I Wear Pants;520312 wrote:Here's my problem with the "significant majority of the country doesn't want it" argument. It has no place in the discussion. There are tons of things where a majority of the country would disapprove of if polled on. But it doesn't matter. A majority of people don't have to approve of something for it to be allowed, thank god.

I Wear Pants;520312 wrote:Here's my problem with the "significant majority of the country doesn't want it" argument. It has no place in the discussion. There are tons of things where a majority of the country would disapprove of if polled on. But it doesn't matter. A majority of people don't have to approve of something for it to be allowed, thank god.

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Spencer echoes Lewis when he elaborates that “all the mainstream sects and schools of Islamic jurisprudence teach as a matter of faith that Islam is intrinsically political and that Muslims must wage war against unbelievers and subjugate them under the rule of Islamic law.” The fact that most Muslims do not engage in violent jihad, whether out of practicality, indifference, or what have you, does not change what Islamic doctrine says. Nor does it mean these Muslims are “rejecting” that mandate. They are ignoring it.

Moreover, as I’ve noted on several occasions, the point of jihad is to spread sharia, the Islamic legal system whose installation is the necessary precondition to creating an Islamic society. That need not be done by violent means. In fact, the Muslim Brotherhood, the world’s most influential Islamist organization, maintains that America and Europe will be “conquered” not by violence but by dawa* – the proselytism of Islam by non-violent (or, more accurate, pre-violent) means, such as infiltration of our institutions. Spencer calls this phenomenon “stealth jihad.”

Consequently, one can be an Islamist without engaging in violent jihad, which is precisely the case with the vast majority of Islamists. The fact that they are not terrorists does not mean — as we wish it would mean — that they are not extremists. While they abstain from the use of force (particularly against other Muslims), staggering majorities of Muslims throughout the world favor the implementation and strict application of sharia. Andrew Bostom’s essay demonstrates this, citing polling done in 2009 by World Public Opinion in conjunction with the University of Maryland.

I Wear Pants;520312 wrote:Here's my problem with the "significant majority of the country doesn't want it" argument. It has no place in the discussion. There are tons of things where a majority of the country would disapprove of if polled on. But it doesn't matter. A majority of people don't have to approve of something for it to be allowed, thank god.