Robert wrote:
> "Ben Irvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in part: > >>> Doug wrote: > >>>> Given a choice between religious piety and prosperity, a majority will >>>> usually choose the latter, and if that is accompanied by full civil rights >>>> for >>>> women, tolerance for homosexuals, and what the Islamic fundamentalists >>>> view as libertinism, then the Islamofascists fear that many Muslims would >>>> choose >>>> our open society and prosperity over Islamic purity. > >> The King of Morocco is not reflective of the Muslim masses he rules over. >> He was never elected to the position. > > So, sometimes you gotta sell the masses, sometimes you gotta sell the king. > Either way, they're choosing prosperity over piety. The King of Morocco is not a "they're" and is not representative of the Muslims he has under control. They fact that one person or oligarchy is semi-enlighten does not represent much hope for the long run; for, the king is just a bullet away from having Morocco turn into an Islamic caliphate. Remember what happen in Iran when the Shah was over-thrown. He was hated not for his harsh dictatorial ways, but because he was too secular and tolerated non-Muslim ideas and people. ~ Ben
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