The moral-equivalencers do not comprehend that the Muslim faith is centered on the “truth” that the Quran is the ONLY source of all knowledge, all learning, all instruction, all understanding, whether scientific, managerial, legal, political or personal. “Everything you need to know and to guide your life, public or private, is in this book” the immam informed me as he placed his hand on it. He believes it literally and implicitly.
And it is immutable, unchangeable, beyond argument or discussion. It is the Islamic Constitution, Bill or Rights, rule book, the sole text book for education, for administering a nation, for a judicial system. This belief is not just for radicals, but for “moderates”. All Muslim live their life with the threat of the Great Day Of Judgment, when they will be culled on the basis of their deviation from the Book, hanging over their head.
Of course they believe what Obama credited them for. They believe that Allah, and the Quran, aare responsible for all human acievement. The same immam iformed me that “Without the Quran we would never have placed a man on the moon, or have any computers”. Anyone who believes that you can engage in rational dialog on foreign relations, or sway the thinking of the “Muslim World” by the magic of his singing, is seriously delusional.
Delusion, combined with ignorance and overwhelming hubris. What a great parlay for a President.
