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The Constitution and the Muslim faith

Nov 20, 2009 at 7:48 AM

Alfred Holzheu

I don’t really know enough about the Muslims to make any blanket statements, but it appears that there is a fundamental disconnect between our constitutional form of government and their faith. Our founding fathers were bent on creating a country that did not allow religious persecution, and more importantly, elevated an agnostic body of law to Supreme status, which guaranteed individual rights that could not be abridged by religious or political dogma. The Constitution became in effect our Political GOD, with the Supreme Court being elevated to final arbitrator of conflict between the Law (as codified in the Constitution) and religious and/or political expediency. So I ask, can a Muslim be a good American (defined as a person who is a resident of the United States)? The Christian religion as currently practiced seems to take to heart the Bible passage "Give unto Caesar what is Caesars……", which allows for subordination of the Religion to the State, which guarantees its existence and freedom of expression. It is crucial for our success (as we define it) that the Constitution be recognized for what it is, the prime guarantor of our way of life period! A religion that can not subjugate itself to the State (which in this case means the primacy of personal expression), it has no place in our society and should be discouraged.

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