I was never religious, even before I was old enough to know what bigotry is and long before I understood what Islamism is.
Name a few Muslim countries other than secular ones like Turkey which grant equal rights to “kafirs.” It isn’t just a few nuts but widespread. What was most disturbing was not the three imams but the otherwise respectable doctors and engineers who never utter a single world about the persecution of “kafirs.” Look at Pakistan. Is there a movement of Muslims marching in the streets for equal rights for “kafirs” like there were movements for the rights of racial minorities, religious minorities, women, and today sexual orientation minorities around the world? There is no such movement in Pakistan. Why? The subjugation of the “kafir” is widely accepted in the Muslim world.
Yes, I care little about Islam itself or other religions, although I don’t like the concept of religion in general and the three violence prone religions of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism in particular (compare their records to that of, say, Buddhism). My opposition is to Islamism, which is a form of fascism with a religious veneer. This occurred after 9/11. I didn’t care about it before they started threatening me and my country.
The Evangelicals in the US are not in the same league as Islamists. What they chiefly want is school prayer, the 10 commandments in government buildings, bans on abortion and pornography. This doesn’t compare to the totalitarian ideology of Islamists. The other key point is the Evangelicals can never impose their views because of the Constitution. The only thing they can perhaps overturn is abortion but pornography is likely to always be protected as free speech and school prayer and the commandments kept out by the separation between religion and state. They are also using peaceful means, namely elections to attempt to achieve their ends. Islamists seek a violent revolution in countries and ultimately the imposition of shariah around the world.
Evangelicals are also a minority in America. The vast majority of Americans believe in equal rights and even a lot of evangelicals do. In contrast, name just one leading Islamist outside of Turkey who believes “kafirs” or women deserve equal rights…
I am aware of Jewish fundamentalists but not too concerned about that. They are only a factor in one distant small country.
Muslims themselves often talk about “Muslim countries”/“Islamic countries.” Shariah is in force in several countries and was imposed briefly in Pakistan in Swat.
The Shias in effect wanted a royal family.
Look at the recent 1,000 lash penalty in Saudi Arabia. Where did they get that penalty from? Shariah.
Yes, the Saudis discriminate against foreigners but yet Pakistanis still love Saudi sahib?! Is Saudi Arabia not the favorite foreign country of Pakistanis?
The Netherlands also faces an Islamist threat. If you want to keep Holland as it is Islamism, like Fascism and Communism before it, has to be crushed.
I oppose religion altogether. Look at what religious figures have done for one. Moses ordered the killing of infants. What credibility does someone like that have as a “holy” man? Zero in my book.