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Advocating a Betrayal of Conservatism?

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Submitted by Ali Baba (United States), Feb 5, 2013 at 16:25

Support for "liberals" in the Muslim world from Western conservatives seems nonsensical and ultimately defeatist in my opinion. At the very least, it appears as a hypocritical betrayal of core values.

This is because traditional Islamic values are actually just modernized Judeo-Christian values, given that Islam is several centuries newer. Embracing those values at home in the US, while advocating for Leftism in Islamic countries is clever, but has less chance of succeeding than convincing the Nazi party to adopt zionist ideologies.

I know many American Muslims, ranging from the very devout to the moderately devout to the secular areligious.

The secular areligious tend to be pure humanists. They espouse such Leftist ideals as freedom of (and from) religion, free speech, universal health care, strict gun control, abortion, gay marriage, top-heavy taxation, and are fanatical Obama supporters. More relevant to this forum, they voiced vehement opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, condemn torture in all forms whether its called "extraordinary rendition" or "enhanced interrogation techniques", recognize and condemn Islamophobia, support the immediate closure of Gitmo, and believe that both Israel and the Palestinian Authority are equally culpable in the the ME conflict.

If the conservative strategy is support these kinds of Muslims, the towel might as well be thrown in, IMO.

The moderately practicing Muslim shares all the same views, except that they abstain from alcohol and attend the mosque on Fridays. The only difference they have with the seculars is that they may or may not be pro-choice, and are usually against gay marriage. Thus they are actually closer to the conservative movement, albeit marginally. The majority of Muslims in organizations like CAIR fall under this category.

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1The Dark Ages of Islamic countries [273 words]AlexandrosFeb 28, 2013 11:08203934
They wont accept the facts and the logic. [123 words]AtheistFeb 14, 2013 02:18203484
1It is about grabbing more land [122 words]PrashantFeb 13, 2013 09:07203448
Advocating a Betrayal of Conservatism? [280 words]Ali BabaFeb 5, 2013 16:25203214
2More gems from our dear Ali Baba [294 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 6, 2013 07:37203214
Fact check please [278 words]Ali BabaFeb 7, 2013 19:58203214
1Scripture comparison is simplistic and narrow [162 words]saraFeb 7, 2013 20:20203214
Facts ARE always simplistic [101 words]Ali BabaFeb 7, 2013 22:15203214
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3Our dear Ali Baba is saying that Islam is violent and as if we did not know [937 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 8, 2013 06:52203214
1Our dear Ali Baba quotes the Bible to prove a point which means that he disagrees with Allah astaghfirullah [129 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 8, 2013 06:59203214
Dhimmi makes a good point [41 words]Ali BabaFeb 9, 2013 00:24203214
3Our dear Ali Baba is saying that Islam is violent and as if we did not know part two [765 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 9, 2013 06:20203214
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3Teaching one tablighee at a time [1710 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 10, 2013 08:02203214
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