Here’s an arresting quote:
"One of the fundamental notions of a secular society is the moral importance of freedom, of individual choice. But in Islam, choice is not allowable: there cannot be free choice about whether to choose or reject any of the fundamental aspects of the religion, because they are all divinely ordained. God has laid down the law, and man must obey. Islamic clerics do not believe in a society in which Islam is one religion among others in a society ruled by basically non-religious laws. They believe it must be the dominant religion – and it is their aim to achieve this. That is why they do not believe in integration. In 1980, the Islamic Council of Europe laid out their strategy for the future – and the fundamental rule was never dilute your presence. That is to say, do not integrate. Rather, concentrate Muslim presence in a particular area until you are a majority in that area, so that the institutions of the local community come to reflect Islamic structures. The education system will be Islamic, the shops will serve only halal food, there will be no advertisements showing naked or semi-naked women, and so on."
The quote is by Patrick Sookhdeo, director of the Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity, in London. The quote was originally in a fascinating piece by Alasdair Palmer for the Daily Telegraph in Britain. The piece is now unavailable, and even its URL was altered. The webpage first explained that: "This story has been removed for legal reasons." Now, there’s a more generic message. But it has gone. Even the Google cache has been erased. Why? I must say it sounds suspiciously like self-censorship or, worse, government censorship.
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