These questions should ideally be addressed to Dr. Shahid Shafi at a public hearing, in the most courteous, non-confrontational, we-just-want-to-clarify-a-few-things manner — not that, given his pattern thus far, he is likely to answer them.
Here are some questions that come to mind:
1. Dr. Shafi, in saying your five daily prayers, you — and all Muslims — curse the Kuffar 17 times a day. Robert Spencer notes that “in the course of praying the requisite five prayers a day, an observant Muslim will recite the Fatihah, the first surah of the Qur’an and the most common prayer in Islam, seventeen times. The final two verses of the Fatihah ask Allah: ‘Show us the straight path, the path of those whom Thou hast favored; not the (path) of those who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray.’ The traditional Islamic understanding of this is that the ‘straight path’ is Islam — cf. Islamic apologist John Esposito’s book Islam: The Straight Path. The path of those who have earned Allah’s anger are the Jews, and those who have gone astray are the Christians.’ In light of that, would you support dropping that curse against non-Muslims?
2. What do you make, Dr Shafi, of the 109 Qur’anic verses that command Muslims to engage in violent Jihad? For example, what do you think of such verses as 2:190-194, 3:89, 8:12, 8:60, 9:5, 9;29, and 47:4? What should be done, what can be done, about all these verses that prescribe the killing of Infidels? You must surely have given this matter some thought, having been born and raised a Muslim, and now living among non-Muslims. Can you suggest a way forward toward a true “convivencia” that would require Muslims to give up the idea of Jihad?
3. The Qur’an describes Muslims as “the best of peoples” (3:110) and non-Muslims as “the most vile of creatures” (98:6). Do you agree with those statements? If not, what is to be done about them so that Muslims no longer take them to heart?
4. Do you agree that Muhammad is the Perfect Man (al-insan al-kamil) and the Model of Conduct (uswa hasana)? If you do, what do you think of Muhammad consummating his marriage to Aisha — that is, having sexual relations with her — when she was nine years old and he was 54?
5. Do you approve of Muhammad’s attack on the Jews of the Khaybar Oasis, and his taking as his sex slave Saafiya, after having had her father and husband killed? Do you think Muhammad was right to order the torture and killing of Kinana of Khaybar? Do you regard Muhammad as “the Perfect Man”?
6. As I’m sure you know, Muhammad claimed in a famous hadith that angels would not enter a house where there were pictures. For 1400 years, as a result of that hadith, Muslims have refrained from painting living creatures or sculpting statues. Muslims are also discouraged, in other hadith, from playing musical instruments. Do you think that either of these prohibitions should continue to be followed today? Do you support Muslims who want to paint living creatures or play musical instruments?
7. Muhammad is reported in the hadith to have expressed pleasure when he learned of the killings, by different followers, of Asma bint Marwan, Abu ‘Afak, and Ka’b bin al-Ashraf, who had all criticized or mocked him. What do you think of Muhammad’s reaction to those murders?
8. In the most authoritative hadith collection — Sahih Bukhari — Muhammad is quoted at 52:269 as saying that “war is deceit.” What do you think of this statement? What do you think of the practice of taqiyya, that is, religiously-sanctioned dissimulation to protect both the faith and Believers?
9. In the Qur’an Muslims are told not to take “Christians or Jews as friends, for they are friends only with each other.” Dr. Shafi, you have certainly ignored that verse, making friends with many people here in Tarrant County, and some of whom are right here tonight. What made you decide to ignore that Qur’anic verse?
10. In another hadith in Bukhari, Muhammad declared that “I have been made victorious through terror.” What should we non-Muslims make of this remark, Dr. Shafi, especially in the light of such Qur’anic verses as 3:89, 8;12, 8:60, 9:5, 9:29, and 47:4, where Muslims are unambiguously told to attack, and kill, and strike terror in the hearts of Infidels? Do you think we can afford to ignore them?
