Muslims v/s Non-Muslims By T.S. Khanna, June 12, 2016

Foundation for Better Government

June 12, 2016

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Muslims v/s Non-Muslims

By T.S. Khanna, June 12, 2016

Fifty dead, fifty three injured by a 29 year old radical Muslim in Orlando is the latest in a series of Paris, Brussels, and San Bernardine killings of innocent people by radical Muslims.  The number of radical Muslims and their organizations has grown rapidly  in Europe and the USA mainly because democracies provide built in safe steps for the radicals to grow: freedom of conspiracy speech and exchange of messages, no governmental powers to check the incompatibility of various religious philosophies and their teachings in their respective religious institutions, easy availability of arms and ammunition, and, complacency and insufficient accountability in governmental operations.

The foremost responsibility of democracies is to engage in an unprecedented endeavor to spark collaboration of Muslim religious leaders with non-Muslims.  But this responsibility is ignored under the euphoria of high democratic principles, regardless of their adverse effects in encouraging terrorism.

As pointed out by some Muslim scholars, the roots of Muslim radicalism lie in their scriptures that incite, inspire, or command violence against non-Muslims.  Government must not hesitate in exposing such messages of the scriptures.

Democratic governments are strongly urged to

• Start examining critically the scriptures of all religions and not allow the teachings embedded in hatred and violence against other religions;
• Restrict the availability of arms and ammunition only to responsible adult citizens born in the country;
• Disallow the abuse of the freedom of speech.