
“Islam’s borders are bloody,” wrote the late political scientist Samuel Huntington in 1996, “and so are its innards.” Nearly 20 years later, Huntington looks more right than ever before. According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, at least 70% of all the fatalities in armed conflicts around the world last year were in wars involving Muslims. In 2013, there were nearly 12,000 terrorist attacks world-wide. The lion’s share were in Muslim-majority countries, and many of the others were carried out by Muslims. By far the most numerous victims of Muslim violence—including executions and lynchings not captured in these statistics—are Muslims themselves. [..]
But it is not only Muslims who would benefit from a reformation of Islam. We in the West have an enormous stake in how the struggle over Islam plays out. We cannot remain on the sidelines, as though the outcome has nothing to do with us. For if the Medina Muslims win and the hope for a Muslim Reformation dies, the rest of the world too will pay an enormous price—not only in blood spilled but also in freedom lost.Wall Street Journal: The Saturday Essay (foto © Snaphanen.dk)
Hirsi Ali skriver: “At least 70% of all the fatalities in armed conflicts around the world last year were in wars involving Muslims.” Jeg regnede på det, og kom til snarere 80 procent, og muslimer udgør kun 23 % af verdens befolkning: A world without islam would be pretty peaceful.
Lars Hedegaard: Den islamiske krig
Hedegaard diskuterer bla. en islamisk reformation i denne tale (Dispatch er nede nu kl 21, gem linket.)
Arrangørerne har bedt mig svare på spørgsmålet om Vesten er på vej mod en religionskrig med islam. Det er af flere grunde svært at svare på, sagde Lars Hedegaard i denne tale, der blev holdt i Det Jødiske Hus i København søndag den 15. marts.
Normalt forudsætter en krig jo, at to parter er oppe at slås. Én part angriber en anden og den anden forsvarer sig. Nazityskland angriber Polen. Polakkerne forsvarer sig efter bedste evne – altså er der tale om en krig. Israel udråber sin selvstændighed. De omliggende arabiske lande går til angreb og israelerne forsvarer sig. Altså en krig.
Men hvad skal man kalde en situation, hvor én aktør angriber en anden og den anden aktør ikke kan vil eller erkende, at den er under angreb og måske har været det i længere tid?
Fortsæt med at læse “Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Why Islam Needs a Reformation”

