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While your comment wasn't necessarily constructive in general, I'd ask you to consider that it is possible Islam can be used as a tool by "garbage" governments

While your comment wasn't necessarily constructive in general, I'd ask you to consider that it is possible Islam can be used as a tool by "garbage" governments as a means of cementing their power.

rjtavares 10y ago
Just like Christianity was in previous centuries.
- _jal 10y ago
  > Just like Christianity is in North Carolina today. FIFY
  - jbmorgado 10y ago
    North Carolina that place where the tribal leaders frequently condemn to death by stoning of by being burned alive woman that don't cover their head or that engage in any contact with some non family related male before marriage without any impedance from national or local government? Or that North Carolina where homosexual people are flogged and hung if they repeat their "crime"? Or North Carolina where if you declare yourself an atheist or join another religion your own father and brothers will cut your throat? Oh, wait, nope, none of that actually happens in North Carolina and you comparing Islamic countries ruled by Sharia with North Carolina to try and tell people that Christian majority countries are just as bad is just some absolutely nonsensical hyperbole.
eveningcoffee 10y ago
Not only Islam but also other religions can be used as a tool. Putin is investing heavily in Russian Orthodox, in Poland Catholicism can be used as such tool (and to my understanding has been already used).
- Freak_NL 10y ago
  Buddhism in Myanmar comes to mind as well, where Muslims are the oppressed party. And Judaism in Israel of course. Religion has always been a useful tool to control a populace — the more orthodox or fundamentalist the better; useful if you want to create a national identity from the ground up. Isn't the hallmark of a healthy democracy a strict separation of church and state, regardless of the religion concerned?

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While your comment wasn't necessarily constructive in general, I'd ask you to consider that it is possible Islam can be used as a tool by "garbage" governments

by alextheparrot 10y ago

While your comment wasn't necessarily constructive in general, I'd ask you to consider that it is possible Islam can be used as a tool by "garbage" governments as a means of cementing their power.

rjtavares 10y ago
Just like Christianity was in previous centuries.
- _jal 10y ago
  > Just like Christianity is in North Carolina today. FIFY
  - jbmorgado 10y ago
    North Carolina that place where the tribal leaders frequently condemn to death by stoning of by being burned alive woman that don't cover their head or that engage in any contact with some non family related male before marriage without any impedance from national or local government? Or that North Carolina where homosexual people are flogged and hung if they repeat their "crime"? Or North Carolina where if you declare yourself an atheist or join another religion your own father and brothers will cut your throat? Oh, wait, nope, none of that actually happens in North Carolina and you comparing Islamic countries ruled by Sharia with North Carolina to try and tell people that Christian majority countries are just as bad is just some absolutely nonsensical hyperbole.
eveningcoffee 10y ago
Not only Islam but also other religions can be used as a tool. Putin is investing heavily in Russian Orthodox, in Poland Catholicism can be used as such tool (and to my understanding has been already used).
- Freak_NL 10y ago
  Buddhism in Myanmar comes to mind as well, where Muslims are the oppressed party. And Judaism in Israel of course. Religion has always been a useful tool to control a populace — the more orthodox or fundamentalist the better; useful if you want to create a national identity from the ground up. Isn't the hallmark of a healthy democracy a strict separation of church and state, regardless of the religion concerned?