11. Dr. Shafi, we’re sure you know that the position of women according to Islamic law is somewhat difficult. For example, a daughter normally inherits half of what a son inherits. A woman’s testimony is worth half that of a man’s. Muhammad himself explains that disparity as reflecting the fact that “women are deficient in intelligence.” (Sahih Bukhari 1.6.301) Men can take plural wives, while a woman is limited to one husband. Men can divorce those wives, at whim, merely by reciting the triple-talaq. Women wanting a divorce are required to return the mahr, the amount given by the husband to her on entering the marriage, and — unlike a divorcing husband — to supply a valid reason for the divorce. Finally, as I’m sure you know, a husband has the right to “beat” a “disobedient wife.” (Qur’an 4:34) Dr. Shafi, what do you think of these many examples of unequal treatment of women in Islam?
12. Dr. Shafi, Muhammad owned and traded slaves. As you know, the Muslim Arab slave trade in Africa lasted far longer, and was far more extensive, and claimed many more victims, than the Atlantic slave trade. The German-Egyptian scholar Dr. Hamed Abdel-Samad has recently devoted his online lecture series on Islam to the fact that the Arabs were the greatest slave-owners of all. Do you think that such rich Arab states as Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, acting on behalf of all the Muslim Arabs, should pay reparations for slavery to those black African countries from which the slaves were seized?
13. Here, Dr Shafi, are five Qur’anic verses: Quran 3:151 – “Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers, for that they joined companions with Allah, for which He had sent no authority.
Quran 8:12 – “(Remember) when your Lord inspired the angels… “I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them.”
Quran 8:39 – “And fight with them until there is no more fitna (disorder, unbelief) and religion is all for Allah.”
Quran 9:5 – “So when the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captive and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush, then if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, leave their way free to them.” [in other words if they become Muslims, observing the five daily prayers and paying the zakat]
Quran 9:29 – “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.”
Dr. Shafi, could you please comment on these verses? Do you think they have no place in the thinking of Muslims today?
If Dr. Shafi fails to answer these questions, that will be most telling. The questions ought to be made public — ideally published in the papers, as well as presented at open meetings of the local Republican Party — so that everyone in Tarrant County, and many in other Texas counties, will be made aware of these Qur’anic verses and hadith stories. It’s a way of raising the public consciousness about such things as the story of little Aisha, or of Muhammad claiming that “war is deceit” and “I have been made victorious through terror.” Very few non-Muslims read the Qur’an. This is a way to supply them with the verses they most need to be made aware of. We want people to know that Muslims are not to take Christians and Jews as friends (though false friendship is permitted in order to further the cause of Islam), and that the Qur’an tells them to regard non-Muslims as “the most vile of creatures.”
Whatever the response of Dr. Shafi to any or all of these questions, the most important thing is to have these Quranic verses and hadith stories — which will startle many — become widely known. That will be a victory for a campaign of counter-Da’wa. The debate over whether to ratify Dr. Shafi’s appointment will provide the occasion, the excuse, for asking these questions, which are just as important for people to learn about as his answers and non-answers would be revealing. Think of the questions above as The Big Ask.
mortimer says
The cognitive dissonance must be bone-shaking and drill-like for modernizing Muslims like Dr.Shahid Shafi. Universal human rights and egalitarian civil liberties have never applied in Islam even in the 21st century.
What new, modern circumstances have made Mohammed’s ‘eternal, perfect, complete’ revelations to become ‘temporary, imperfect and incomplete’.
SINCE THE DISCRIMINATORY ISLAM OF THE ‘CONSENSUS’ CANNOT BE PRACTICED IN AN AGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS … then was Islam ever VALID IN THE FIRST PLACE ??? Indeed, over 60% of Islam is ILLEGAL IN MOST COUNTRIES and much of Islam is ILLEGAL even in Muslim countries today !!
Clearly, if Islam “AS IS” is not ‘eternal, perfect and complete’ for TODAY’S world, then it NEVER WAS a valid revelation in the first place.
mortimer says
Dr. Shafi claims to ‘practice’ Islam, but not follow Sharia law or understand it. If that is so, then he is NOT practicing Islam per se, but ISLAM-À-LA-CARTE. Dr. Shafi is virtually a MUSLIM-IN-NAME-ONLY or we could call his approach that of a ‘CULTURAL MUSLIM’ … a person who does NOT practice Islam (or barely) but who is born into a Muslim family and is almost totally NON-OBSERVANT in the matter of Sharia law.
