Jeff, actually Syed isn't free to follow Islam, you forgot...

Submitted by Kay Michelle (United States), Oct 23, 2006 at 19:17

...that Islam is a political ideology, a civil code, a social system. A believe cannot truly follow Islam unless he is under Sharia, unless his government is Islamic.

Therefore, they do NOT have freedom to follow Islam in the West. They do not belong in the West.

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