I came across this blog post today, and at first I found it a little disturbing, but realised maybe that’s what the writer wanted from his readership: Making Islam Illegal – Is It The West’s Only Choice?

Islam has become the KKK of the 21st century. The sooner we awake to this truth and take steps to ban the religion, or somehow curtail its pernicious influence the better. The west is going to have to put sever restrictions on Islamic Mosques and public display of Islam. Further, devout Muslims should not be allowed to hold public office (though it certainly should not become a racial issue – sins of the father should not be visited upon the sons).

It’s the claim of McCarthy, Lenin, Marx and Henry VIII – no matter how inherently good something is, once it’s corrupted it should be eradicated. If religion leads to violence, rather than resolve the violence, let’s just get rid of religion.

As a Christian worker who shares an office and a profession with devout Muslims, in a town where 10% of the population follows that religion, I know that Islam is not the problem. Hatred, fanaticism, fundamentalism and fear are the problems.

If making Islam illegal will end the violence in today’s culture, why didn’t we think of that 1000 years ago when Christianity invaded the Middle East?