Recent forum and debate expose this Achilles heel
Any critique or expose’ of Islam is usually met with name-calling (e.g., “Islamophobia”) from Islamists and their enablers, rather than rational or factual responses and rebuttals.
There are at least two reasons for this.
First, sharia law does not provide for nor protect free speech. Criticism of Islam, Allah or Mohammed is a criminal offense. When Muslims attempt to suppress free speech critiques of Islam they are abiding by sharia law, and insisting that we non-Muslims bow before sharia law as well. They frequently get furious when we refuse to do so.
Second, as two examples below will attest, public discourse and debates about radical Islam reveal the truth that Islamists don’t want Americans to see. Hence, they rant, rave, and name call in the hopes of demonizing those who dare to expose the truth so as to keep the truth from the American people.
Two recent events reveal why Islamists and their enablers avoid genuine debate.
A recent event held in Des Moines, Iowa, entitled “A Forum on Being An American Muslim,” produced a very illuminating exchange, where ACT! for America chapter leader Steve Kirby’s question about sharia law and free speech was completely ignored by the Muslim moderator. The moderator went so far as to prevent Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, a reformist Muslim, from answering the question by taking the microphone from him! To read Steve’s short summary of this incident, please click here. (You will need Adobe Acrobat to open the PDF).
A recent debate was held in New York, debating the motion “Is Islam a religion of peace?” To view this fascinating debate, please click here.
Prior to the debate, the audience members were polled as to their position on the motion.
41% were for the motion
25% were against the motion
34% were undecided
After the debate, the audience was polled again. Check out these eye-popping results!
36% were for the motion (a decrease of 5 percentage points)
55% were against the motion (an increase of 30 percentage points)
9% were undecided
In other words, after seeing only one debate, most of the undecideds and some of those who initially agreed that “Islam is a religion of peace” changed their positions to opposing the motion.
Small wonder we see so few Muslims willing to step forward and defend sharia law and the ideology of radical Islam!! Truth and the facts are stacked so heavily against them they can only hope to “win” by suppressing speech that exposes the truth.
