The minority that does want to live under a theocracy should not be tolerated in any way. If they will not comply with our laws they must find somewhere where there is a theocracy they will be happy to live under.Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Sun Nov 12, 2023 11:25 amI would agree that most of the religious leaders of Islam do not agree with most of our freedoms. Some of our Christian religious leaders don't either.irie wrote: ↑Sun Nov 12, 2023 10:48 am
We have spent centuries dividing Church and state thereby asserting the primacy of secular law as the foundation of our democracy.
The central tenet of Islam is the primacy of religious law over secular law.
Therein lies the irreconcilable conflict between the teachings of Islam and the central foundation of our democracy.
Millions in the Islamic world do not believe in free speech, freedom of religion, democracy, a secular state, free enterprise, and human rights, but these are precisely the principles which are the basic foundations of our Western Democracies.
That does not mean that your average punter, Chtistian, Moslem, or any other flavour, wants to be ruled by a theocracy, even one of his choice. Most want to get on with their life, without god-botherers interfering.
We should absolutely not change any of our laws to encompass any of their religious based demands.