Lethal Medicine

Imagine, for a moment, that a couple years ago a pharmaceutical company came up with a powerful medicinal drug. The company began to excitedly tout the drug as a life-improving elixir able to cure a host of Western maladies. More than fifty-seven countries bought the drug and set up clinics to dispense it, and subsidized it with government funds. These countries’ doctors ignored the appalling side-effects the drug had on every country’s population, even though in 100% of cases, the drug resulted in the debasement of women, Jews, Christians, and gays. In a majority of cases, the drug’s side effects killed the free press and adherents to democracy.

The analogy breaks down, of course, because Islam is not a drug: it’s an ancient recipe for submission to the powerful, never unaccompanied by suffering. Do Americans know what Islam has done in history—beyond the algebra and architecture angle? And are we allowed to learn from the 57+ countries where Islam is given free rein? Are we allowed to examine the facts, are we allowed to think rationally about Islam in America, to look at the whole picture with scientific precision and dispassionate analysis?

Are we allowed to learn from the past and build an unfettered future?

(know the facts: http://elizabethkendal.blogspot.com/)