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Originally Posted by Workshop_Willy
Many of these countries, most of them in fact, are secular. Aside from Iran (correct me if I'm wrong) there are no "Islamic countries" in the Middle East, at least not Islamic governments. Maybe you should check to see what the Red Crescent has done. I haven't checked, and maybe they've done nothing. Maybe they've done alot. My point is simply that you need to think of these countries as secular countries, not religious ones. And given that fact, it is not possible to make a valid connection regarding moral obligation to help other muslims, at least not at the government level.
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There aren't much for theocracies, but most of the people, government and laws EXTREMELY religious. Don't believe me? Try going to Saudi Arabia and telling anyone that you're not a muslim. Go with your wife/girlfriend/whatever and have her dressed as a regular American/European/Australian woman (no veil, no long and completely cocealing garment). Break ANY traditional Islamic law that would be otherwise legal in the industrialized world.
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By the way, Islam is actually a very peaceful religion as practiced by the VAST majority of it's adherents. Comparing the actions of a few idiotic hotheads with guns to Islam as a whole is exactly like pointing at the KKK and saying it represents Christianity.
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Islam is NOT a religion of peace. Pick up the Quran some time and read it. Don't ignore the nasty bits just to get to the good bits like most theists tend to do. Read the nasty bits, all of them as well as the good bits. The book is simply horrible, beginning to end. It reads like the Old Testament. Allah and Yaweh are the same god, the god of Abraham, ancient Summarian and Caananite war gods.
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