Move over Genghis

Religious liberty is wonderful until it provides the freedom to destroy religious liberty.  I don't hate Muslims.  In fact, I imagine that many of them are very warm and joyful people that would be a pleasure to get to know.  Many of the ones I have met through books or video (many of which have converted to Christianity) seem like very likeable people.  Many of the unconverted are no doubt wonderful people as well that are more like us than we sometimes give them credit for. We just may not agree on the fundamentals yet.  What I dislike about Islam is its philosophy of global dominion and assimilation and the secretive meetings in unmarked buildings.  I also strongly dislike it when jihadists kill people.  Other than that, if they want to become Americans like any other peaceful immigrants, then welcome.

It would be funny...except it's not.  Is America Islamophobic?  Well, gosh...I wonder why we might be.  Should 3,000 people dead on our own turf not stir us up a little?  Should the building of a mosque representing similar ideals held by the hijackers on those flights to the Twin Towers not cause us to question anything?  Is Saudi Arabia Christianophobic?  The threat that they would probably chop off my head for giving someone a bible in their country suggests that they just might be.  I wonder what they would think about a Christian church building going up near a spot where 3,000 Muslims were murdered without cause by Christian militants less than a decade ago.  If you want to talk fairness, then let's talk fairness.

In the video above, Daisy Khan compares America's skepticism of Islam to anti-Semitism.  If I only had a quarter for every time I heard about a Jew hacking off a journalist's head with a sword.  I'd be two quarters short of being able to make a collect call to Jack Squat.  The speech from people regarding racism or Islamophobia is typical liberal divergence from reality.