soren,
Quote:They are exploiting your religion for criminal purposes, bringing hatred and contempt on all of you.
Blind hatred and contempt is the fault of the one who feels the hatred and contempt. If you hate and feel contempt for Muslims based on what some criminal, who clearly says he couldn't give a stuff about Islam, does then you are the one in the wrong here.
helian,
Quote:The core problem is that Islam is both a religion (in the Christian-centric use of the term) and a political system - Muslims would probably argue that the division does not exist.
You're confusing a few issues here. In an Islamic Caliphate, that division does not exist. Since we are not in an Islamic Caliphate, talk of the division is just moot. Islam and Muslims can act politically only within the confines of the country they live in. IF the political system permits them to for instance lobby for halal sandwiches at the local council picnic, then so be it. That's their right!!
If you'd like to take any other line, then you'd be doing nothing but promoting the fanatical fringe's views that halal meat pies = shari'ah domination.
Quote:The advocates of "politico-Islam" perceive Western-style secular democracy as a rival and it stands to reason that they would.
On a state to state level, and in the case that a Caliphate actually existed, yes. That's really got nothing to do with Muslim citizens of Australia or any other country though.
Quote:How should we deal with those who advocate direct conflict with secular democracy?
Same as you deal with it from any other sector of society, whether it be communists, anarchists or anyone else who challenges or questions the ideals of the society.
Is the West going to sacrifice it's political plurality to consolidate it's dominance? Isn't that what it claims sets it apart from the rest? Wouldn't this just prove that the Western system is just the same as all the others, but only now is it actually facing it's foe which makes it apparent?
sprint,
Quote:only muslims practise female genital multilation.
Actually the vast majority of Muslims do not practise it (nor is it allowed in Islam) and the vast majority of people who practise it are not Muslims but Animists or Christians in Africa.
I think you've been actually made aware of the facts on this, but being the ignorant fool you are, it doesn't seem to have done you any good.