Religão da tolerância e da paz
Os muçulmanos costuma referir que o Islão é a religião da paz. Mas como querem que os que não são muçulmanos acreditem quando, num país de maioria cristã, ameaçam de morte os muçulmanos que se tenham convertido aos Cristianismo (ou que, noutros casos, pura e simplesmente perderam qualquer fé)?
Certamente que seria inconcebível que num país árabe, um cristão que se convertesse ao Islão fosse ameaçado de morte pelos elementos da minoria cristã. Mas na Grã-Bretanha, há casos de muçulmanos convertidos ao Cristianismo que são ameaçados de morte pelos muçulmanos e a polícia, certamente manietada por estúpidos pruridos politicamente correctos, não assegura a protecção destes convertidos.
The first brick was thrown through the sitting room window at one in the morning, waking Nissar Hussein, his wife and five children with a terrifying start. The second brick went through his car window. <>It was a shock, but hardly a surprise. The week before, another brick had been thrown through the window as the family were preparing for bed in their Bradford home. The victim of a three-year campaign of religious hatred, Mr Hussein’s car has also been rammed and torched, and the steps to his home have been strewn with rubbish.
He and his family have been regularly jostled, abused, attacked, shouted at to move out of the area, and given death threats in the street. His wife has been held hostage inside their home for two hours by a mob. His car, walls and windows have been daubed in graffiti: “Christian bastard”. The problem isn’t so much what Mr Hussein, whose parents came from Pakistan, believes, but what he doesn’t believe. Born into Islam, he converted eight years ago to Christianity, and his wife, also from Pakistan, followed suit.
While those who convert to Islam, such as Cat Stevens, Jemima Khan, and the sons of the Frank Dobson, the former Health Secretary, and Lord Birt, the former BBC Director-General, can publicly celebrate their new religion, those whose faith goes in the other direction face persecution. Mr Hussein, a 39-year-old hospital nurse in Bradford, is one of a growing number of former Muslims in Britain who face not just being shunned by family and community, but attacked, kidnapped, and in some cases killed. There is even a secret underground network to support and protect those who leave Islam. One estimate suggests that as many as 15 per cent of Muslims in Western societies have lost their faith, which would mean that in Britain there are about 200,000 apostates.
Isto parece-me absolutamente inadmissível. Não sou daqueles que penso que o Islão é incompatível com a democracia, mas é lógico que as interpretações radicais ou literais têm que deixar de ser maioritárias...
Certamente que seria inconcebível que num país árabe, um cristão que se convertesse ao Islão fosse ameaçado de morte pelos elementos da minoria cristã. Mas na Grã-Bretanha, há casos de muçulmanos convertidos ao Cristianismo que são ameaçados de morte pelos muçulmanos e a polícia, certamente manietada por estúpidos pruridos politicamente correctos, não assegura a protecção destes convertidos.
The first brick was thrown through the sitting room window at one in the morning, waking Nissar Hussein, his wife and five children with a terrifying start. The second brick went through his car window. <>It was a shock, but hardly a surprise. The week before, another brick had been thrown through the window as the family were preparing for bed in their Bradford home. The victim of a three-year campaign of religious hatred, Mr Hussein’s car has also been rammed and torched, and the steps to his home have been strewn with rubbish.
He and his family have been regularly jostled, abused, attacked, shouted at to move out of the area, and given death threats in the street. His wife has been held hostage inside their home for two hours by a mob. His car, walls and windows have been daubed in graffiti: “Christian bastard”. The problem isn’t so much what Mr Hussein, whose parents came from Pakistan, believes, but what he doesn’t believe. Born into Islam, he converted eight years ago to Christianity, and his wife, also from Pakistan, followed suit.
While those who convert to Islam, such as Cat Stevens, Jemima Khan, and the sons of the Frank Dobson, the former Health Secretary, and Lord Birt, the former BBC Director-General, can publicly celebrate their new religion, those whose faith goes in the other direction face persecution. Mr Hussein, a 39-year-old hospital nurse in Bradford, is one of a growing number of former Muslims in Britain who face not just being shunned by family and community, but attacked, kidnapped, and in some cases killed. There is even a secret underground network to support and protect those who leave Islam. One estimate suggests that as many as 15 per cent of Muslims in Western societies have lost their faith, which would mean that in Britain there are about 200,000 apostates.
Isto parece-me absolutamente inadmissível. Não sou daqueles que penso que o Islão é incompatível com a democracia, mas é lógico que as interpretações radicais ou literais têm que deixar de ser maioritárias...
Comentários
Infelizmente, umas dezenas de fundamentalistas fazem mais estardalhaço que milhares de crentes normais. :-(