punishment for any Muslim who kills any apostate, and effectively prohibits interference with such a killing.
At the very least, that would complicate the security planning of state visits by President Obama to Muslim countries, because the very act of protecting him would be sinful for Islamic security guards.
A shame Barack Obama will never be able to visit the Middle East without being killed.
But at least the issue of a visit to Israel is off the table, since Iran destroyed it with nuclear weapons almost two years ago.
posted by Chris Bray @ 12:58 PM
3 Comments:
Were Lewis's remarks intemperate? Yes. Does Iran pose a serious threat? Yes. Is Iran at war with the United States? Yes. Are apostate routinely murder in Moslems countries? Yes. Are apostates of Islam living in the West forced to go into hiding due to death threats? Yes. Does Bray's sarcasm contribute anything? No.
Were Lewis's remarks intemperate?
If, by that, you mean overwrought, dangerously wrong and irresponsible.
Does Iran pose a serious threat?
Iran has the significant potential to pose a minor regional and security problem, if everything goes wrong.
Is Iran at war with the United States?
Not as much as the US seems to be at war with Iran.
Are apostate routinely murder in Moslems countries?
I suppose it depends on your definition of "routine."
Are apostates of Islam living in the West forced to go into hiding due to death threats?
Yes, when they are public figures. Public critics of Christianity get death threats, too.
Does Bray's sarcasm contribute anything?
Every day, every way.
Such apologia for the complete lack of religious freedom under Islam is ironic coming from people who get intemperate (overwrought, etc.) about Christmas displays on Fairfax Blvd., Los Angeles.
http://historians.blogspot.com/2005/12/war-on-horseshit.html
Ahistoricality, drawing moral equivalence between the absolute religious freedom in the West and the medieval oppression under Islam is beneath you.
Iran's support of Jihad in Iraq is an act of war, as have been their numerous other provocations. The U.N. and the Europeans even recognize the danger posed by a Mullah Bomb.
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