And the local expert on false prophecy and being mad has spoken...

Craig Mimms: And the local expert on false prophecy and being mad has spoken...

In this caser she is dead on.

...and if you don't take Jayb's narrative on board, he'll call you an Arab - and then regale you with one on his long embroidered tales of an innocent abroad.

So who's this "devil" Constance refers to as if it actually exists?

Dear Poirot,

It's rather strange all this talk about "the
devil." The principal foreign enemy of the
Islamic fundamentalists is the "Great Satan,"
the United States.

It appears that fundamentalists of any religion
find it politically helpful to have an alien enemy.
The solidarity of any community is enhanced if it
perceives a common outside threat.

Just returning to the thread subject, this interview featuring Douglas Murray, Associate director of the Henry Jackson Society in London, effectively covered the main issues raised in the OP,

http://www.israelvideonetwork.com/finally-al-jazeera-gets-the-live-on-air-beating-it-deserves/

- It was in a site linked to by Jayb.

Hi Constance,

I think I can empathise with your feelings: as a Catholic I am well aware of similarly anti-Catholic (anti-Christian, or generally anti-religion) outburst here. I have always (at least I hope so) tried not to react on the same level but to understand what caused them, what personal experiences the person had to go through to become so high on emotions that go beyond mere rational criticism. So also now, believe me, I can imagine many situations involving Muslims and Islam, that one would not like to have in our world. On the other hand, there are also reciprocal experiences: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/excerpts-from-guantanamo-diary-of-mohamedou-ould-slahi-a-1013724.html ?

However, my question, what can be done to prevent Islam and sharia from being too influential in our world, still remains.

You mention “expulsions” and refer to medieval times when the Catholic Church was as dominant as is Islam in Muslim countries today. The times of Christendom are gone, whether we like it or not. We do not have the problem of us versus them (Muslims) but - at least in Europe, but perhaps also in Australia - it is a three-pronged problem of Christians vs. atheists (rightist or leftist, demanding or not a “right” to offend others) vs Muslims. In a nutshell: as a Christian I am closer to Muslims in WHAT I believe, but closer to atheists as to HOW I go about it.
(ctd)