Dear Liberals: Being Critical of Islam Is Not Racism

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128. The big problem is they mash religion and political power together.

Here in the U.S., we're used to separation of church and state, which the Founding Fathers set up for very good reasons.

In Muslim countries, Islam IS the state. The religious leaders are also the political leaders. There is no firewall, they're welded together, so all the most batshit religious fucknuttery gets the force of law.

The result: Daesh. Or Iran. Or Saudi Arabia, the Daesh that made it. Hijab isn't just encouraged for women, it's REQUIRED BY LAW, and they throw you in jail, or worse if you're a woman and you don't do it. Prayer is required by law. Respect for Allah is required by law. In Saudi Arabia, they chop the heads off of atheists. You can't even get a beer legally in Saudi Arabia or other Muslim nations because the religious leaders, who are also the political leaders, think booze pisses off the skydaddy.

Religion mixed with state power makes for amazingly stupid and repressive regimes. Not to mention corrupt and profoundly immoral. Oh, you thought religious authority figures diddling little boys is limited to the Catholic Church? Who knows what goes on in the Muslim world? The imams and mullahs have legal authority as well as religious authority. Report child molestation? Who would you report to?