Source: Huffington Post
Independent Writer
“[I am] calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our representatives can figure out what’s going on.” — Donald J. Trump
Though controversial and clearly unconstitutional, Trump has tapped into a sentiment held by 76 percent of the Republican electorate (56 percent overall by the “general public” regardless of party affiliation) that the religion of Islam, and by association Muslims who adhere to its tenets, is “incompatible with American values and way of life.” In other words, Islam is un-American. The same November 2015 poll by the Public Religion Research Institute showed that 43 percent of registered Democrats believe this as well.
While the First Amendment of our Constitution grants the important freedoms of speech and religion (as well as the freedoms of the press, to assemble, and to petition of the government for redress of grievances), therefore granting religious denominations the rights to establish and preach doctrine no matter how reasonable or deplorable, what does it take for us to declare some doctrine or entire denominations as “un-American”?
Judaism and Christianity un-American?
On Justified Murder:
Though our Executive, Legislative, and Judicial systems supposedly ban and punish unjustifiable homicide, a number of holy religious texts discount this. Within Judaism for example:
Jewish Bible (“Old Testament”) Exodus 21: 15 & 17: And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
(JB) Exodus 31: 15: For six days work is to be done, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.
On Slavery:
The United States recently celebrated the 150th anniversary of the passage of its monumental Thirteenth Amendment ratified by the states on December 6, 1865, abolishing slavery. In addition, ratified on July 9, 1868, Section I of the Fourteenth Amendment states:
“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
However, both the Jewish Bible and the Christian Testaments clearly condone the practice of slavery in numerous passages, for example:
(JB): Exodus 20: 20-21: When a slave owner strikes a male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies immediately, the owner shall be punished. But if the slave survives a day or two, there is no punishment; for the slave is the owner’s property.
Christian Testaments (CT) Ephesians 6:5-6: Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as you obey Christ; not only while being watched, and in order to please them, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.
Categories: America, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, The Muslim Times
FROM MY VIEW’
I agree that Islamic practicing today in most Islamic countries, particularly, Saudi (Sunni) and Iran(shia) are “incompatible with American values and way of life.” In other words, Islamic teaching today is un-American. Why?
1. Most Islamic countries reject the system of Secular, which is State and Mosque are separated.
2. Except “Muslim Ahmadiyah”, and “Muslim Reform Movement” who accept the Secular Democratic system,===> but most American Muslims, and Muslim around the world want to create Islamic syariah, including Muslim Brotherhood, Shia, and majority sunni.
WHEREAS the true Islamic teaching from Al Quran advocates the system secular-democracy refer to QS 4;59. Obey God and messenger and obey the existing authority ( it can be a non Islam, Atheist, Budha etc).Islam forbid the state of religion or Syariah law.
Most non Muslim’s eyes look at to Saudi Arabia and Middle East in general.
As long as Saudi Arabia, where Islam was born, reject the system of secular democracy, non Muslim around the world believe that Islam is incompatible with American value or secular-democracy.
Was salam
With my love