In one of the lists we have been gratified with quotes from
Huntington’s book [The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of
World Order]. Their general interest makes me disseminate and comment
them more widely.
Georges.
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Huntington presents the Western civilization in a lengthy introduction
boiling down to:
(A)(It is) the unique source of the ideas of individual liberty,
political democracy, the rule of law, human rights and cultural
freedom… They make Western civilization unique, and valuable.
The principle responsibility of the Western leaders is to preserve,
protect and renew the unique qualities of Western
civilization. That responsibility falls overwhelmingly on the United
States, being the most powerful Western country.
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To preserve Western Civilization in the face of declining Western
power, it is in the interest of the United States and European
countries:
(B)to achieve greater political, economic and military integration
and to coordinate their policies so as to preclude states from other
civilizations exploiting differences among them;
(C)to restrain the development of the conventional and unconventional
military power of Islamic and Sinic countries;
(D)to maintain Western technological and military superiority over
other civilizations;
and, most important,
(E)to recognize that Western intervention in the affairs of other
civilizations is probably the single most dangerous source of
instability and potential global conflict in a multicivilizational
world.
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To (B): Good idea, only it would be better if H. said how. But it's
too much to ask a Harvardian highbrow back-seat driver. As it is,
America is torn between unfulfilled dreams of Obama and
dissatisfaction with the preceding administration. The gap gets wider
and H's wishful thinking has little chance to get true.
To (C): How? Does he want to occupy them?
To (D): There is no military superiority in respect of a confilict
with China. They can mobilize a 20 million army and the best American
general has been fired for lese-majeste of having too strongly
insisted on 30 thousand. So, no way of bringing the war to enemy's
territory. Stays purely defensive technological superiority allowing
to intercept any launch of a nuke missile.
But that's rather difficult, when US is busy soaring the debt to such
trillions that it's interests will soon exceed the defense budget.
To (E): If not for the highbrow Harvard background, I'd incline to
say that it contradicts B,C and D, which propound various ways of
intervening in the affairs of other civilizations.
And last, but not least, to (A): There is no reason to like the
Western values, else than relative, arbitrary, personal preference.
As for me, if my wife goes astray and we have a little argument, I
would hate to see the Law butt in and sentence her to be stoned.
Without any justification, else than I would not like it. Equally,
and equally without justification I would hate the Law to cut out
the clitoris of my kid daughter with a rusty razor blade with no
anesthetic or sterile room technique.
Why? I don't know, else that I would hate it. And looking around in
France where I live, I'll find about 60 million sharing my dislike,
without highbrow justifications. And that arbitrary sharing I'd call
Western civilization and I happen to like it.
But about 5 million would fanatically argue for what we abhor, with
an absolute justification by Allah's will and Sharia law.
Ayesha Ahmed describes below this option, based on the absolute
bedrock and assuring for America the solution of all her problems
and a rosy future. In perfect accord with Obama's Cairo Creed, thus
quite realistic.
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Ayesha Ahmed
Sharia in America
Omar M. Ahmad founder of The Council on American-Islamic Relations
(CAIR) said:"Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to
become dominant" he said. "The Koran, the Muslim book of scripture, should be
the highest authority in America , and Islam the only accepted religion on
Earth," he said.
Americans should give a serious thought to CAIR's agenda.. If Islam and sharia
is adopted in America , It will be great. .
Muslims are right. Non of the existing Islamic countries are truly Islamic,
that is why they don't progress and most of them are poor, corrupt and
miserable. We must implement 100% sharia and sunna to get full benefits of
Islam. Inshallah we will try to do it in USA to make it the first real Muslim
country after the days of rightly guided khalifas Consider the following
advantages:
- America can go to jihad against non Muslim countries. It will bring immense
wealth in booty and millions of captured women. Canada and Mexico can be easy
targets and are conveniently located for easy assault and hauling of booty.
-Since slavery will be allowed government can open slave markets to sell
it's 20% share of the captured women.
-Captured women/slave-girls can provide affordable domestic help for house
wives and clean enjoyable sex for their husbands.
-Enslaved men can be used as farm labor and factory workers at a much lower
cost than unionized labor.
-Unemployed men from the prohibited non Islamic businesses like TV,
Photography, computers, mortgage companies, music industry etc can be hired as
religious police for the Ministry of Prevention of Vice and Promotion of
Virtues . They can be used to beat up women violating burqa laws, arrest men
with undersize beards and whip the non religious types found loitering at
prayer times.
-Since men will be allowed four wives and unlimited number of slave girls,
population boom will result in making the fastest growing religion grow even
faster.
-All non muslims will live under dhimmi rules and pay heavy Jizya. Budget
deficits will be a thing of the past.
Stoning of adulterers, whipping of alcohol drinkers, cutting of hands and feet
of thieves and beheadings of apostates can be carried out after Juma prayers
on Fridays in the local stadium. Gate charge for this gory and exciting weekly
spectacle can generate a lot of revenue.
-Unemployed male gynecologists can be hired to carry out circumcisions of new
male converts.
-Female circumcision can be made mandatory to promote piety and holiness and
discourage lewdness among women.
-Marriage age for girls can be lowered to 6 years. That will reduce the burden
of support of large poorer families and also promote a sunna, the tradition set
by the holy prophet (peace be up on him).
-Whole Ramadan will be declared as public holidays so that every one can pray
and recite the Quran.. Why work in the only month in which all ibadah and Quran
recitals are worth 70 times the normal sawab (reward)?.
-Shia Muslims on temporary out of town business assignments will be able to do
a temporary marriage (Muta) and enjoy home comfort outside of home.
-Since menstruation is a disease according to Quran all menstruating women will
be given time off to rest in bed during their periods.
-All toilet seats in the public rest rooms will be reoriented so that one does
not defecate facing Mecca .
-All public toilets will have buckets of stones instead of toilet tissues for
claiming after defecation as a movement to implement sunna in the country.
-Separate bins along roadside will be placed to drop bones and dried animal
feces for jins to snack on.
-Spiraling medical costs can be brought down by the following two prong
approaches:
-Imams can be placed in the clinics to recite Quranic ayas (verses) and
blow on the patients and pray for them . Their fee will be a fraction of what
doctor's charge.
- All pharmacies will be required to dispense black cumin, honey, Indian
incense and camel urine as cure for all diseases as recommended by the holy
prophet (pbuh). The cost will be a fraction of today's medicines.
-Spiralling prison costs will come down due to the following:
-All men serving time for the crime of rape will be freed if four male
witnesses had not testified in the trial. Even if four male witnesses had
testified, the criminal will be freed under insanity provision , since only
mentally insane will rape in front of four witnesses.
-All men serving sentences for beating wives will be freed as under new
American sharia law wife beating will be allowed.
-All thieves will be freed after cutting their hands and feet.
-All pedophiles will be freed as sex with children will not be against law
any more.
-All slayers of unbelievers will be freed if they converted to Islam.
All these result in savings and prosperity and happiness for all. InshaAllah!
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