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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

ISLAM, ISLAMISM, MOHAMED AND DEMOCRATIZATION

Was "Mohamed PBUH" a good Muslim or a bad "misunderstander of Islam" Muslim?
  • If he was a bad Muslim, then - since he invented it - Islam must be bad, and evil.
  • If he was a "good Muslim" a true prophet and someone to be emulated, then Islam must be bad and evil for he did horrific things.
  • ERGO: Islam is bad, evil.
I see no logical way for any rational human to dispute this.

Nevertheless, I support democratization of Islamic nations, not because I see islam and democracy and pluralism and modernity as compatible; (Turkey sort of proves it isn't sine even after 70 years of Kemalism Turkey is turning  into an islamist tyranny.

It's just that I see democratization as a way to get them to choose between modernity and... islamo-tyranny and giving them a chance to turn away from Islam and tyranny.

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