When jihad begins on a large scale in the US or elsewhere, WHOSE SIDE WILL Dr. Shafi take?
During the ISIS upsurge, a number of Muslim doctors living in the West, went to Syria and Iraq to give support to the ISIS WARRIORS.
Michael Copeland says
“Sharia is Islam, to be clear, there is no difference between Sharia and Islam” –
Fouad Belkacem,
Sharia4Belgium
Terry Gain says
Dr. Shafi claims to ‘practice’ Islam, but not follow Sharia law or understand it. If that is so, then he is NOT practicing Islam per se, but ISLAM-À-LA-CARTE. Dr. Shafi is virtually a MUSLIM-IN-NAME-ONLY or we could call his approach that of a ‘CULTURAL MUSLIM’ … a person who does NOT practice Islam (or barely) but who is born into a Muslim family and is almost totally NON-OBSERVANT in the matter of Sharia law.
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Doesn’t understand Sharia? He’s obviously lying. He’s a quintessential Muslim. Ask him if houris are raisins.
Dave says
You can never trust a muslim. That is a sound policy, and you cannot go wrong with that
kessler says
Brilliant article. I will memorize this for future discussions with the militant left.
I would also ask Dr. Shafi if he supports the right to criticise and mock any religion/religious figure.
And I would ask if he considers Sharia Law islamic – if yes, move on to all the hatred and intolerance that comes with Sharia Law and ask how this ties in with islam being “the religion of peace and tolerance”
mortimer says
Agree … a good list, but Hugh Fitzgerald has left out the matter of AL WALAA WAL BARAA … this is a CANONICAL, and ‘ESSENTIAL’ teaching of Islam that is REQUIRED FOR ISLAMIC SALVATION.
Question: DOES Dr Shafi practice AL WALAA WAL BARAA (allegiance to Muslims versus hatred directed against kafirs)???
If Dr Shafi DOES NOT practice AL WALAA WAL BARAA he will not be permitted into Islamic paradise. Does that bother him?
Warren Raymond says
Spot on, Mortimer.
A name like ‘Shahid Shafi’ is a bit of a giveaway.
If indeed Dr. Shafi is a “practicing, Mosque-attending muslim who claims not to follow sharia law or know what it is,” it sounds very much like Hussein Obama sitting in the pulpit of Jeremiah Wright for more than 20 years never hearing any of his vicious sermons.
The taqiyya is thicker than mud on his face. Not buying any.
Michael Copeland says
Another question for Dr. Shafi:
Mohammed is the “beautiful pattern” of conduct, and thus a model to be copied.
Mohammed criticised other religions. The Quraysh are recorded as saying to his uncle:
“We can’t any longer put up with his behaviour in reviling our forefathers, ridiculing our values, and criticising our gods…”
Surely, Dr. Shafi, that sets a “beautiful pattern” for all to follow?
We should criticise other religions, should we not?
https://www.answering-islam.org/authors/shamoun/rebuttals/zawadi/mo_antagonizer.html
Terry Gain says
I have only two questions. Dr Shafi,
Given that Muhammad was a caravan robber, murderer, mass murderer, slave taker, sexual slave taker, rapist, pedophile and fantasist and given that Islam is a conquest ideology which has been at war with the world since its inception, why are you a Muslim?
Are you an integral participant in the conquest of America?
thebigW says
I’ll one-up you Terry with my two questions:
1. Hello, Dr. Shafi, are your bags packed for the flight back to Crapistan?
2. Do you need to use the rest room before we fly you to the airport?
thebigW says
woops, I meant “drive you to the airport” but I don’t care how he gets there, and out.
James Lincoln says
No intelligent, clear thinking person would ever voluntarily choose to believe in any part of Islam.
