First, this is a false analogy. The KKK was not nearly as motivated by religion as they were by a racial hatred that had no biblical basis at all
And people who practice this so-called "extremist" Islam are doing things that real Islam, that Muhammad himself would have denounced and stood against...how is it that their 'biblical' basis is in any way meaningful? Other than because of ignorance?
Second, even if this analogy was valid its not like it matters because the KKK has been almost completely eliminated, while there are millions of people that want to and are practicing this interpretation of Islamic law
How does whether it's being used today or not matter? If there were no more terrorists then Islam would no longer be a bad/violent religion in the eyes of those who don't understand it? Did Christianity change when the KKK came into or dropped out of power?
and moderate Muslims like yourself seem prepared to do nothing but defend this radicalism every chance you get.
I defend Islam. I do not even recognize this "radicalism" as being Islam. I see a lot of terrible people who claim to be Islamic, and I see Islam. Just the same as a real Christian or someone who knows Christianity see's the KKK and doesn't even recognize them as being religious in any way. It is the same thing flipped, and it's incredible that so many of you still don't see that.
Also, I think there's pretty widespread agreement over the punishment in sharia for crimes such as adultery that are based on very reasonable interpretations of the Quran and Sunnah. Which is why i was surprised to hear you say in that other thread that you think it would ever be a good thing to live under sharia.
You do not understand that under Shariah law in a true Islamic country, you are only creating real government laws that outline the beliefs of the population anyway. These serve as guidelines, reminders, and preventors.
"24:2 The woman and the man guilty of illegal ****** intercourse, flog each of them with a hundred stripes. Let not pity withhold you in their case, in a punishment prescribed by Allah, if you believe in Allah and Last Day. And let a party of the believers witness their punishment. "
I can think of a lot of Christians who would be glad to see a ****** or adulterer/etc be severely physically punished for these acts. To Islam, and to God (according to ANY Judeo-Christian-Islamic religion), fornication is seen as a serious crime and a serious sin, just as is murder or robbery/etc. It is only logical that these crimes be punished just as any other crime is. The fact that secular society does not feel there is anything wrong with having *** all day every day with whoever and whenever you want, does not make it automatically an ok thing. That is your opinion. Why do you get to decide what is a crime and what isn't for countries other than our own?
I think it's safe to say most Christians would like to see Christian values and Christian rules implemented into the government...so why is it so wrong for Muslims to feel the same? Just because pretty much the only country right now that has strict sharia law is also injust and corrupt, both in its use of it and its other actions separate from it, means that sharia law is the problem?
