Can you? I don’t think there is necesaarily a conflict. Especially considering the fact that islam in its original nature is an colonial system and not just a set of beliefs. I don’t necessarily see how it can be contradictory. But can you exclude or ‘persecute’ people in a libertarian way? Considering the fact that religion is nothing more than a set of beliefs. Why i oppose islam is an discussion on its own so I will not go into it now.
Isn’t Islam the religion of peace?
In a libertarian society nobody forces you to have dealings with people you don’t like, be it for their religion, race, political persuasion or sexual orientation.
Can you be pro-islam and a libertarian?
It almost seems like for many LRC libertarians muslims are no different than hash smoking, dancing rastafarians. There is no genuine libertarian criticism of islam as a political arrangement despite the fact that such systems exist in many prominent countries.
What is meant by “pro-Islam”? What is meant by “Islam as a political arrangement”?
Supporting Islam?
Islam as it is explained in the Quran and Sunna.
So then a person who believes that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad was his prophet, but doesn’t agree with everything the Qur’an and Sunna say, is not a Muslim by your definition.
Is that a joke?
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I’m pretty sure that’s the Qur’an’s definition (in not so many words.)
It’s the translation of Islam… But it’s pretty damned funny.
Now I wonder will muslims be welcomed in a libertarian society?
I just thought it was interesting, considering
That’s an interesting question. If one understands the dictates of libertarianism to be simply property rights and non-aggression, and the dictates of Islam to include calls to aggression, and a different understanding of property rights, it would be difficult to see how the two would mesh. It would seem to me one cannot be a consistent follower of both.
If one were to be a consistent Muslim, I don’t really see a lot of his required behavior being tolerated in a libertarian society. And by the same token, if he were to be a consistent libertarian, according to Islam, he wouldn’t be a consistent (i.e. good) Muslim.
Actually a person like that is not a muslim according to the Quran and Sunna. According to the Bukhari and Muslim, the two basic sources of Sunna, there is dozens of conditions one has to meet in order to be considered muslim.
You can be anti-Judaism, anti-Christianity, anti-Buddhist, anti-Hindu, and anti-Barney the dinousaur and be libertarian. Being a libertarian has nothing to do with your personal tastes.
But can a libertarian society ‘persecute’ people to change their beliefs.
But then again, ‘true islam’ has never been tried!
(end sarcasm)
Define “persecute”.
Deny access to property, no tolerance for their beliefs and practices such as a ban on ‘friday prayer’. Tax the employers who hire them . No public services such as roads and water.(ofcourse no taxes as well)
Deny access to property, no tolerance for their beliefs and practices such as a ban on ‘friday prayer’. Tax the employers who hire them . No public services such as roads and water.(ofcourse no taxes as well)
Are you sure you are a libertarian?
I second that question.
Read the topic title.
Well if your idea of being “anti-Islam” is banning friday prayers then no, you are not a libertarian.