Catherine Connoly, President of Ireland, yesterday opined that immigrants are as welcome in Ireland as was immigrant St. Patrick.
There's a difference, however between St. Patrick and the 3rd world immigrants now flooding into the Emerald Isle. St. Patrick came to save Ireland. Those 3rd-world immigrants mean to destroy Ireland.
Primarily Muslim, but not insignificantly from other parts of the developing world, these recent immigrants come not because they value Irish culture, but rather because they see the generosity of the Irish people as an opportunity to permanently embed their culture within the existing Irish culture — fully expecting that by doing so, they will make their own culture dominant with the fullness of time.
In particular, Islam requires of its adherents that they have no higher loyalty. That is, they may not be so loyal to their 'adopted' country that their loyalty to Islam takes second place. The reason for that is that Islam is not focused on the eternal; it is a temporal ideology that seeks world-wide domination of the temporal (as opposed to the eternal) space.
The Irish, alas, seem thoroughly infected with 'suicidal empathy'. Their concern for their fellow man persists even when their fellow man declines to reciprocate and, in fact, has concern only for their own long-term goal of an Islamic Ireland.
St. Patrick weeps.
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Most religions require that they be their adherent's highest loyalty.
ReplyDeleteLike, for example, Christianity. St. Patrick originally came to Ireland as a slave, then later returned to (at his own possible expense of life and limb) with the specific and overriding goal of achieving the "long-term goal of a Christian Ireland." In which he was unlike most Muslim immigrants, who are there for other reasons.
True, but most religions do not call for the overthrow of civil government and its replacement by theocracy. Recall Jesus' admonition to "render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's". That's why I point out that Islam is a temporal ideology. Religions, as a general rule, are concerned with our welfare in the next world, generally to the exclusion of concerns of this one. Islam breaks that mold.
DeleteIt is also the one and only 'religion' that lacks an analogue to The Golden Rule. The upshot of that is that no one, not even another Muslim, can be assured of civil treatment by a Muslim. The entire ideology is too dangerous to tolerate.
Christianity mixed religion and civil government for more than a thousand years, and often still does.
DeleteI've always found it fascinating to see people render Jesus' clearly anti-Roman statement on "render unto Caesar" as a call to obey civil government. It was a call to keep Caesar's government OUT OF the Temple, and it was made after he entered Jerusalem in the manner of a king with a bunch of his fellow Zealots, and got himself executed by the Romans, in the manner reserved to the Romans, and in the manner reserved for the crime of rebellion against Roman rule, on the premise that he was the Messiah, a priest-king of the Davidic line who was prophesied to kick the Romans out and restore the Kingdom of God.
Islam does not lack an analog to the Golden Rule. The first hadith collection (Sahih al-Bukhari) admonishes Muslims that "not one of you is a believer until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself." That hadith is accepted by both Shia and Sunni. The Shia also hold adl ("divine justice"), requiring equitable treatment of others, as one of their "five pillars."
Christians (not Christianity) may have mixed civil and religious governance, but it is not fundamental to Christianity. It IS fundamental to Islam. And, yes, Jesus wanted civil governance to steer clear of the temple but was also saying that the temple should steer clear of worldly matters. That's an important subtext.
DeleteAnd you also know -- or should know -- that when a Muslim says 'brother', they're not referring to infidels like me or -- I suppose -- you. Their mindset is that you are not deserving of fair treament or even the truth if you are outside the ummah. They can lie, cheat, and steal from you or me with no moral penalty because we are not their brothers. That's not analogous to The Golden Rule, and you should stop pretending that it is.