24 September 2012

Spring Fever: The Illusion of Islamic Democracy

.... That is why Western democracy — real democracy, the culture of liberty, not mere procedures like voting — cannot mesh with their construction of sharia. Our fundamental premise is that the governed have a right to make law for themselves, irrespective of any belief system.

Islamic supremacists deny the right to make law that contradicts sharia in any way. That divide cannot be bridged; it’s too basic. [National Review Online] Read more