The atrocities of Al-Qaeda and ISIS were so graphic, so impossible to sanitise, that Western apologists for Islam had to come up with a way to condemn the acts without condemning the religion that inspired them. Thus Islamism became the escape hatch – a way to aay “This isn’t Islam, this is a radical political movement.” And once that framing took hold, Islam itself was absolved. Danny Burmiwa
Cloudy this morning but mild. I rode to Bunnings then around the edge of town and then up Ugoa St past the lake and to Railway St before coming home. #cycling #Narrabri
A community whose ultimate loyalty lies with a religious-political system incompatible with secular governance will not remain content under non-Islamic authority forever. It will seek to impose that system, either gradually, through political dominance, or suddenly through armed control. Danny Burmawi
Another splendid morning in Narrabri. Hard to believe they call this winter. I rode along Yarrie Lake Road. #cycling #Narrabri
Morality in Islam is not internal conviction but external decree. It is legalism, total and exhaustive. Danny Burmawi
