TheGreatGatsby
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This thread inspired by the insight of former GBII adviser Elliot Abrams and the audacious rhetoric of Mr. Mohamad Mukadam.
Abrams states:
When asked about if Muslims kill apostates, this was Mr. Mohamad Mukadam's response:
Knowing that Islam is a great evil in this world, is it thusly immoral to vote for a politician who calls Islam a religion of peace?
Source: Should Presidents Call Islam a Religion of Peace Two George W. Bush Officials Debate
Source: Mr. Mohamad Mukadam gives his take on death to apostates.
And for the sake of further clarity, George W Bush and Obama have both called Islam a religion of peace; and neither of them have reversed their positions on the matter.
Abrams states:
What is authentic Islam? Is ISIS an authentic form of Islam, or is it not? I think it's very important that the United States government shut-up about that question...
It used to annoy me enormously when President [George W.] Bush, for whom I was working, would say, 'Islam is a religion of peace...
For American government officials to be telling Muslims, 'I know real Islam' ... is ridiculous. It would be an outrage about Judaism and Christianity as well. ... For government officials who are 99 percent Christians to be trying to find what is authentic in Islam seems to me to be a fool's errand...
The average American thinks this (that Islam is a religion of peace) is crap...
The only people doing the beheadings are Muslims, so don't tell me it's all wonderful...
Is there something in Islam that has led some Muslims to behave in a way we consider to be terrible? And what's the debate within Islam?... That's a real description of a real problem... saying 'Islam is a religion of peace' isn't [realistic].
When asked about if Muslims kill apostates, this was Mr. Mohamad Mukadam's response:
"If it's an Islamic country, the Sharia is very clear. Apostasy is dealt with the death penalty."
Knowing that Islam is a great evil in this world, is it thusly immoral to vote for a politician who calls Islam a religion of peace?
Source: Should Presidents Call Islam a Religion of Peace Two George W. Bush Officials Debate
Source: Mr. Mohamad Mukadam gives his take on death to apostates.
And for the sake of further clarity, George W Bush and Obama have both called Islam a religion of peace; and neither of them have reversed their positions on the matter.