Tuesday, January 31, 2012

They Have Islamist Fanatics, We Have Secularist Fanatics - Opinion - PatriotPost.US

They Have Islamist Fanatics, We Have Secularist Fanatics - Opinion - PatriotPost.US:
The Muslim world is threatened by religious fanaticism. The Western world is threatened by secular fanaticism.

Both seek to dominate society and to use state power to do so. Both seek to eliminate the Other -- for Islamic fanatics, that means non-Muslim religions and secularism; for secular fanatics, it means Christianity and virtually any public invoking of God. The Islamists impose Sharia law; the American Civil Liberties Union and the left generally impose secular law