Dr. Shahid Shafi is not thinking clearly regarding the religious aspect of his life.
Rarely says
It’s quite a conundrum. Certainly RS is very knowledgeable about islam and very ably points out its “shortcomings”. They are very good questions but to whom should they be put? Where do you draw the line, or is there no line?
Do we dissect the Mormon faith, the Hindu faith, etc. before “allowing” a person to obtain an appointment? Or are muslims “unique”?
Do we prevent muslims from being lawyers, doctors, or architects? Do we bar them from public office?
To ensure they answer these questions honestly (deception and lying being such an integral part of islam) do we reinstate an Inquisition to ensure we get the answers we want (AKA “the Truth”) ?
Would you denounce your faith or heritage because the majority objects to it or finds it incompatible with theirs? Would you willingly accept the status of second-class citizen to satisfy the majority?
I don’t know the answers but am merely posing the questions because this looks like a very slippery slope.
Robert Spencer says
I didn’t write these questions, Hugh Fitzgerald did. His byline is displayed, and is in the title as well.
lebel says
“I didn’t write these questions, Hugh Fitzgerald did. His byline is displayed, and is in the title as well.”
This is your site, right? you do pay Mr. Fitzgerald to write for your site, right? he was the VP of Jihadwatch and wrote numerous (similar) articles in that capacity, right?
Also, let us know if you disagree with any of the questions or generally with Mr. Fitzgerald’s methodology.
Terry Gain says
Lebel
I am sure Hugh Fitzgerald can speak for himself.
Perhaps you can answer the questions I posted above at 11:54AM
Rarely says
Mr. Spencer.
I stand corrected.
They’re still pretty good questions.
As a bye-the-bye many of the commenters on this site regularly bemoan the loss, potential or real, of their rights as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. This concern does not seem to extend to those whose religions and/or opinions they detest — whether justified or not.
Properly vetting refugee/immigrant applicants is one thing. Denying Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Speech to citizens and landed immigrants is quite another.
I always felt that a good test for democracy is how the minorities are treated. Otherwise it’s just the tyranny of the majority as practiced in many countries claiming to be democracies.
Terry Gain says
Rarely
Apply your criticism to Muslim countries.
Rarely says
Terry
I have no input there. Of course they’re awful. No argument. BUT we can’t give up our democratic values because those countries act so horrendously. There is no tit-for-tat here.
Terry Gain says
Do we dissect the Mormon faith, the Hindu faith, etc. before “allowing” a person to obtain an appointment? Or are muslims “unique”?
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No other faith directs its adherents to conquer the world. So dissect away, if you must.
Obviously Muslims must enjoy the civil rights of all others in our society, or we will no longer have the society we’ve created.
The solution is to ban further Muslim immigration and to monitor their mosques for terrorism and sedition and to prosecute all who threaten terrorism,
Ray Jarman says
Terry, I am glad you mentioned the word sedition for as I have stated many times, Islam equates to sedition. Sharia in itself states that it will not accept the laws of any non Islamic nation and since war is deceit, until a reformation of the religion, or cult as I observe it, its teachings should be banned in all western and all otherr non Islamic nations.
Rarely says
Ray.
So, by definition then, ALL muslims living in the USA are seditious. So I guess we just round them all up. “CLOSE ALL THE MOSQUES”. “BURN ALL THEIR BOOKS”.
See where it’s going?
CogitoErgoSum says
Maybe we should not allow Muslims to build new mosques or to repair the ones that are already built. Maybe we should make Muslims pay a special tax and humiliate them at every opportunity. Maybe we should kill the ones who refuse to comply our rules. See where I’m going? See where Islam has been? See how far Islam demands Muslims to go? See the Quran.
Rarely says
Who’s next?
A very slippery slope.
Wellington says
A very slippery slope, Rarely? Would you say the same about Neo-Nazis? How about Marxists? KKK members? Anarchists? Et al.
