Now that the 'holy' month of Bombadan Ramadan has ended, Muslims are now celebrating the holiday of Eid ('Hari Raya' in Malay parlance). For most Malaysian Muslims, this holiday means food (day-long feasts are common) and being with family, with journeys back to hometowns ('balik kampung') being firmly embedded in local culture. And as the Malaysian government has reminded Muslims, 'Hari Raya' is also another opportunity for them to proselytize to local infidels non Muslims. "Share beliefs with others, Muslims urged", The Star, 30 August 2011.
This ill-timed pronouncement comes on the heels of a scandal involving Christians alleged to have proselytized to Muslims at a church dinner in Selangor earlier this month . Such acts are, of course, illegal under Islamic and Malaysian laws. Yet Muslims are never restricted from engaging in their own prosetylization activities, AKA 'dawah', either through lavish government-supported programs, or via their own unofficial efforts. Religious freedom for Muslims, but never for the non Muslims -- Islam forbids it.
It's doubtful that this Malay minister quoted above can see the monumental arrogance, let alone the irony of issuing such proclamations such as this. But pointing out such hypocrisy par excellence would undoubtedly be Islamophobic.
PETALING JAYA: Muslims should take the opportunity of Hari Raya to share their beliefs and practices with those of other faiths, said Selangor Mentri Besar [State Governor] Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim.
One wonders which parts of Islam will be shared. Institutionalized wife beating? Hatred of other belief systems? Enforcement of the humiliating jizya tax? Allowing the murder of so-called infidels?“The celebration ['Hari Raya'] may be for those of the Islamic faith but this does not mean we should take an exclusive attitude. We must use this opportunity to share our knowledge, which is required by its followers and in Islam,” he said.
This ill-timed pronouncement comes on the heels of a scandal involving Christians alleged to have proselytized to Muslims at a church dinner in Selangor earlier this month . Such acts are, of course, illegal under Islamic and Malaysian laws. Yet Muslims are never restricted from engaging in their own prosetylization activities, AKA 'dawah', either through lavish government-supported programs, or via their own unofficial efforts. Religious freedom for Muslims, but never for the non Muslims -- Islam forbids it.
It's doubtful that this Malay minister quoted above can see the monumental arrogance, let alone the irony of issuing such proclamations such as this. But pointing out such hypocrisy par excellence would undoubtedly be Islamophobic.
As I've suggested so often before, Americans should appropriate the language of the Civil Rights movement to highlight Islam's discriminatory essence. "Jim Crow" avidly describes the Islamic proscriptions against non-Muslim rights...and that's precisely the tack we should take.
1) Under Islamic law, Muslims are free to proselytize their beliefs to non-Muslims; non-Muslims are forbidden to proselytize THEIR beliefs to Muslims
2) Under Islamic law, non-Muslim converts to Islam are welcomed and celebrated; Muslim converts to other faiths are killed
3) Under Islamic law, Muslim men are free to marry non-Muslim women; non-Muslim men are forbidden from marrying Muslim women
4) Under Islamic law, Muslims are free to build new houses of worship; non-Muslims are forbidden from building new houses of worship
5) Under Islamic law, non-Muslims must pay a special tax (jizyah) corresponding to their status as second-class citizens
These are facts, folks. Memorize them...and then recite them one after the other every time you hear some Muslim or clueless dhimmi insist how compatible Islam is with human freedom.
As Winston Churchill pointed out over a century ago, Islam is the ultimate parasitic meme or mind-virus, an entity like the rabies virus that exists for no other reason than its own propagation. As with all parasites , Islam is
completely ruthless in putting its own contagious spread as its highest priority , regardless of the suffering it causes.
"Religious freedom for Muslims, but never for the non Muslims -- Islam forbids it. "
Go ahead, call me an Islamophobe...but I'm telling everyone I know..
They could share the story of the talkin' donkey of Muhammad!!!
http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2011/04/muhammad-and-donkey.html
Non-reciprocity, thy name is Islam.