radical Islam and Mr Obama
here’s a take I had not even really considered: Obama is an apostate. that will be unhelpful in dealing with the muslim world in general, contrary to the claim that he would be welcomed. This is well-argued in a Times op-ed today.
In fact, in Iran in 1994,
the intervention of Pope John Paul II and others won a Christian convert a last-minute reprieve, but the man was abducted and killed shortly after his release. Likewise, in 2006 in Afghanistan, a Christian convert had to be declared insane to prevent his execution, and he was still forced to flee to Italy.
Muslim apostacy, unlike many others, is a very, very serious crime, mitigated only by “modern” law.
I guess at the least it will be useful to review and monitor his presentation on Al Jazeera and other networks. In particular, I’d like to know how the Wahhabi Muslims in Saudi Arabia would deal with him - is it actually worse than dealing with just a non-Muslim?