re: #154 Albigensian

There’s a question of ends vs. means here.

That is, jihadis intend to impose a Muslim theocracy through the use of force. But, non-violent Muslims can impose a Muslim theocracy through democratic means.

A real question remain, how many non-violent Muslims living in liberal, pluralistic, democratic countries believe it is their duty to create a Muslim theocracy?

If the answer is “many” or “most,” then there is a real problem as these Muslims will, if they have the numbers, threaten the freedoms that many of us consider essential to a good life.

If non-violent Muslims living in this liberal, pluralistic, democratic country had the numbers and the desire to “impose” a Muslim theocracy through democratic means, would they not be exercising the very freedoms we consider essential? Of course, this would no longer be a liberal, pluralistic, democratic country after that, but if it’s done by democratic means, can it really be called an “imposition”?

By the way, I hardly consider that a “real question” in the sense that it might actually take place in the next 500 years.