Take it from someone who’s been
fighting it her whole adult life: The sad truth is that too many Muslims
want to mix mosque and state.
Ben Carson’s blunt remarks about a Muslim president
triggered much outrage, even after he partially walked them back. But
secular Muslims like me, who reject political Islam, understood what he
meant: He doesn’t want a Muslim as president who doesn’t believe in the
strict secular separation of mosque and state, so that the laws of the
state aren’t at all touched by sharia, or Islamic law derived from the Quran and hadith, the sayings and traditions of prophet Muhammad. Neither do we. We really don’t want a first lady—or a president—in a burka, or face veil.
Read more at: The Daily Beast
(Also read:
Ben Carson Exposes Islamic ‘Taqiyya,’ But There’s Even More You Should Know)
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