Once you conclude that Islam is the only major religion which is, as Bertrand Russell noted almost a century ago, totalitarian in structure and ideology, then why subject Mormons, Hindus, Buddhists, Catholics, Methodists, Lutherans, Jews, Sikhs—it’s a long list—to what Muslims deservedly should be subjected to?
After all, Mormon suicide bombers are kinda’ scarce. Buddhists flying planes into buildings not happening. Jews sawing off heads not an everyday event. Et al.
Meanwhile, just since 9/11 there have been over 34,000 documented Islamic terrorist attacks. Versus how many for Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, etc. during the same time period?
Beware of relativistic thinking. It invariably leads to erroneous conclusions (sometimes couched in the form of queries, such as yours).
lebel says
“Beware of relativistic thinking. It invariably leads to erroneous conclusions (sometimes couched in the form of queries, such as yours).”
It’s a crazy idea that collective responsibility could be a dangerous thing. Jihadwatchers don’t like these crazy ideas. They like simple:
1. Islam is evil
2. The vectors of Islam are Muslims
3. Their religion orders them to lie, therefore any action on their part which could be termed to be “good” is likely strategic lying and in any case delays the awakening of the West to the dangers of Islam
One you’ve accepted that, then the honest jihadwatchers talk about forced deportation or genocide. The others dance around the logical implications of the above 3 points because the time is not right yet.
Wellington says
Well, lebel, Islam is indeed evil. I have NEVER asserted otherwise. Its death for apostasy dictate alone consigns it to a malevolent status (as well as so many other Islamic dictates such as looking upon Muslims as the equivalent of human waste or being the only religion that calls for war to be made upon all humanity in the name of religion {e.g., Sura 8:39}). Or don’t you get any of this?
As for your use of the word “vectors,” this comes across to me with the same credibility as do terms like “intersectionality” and “micro-aggressions.” Nice to know you are “with it” respecting the current inane use of words in order to rob them of any real meaning, as so many others like you have done nowadays.
My third point addressing your third point: Yes, Muslims are directed in SIX ways to engage in mendacity, “kitman” and “muruna” constituting two of these six.
As for your conflating deportation (a good thing) with genocide (definitely a bad thing), it is just like you to set up a straw man and then knock it down.
Your turn, lebel. But try and argue honestly if you reply, difficult as this surely will be for you.
CogitoErgoSum says
Lebel, could you please define what you mean in point #2 above by “the vectors of Islam are Muslims?” I’m taking that to mean Islam is determined by Muslims. I’m thinking that Islam is determined by the Quran, the Hadiths (the ones classified as reliable) and the life of Muhammad (in biographies accepted by Muslims as being reliable). I assume all Muslims accept as 100% true all that is in the Quran and if anything is untrue or unacceptable in the Hadiths or biographies of Muhammad the Muslim scholars would either have removed what is not true or written commentaries on why certain things may or may not be true. What do you think?
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
CogitoErgoSum, in “the vectors of Islam are Muslims”, the word “vector” is used in its biological sense, “an animal, especially an insect, that transmits a disease-producing organism from a host to a noninfected animal”. Thus, Muslims are carriers and Islam is the infection, analogous to mosquitos and malaria, or rats and bubonic plague.
CogitoErgoSum says
Thanks, Mark. I wasn’t familiar with that particular definition for “vector.” Lebel’s use of the word makes sense to me now.
Carolyne says
Wellington is right. There is no other religion as dangerous to civilized people as Islam. If there were, it too should be subject to same.
Elaine says
God have mercy on all who believe in God the Creator of Heaven and earth he Son of God (Jesus Christ).
If our Government allows one then more and more will be added until they take over America (WHICH IS THEIR PLAN)……… Absolutely NO…………….. This man has not fought and worked for America to be a better place. He would be an open door for America to become a Muslim owned country. The Qur”am tells them that “when they put their feet on a soil, it becomes theirs”……………. This can not continue in America………. And we should not allow any more to come to America.
thebigW says
given how much Republican support there is for Dr. Martyr (“shaheed” means martyr) when you read part 1 of this article it seems like at least 80% of the Republicans in that part of Texas support him and are sad and blue that there are ANY fellow Republicans who would DARE to even question him, there’s no way in hell the Republican majority there would allow Dr. Martyr to suffer going through this long detailed humiliating interrogation, the poor thing.
