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April 22, 2007
Sharia USA
Imam Fouad ElBayly, president of the Johnstown Islamic Center, was among those who objected to Hirsi Ali’s appearance.Uh, huh.“She has been identified as one who has defamed the faith. If you come into the faith, you must abide by the laws, and when you decide to defame it deliberately, the sentence is death,” said ElBayly, who came to the U.S. from Egypt in 1976. ...
Although ElBayly believes a death sentence is warranted for Hirsi Ali, he stressed that America is not the jurisdiction where such a crime should be punished. Instead, Hirsi Ali should be judged in a Muslim country after being given a trial, he added.
“If it is found that a person is mentally unstable, or a child or disabled, there should be no punishment,” he said. “It’s a very merciful religion if you try to understand it.”
When was the last time you saw Presbyterians calling for the death of someone with whom they disagreed?
I'm not sure the freedom of religion guaranteed by the first amendment covers death threats.
Posted by slublog at April 22, 2007 09:27 PM
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Um, yeah, it's a religion of peace - right?
Posted by: Kris, in New England at April 23, 2007 09:19 AM
Just more proof that Sharia and the West are fundamentally incompatible and one of them is gonna have to compromise. Unfortunately I'm not sure which one its gonna be yet.
Posted by: Tim at April 27, 2007 07:06 PM