Islamic Theocrackpots At It Again

You’ll have to kill me first.

The latest Islam-inspired violence can be found in southern India, where on Tuesday a mob of Muslims (not pictured) rioted “because a local newspaper published what it said was an article by controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin challenging the traditional Muslim veil as curbing women's freedom.”

Oh the humanity.

Muslims vandalized shops and smashed automobiles, displaying their “religion of peace” for all to see. Two people have died, one of which was shot by police. Although a quasi-democracy, India occasionally curtails freedom of speech to ensure that Muslims do not have to learn to tolerate those who wish to criticize their wretched religion:

Nasrin’s work has sparked trouble in India in the past.

She fled Bangladesh for the first time in 1994 when a court said she had “deliberately and maliciously” hurt Muslims’ religious feelings with her Bengali-language novel “Lajja”, or “Shame”, which is about riots between Muslims and Hindus.

Reuters

Oh the irony.

These riots come less than two months after the bombing of Catholic churches in Malaysia by similarly offended Muslims, and less than a month after

Malaysian authorities...caned four Muslim men and, for the first time, three Muslim women this month after being found guilty of having sex out of wedlock.

The move to cane the women under the country’s Islamic Shariah laws has raised fresh concerns about the growing political and judicial influence of Islam in what traditionally has been one of the world’s more moderate Muslim nations.

The vibrant, resource-rich country came under intense international scrutiny last year after a Shariah court sentenced 32-year-old Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno to be caned after she was caught drinking beer in a hotel bar.

The Wall Street Journal

This is what we are up against. And I do not mean “we” as in “Americans.” I’m talking about those of us who are anti-theism, pro-liberty, pro-beer-drinking, anti-caning, and pro-fucking, both in, and out of, wedlock. Islam is a disgrace and ought to be rejected outright by every decent person. While I am aware that most Muslims do not commit violence, the book on which their faith is based teaches that women are inferior and may be struck, that apostates must be slain, and that war must be made upon infidels. Thankfully, most Muslims do not abide by these horrendous commands, which begs the question, why do they continue to identify with a religion to which they are morally superior?

Perhaps another question for another time. Suffice it to say, there are millions if not billions of people around the world who are better than the religions they practice and preach. The problem for unbelievers isn’t so much about getting theists to become less superstitious, but about getting them to realize this simple point: that the “great” religions of our day are relics from antiquity, grounded in bigotry and ignorance, and collectively represent one of the more shameful chapters in human history.

When will we turn the page on religion?

- Max