Ain’t that a kick? While about 99.9% of Democrats wanna protect Muslims, it seems like the majority of Republicans have got the same mental disorder. Meanwhile, more and more Muslims settling into the foundations of our House like termites, and we’re busy guarding the front door for “radical extremist terrorists” with a big bushy beard and an ISIS uniform on.
(Here’s the Collins dictionary definition of shaheed
“(in Islam) a deceased person who has lived a life in accordance with the will of Allah”
in other words, pieces of a body that done esploded in a crowd of innocent people.
Wellington says
In brief, thebigW, this is why, as I have noted before at JW, I call the Republican Party the Dumb Party and the Democratic Party the Dumber Party. There’s your choice: Dumb or Dumber.
To be fair and accurate, at least many Republicans nationwide have comprehended that Islam is the one major religion which could spell ruination to America because it is spiritual fascism and a mortal enemy of liberty. State legislatures like those in Oklahoma and Tennessee have sponsored legislation that would deny Sharia any status or credibility. Virtually without exception, the state legislators proposing such legislation have been Republican.
Bottom line: There is not a single politician I know of in the Democratic Party who realizes how awful Islam truly is. By contrast, there are a large minority of Republicans who do. So, shame, deep shame on the Democratic Party and, respecting Republicans, they need to become more informed quick like in large numbers so that far more than a large minority of Republicans realize how inimical Islam certainly is to the basic freedoms and rights enshrined in the American Constitution.
Islam will ruin freedom, equality under the law, women’s rights and many other fine things that exist in America if only given the chance. No one, and I mean NO ONE, averring otherwise is anything but an ignoramus or a liar.
thebigW says
Ha! that’s good “Dumb and Dumber”, but I don’t think Republicans are less dumb enough to make a difference if they don’t get their heads out of their rear ends on this.
Benedict says
Shahid Shafi would probably be very circumspect in answering these questions knowing that:
‘Whoever changes his Islamic religion, kill him’ Hadith – Sahih Al-Bukhari (9:57)
BTW, does this Hadith mean that whoever makes changes in the canon of Islam should be killed or he who abandons islam for another religion should be killed? Or both?
katherine says
Both – definitely both and if SS disagrees with me he’s definitely a liar.
Harold says
I can hear the response now. “You are misinterpreting Islam. Those things are not true.”
Sorry to make the task more difficult, but I’d have contemporary examples of Islamic Clerics promoting many of the concepts such as discouraging playing musical instruments and what he is doing to stop these teachings.
Carl Goldberg, PhD says
VERY useful approach to any and all Moslems. Always put them in a position where they must either reject the jihadist verses of their god or agree with them. If they respond that you are taking the verses out of context, ask them to show the context which changes the meaning of the verses. If they say that thoseverses are applicable only to events in the 7th Century, ask them to show when, exactly, these verses of Allah became invalid and who determined that they are no longer valid. Always hit them with the Koran.
Diane Harvey says
They all read the same Qur’an. The murderous ones and the peaceful ones cast their eyes over the same words and verses outlined in this article. Most say, “I can’t believe this stuff is in our books,” but a fair number say, “If that’s what Allah wants, then that’s what Allah will be getting from me.”
No way to tell the difference between these two types until afterward.
Terry Gain says
Yes, that is precisely the point. There is no way to tell whether a Muslim is simply clueless about Islam or whether he is devout and lying. In neither case should they be trusted.
