Quote:I beg to differ. There are nations governed under laws derived from Islam, but Islam itself is not a political system. That's called a "theocracy". At any rate, many of the comments in political seem to stray pretty far into the religious realm, and it begs a question that I'll throw out there:

 

Is it time to lift the ban on all religious conversation and shift it to focus on attacking someone based upon religion? Aside from a couple of users who occasionally refer to an entire group of people as "beasts" based upon their race and creed, or seem to be incapable of making an argument without referring to a "higher law", it seems that the discussion about religion tends to stay tangential to the conversation rather than being central to it. I'm not sure if that's something that could be considered, or if the "no religion" rule was maybe a condition from higher up the food chain as a caveat of a political forum, but for the most part, we're all grown ups who act our age. It really is difficult to articulate arguments sometimes while having to dance around the topics of Christianity, Islam (ok, people pretty much ignore the religion rule concerning Islam) and other religious concepts and practices that are good to have around strictly to give context. I'm not sure if that's possible, but I'd ask that if it's not a higher up decision, some thought at least be given to it. The great thing about forums is that you can always stuff the genie back into the bottle if it doesn't work out.

 

Because there's a civil war that's been ongoing in Syria since 2011, and they're not interested in being shot, blasted or suicide-bombed?

Islam itself is a comprehensive life manual including laws, governmental structure, and the faith component. 

 

The civil war has been going on in Syria and they're just now fleeing?  It's not like ISIS and Assad suddenly decided to slaughter people.  The fact that our friends on the left lack even the slightest bit of curiosity as to why it's only now that they've decided to make a mad dash for....GERMANY really amazes me.  Fleeing persecution and death in Syria could be just as easily achieved going to UAE or Qatar, but this entire pack of "refugees" is on a mission to reach Deutschland because that is basically the banker nation of Europe.  There are wealthier nations in the region that they could flee to if this was JUST about getting away from the war.  But, for some reason they're making tracks for Germany, and none of our liberal friends are even remotely curious as to why.  You'll taunt anyone who points out what is happening.  You simply think they're fleeing a war, but if you bothered to put even the slightest bit of thought into that response, and actually LOOK at what is happening and LISTEN to what they're saying, you'd realize this is about a lot bigger issue than fleeing a war. 

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