Philip Wynne says
Shafi refuses to answer the basic question whether or not he believes in Sharia law. When first asked about Sharia law, Shafi allegedly said three different ways that he did not know what it was. He then said that he does not “promote” it. He then said that he doesn’t “spend time thinking about it.” He then said that he has “no interest in living under” it. Does that sound like a man who does NOT believe in Sharia law or a man who DOES believe in Sharia law but cannot admit it because it would get him in trouble with his imam and his congregation at the mosque? He can say ALL of the things that he has said so far and still BELIEVE in the fundamental validity of Sharia law and still want it to be implemented in this country at some day in the future, just like CAIR National Communications Chairman Ibrahim Hooper said: “I wouldn’t want to create the impression that I wouldn’t like the government of the United States to be Islamic SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE” (emphasis mine). His unwillingness to reject Sharia law not only for now but also for the rest of time puts him in conflict with the Republican Party platform, as do his actions, statements, or silence on about eight other issues. He is not a suitable person to serve as Vice-Chairman of the Tarrant County Republican Party.
Dave says
A democratically elected representative has to be free to represent the will and needs of ALL of his or her constituents.
A person who has sworn allegence to a cult or secret society can not do this, and should therefore be excused from holding any public office. ( eg a freemason.)
If a person subscribes to an ideology and expansionist agenda (such as political islam or nazism) then the electoret needs to be informed of this before the election, so that they can vote accordingly.
But, as we can see from the islamic saturation of so many former secular countries, (eg Lebanon) once islam reaches critical mass, then the block vote, defeats democratic elections. (Eg in parts of India).
Steve Hardin says
Dr. Shafi I am a member of the Tarrant County Republican Executive Council, and I will be casting my vote at the next meeting. I have 2 comments, and it is in your best interest to take my comments seriously…
1.) There is no Institution that is a stronger advocate and supporter of the American Constitution than this body. By the example of the constitution of the United States we are, and should be, prohibited from any actions that are contrary to that noble document, and discriminatory practices based on religious bias is basic to the fabric of our society.
On the same note, we also have the expectation that any of our elected or appointed leaders would be an equally strong supporter of the Constitution as well, and would support all the articles of American Democracy and the rights of our citizens. The 2nd amendment is one of those articles…..DO YOU SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO BEAR FIREARMS AS ALLOWED BY THE 2ND AMENDMENT.
2.) The Republican Party is defined and our philosophies made known by establishment of a Party Platform that is detailed and explicit in what the party has put forth as their goals and objectives. Prominent in the Party Platform is a declaration that calls for the support of Israel and the movement of the American Embassy to Jerusalem. I EXPECT THE EC LEADERSHIP TO SUPPORT THE PARTY PLATFORM. DO YOU SUPPORT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM?
terry says
These questions will never be asked, not by the groveling RINO’s, the satanic socialist democrats, not by techno self-appointed billionaire lords and gods, the pseudo-intellectuals of a hollow academia, nor the United Nations, European Union,the Pope, or sanctimonious islamic groups such as OPEC, CAIR, or their like; none of these will never,ever ask these questions! This whole episode is engineered by the RINO portion of the Republican party, who has made a great profit off losing to their counterparts in the DNC- after all they both work towards the same wicked ends. Sad to say, but these anti-American and anti-nationalist will cheat, lie, steal, and murder their way into total power. They do not care for people, for laws, for right and wrong, truth, nations, and have no heart! They are intolerant, power-mongering, self-righteous psychopaths! They worship self-will and Lucifer. And yes, there are muslims who side with Trump. Who acknowledge that these questions need addressing, some have left islam, some have not; there are many white, black, brown, yellow, and red persons who support laws, the US Constitution as framed by the founders; there are people from all nations, tribes,and families that support free enterprise, nation-states, the rule of law, borders, civil rights, and personal freedoms- all supporting President Trump and the ideals and concepts he has embraced: none of these are his save but by inheritance from the blessed Judaeo-Christian Western heritage birthed in antiquities, forged in historic trails of fires and faiths, to be breathed at last in the freedoms of the American Revolution! “We hold these truths to be self-evident…”
Xero_G says
These 13 questions are quite comprehensive in exposing the major problems with Islam However, the answers can easily be predicted:
1) Taken out of context
2) Wrongly translated from Arabic
3) You are ignorant
4) You are an Islamophobe/racist/intolerant
5) Islam is the Religion of Peace