Supporters of team sports as soccer gain strength from carrying symbols of the supported team. They signals "This is my stand, this is what I beleive in". They feel proud for signaling this, because they expose themselves for attacks from oppontents, and because they signal to others that the supported team has strength because of a large support group. Supporters of the same team who recognize themselves by their symbol are in the same community and gain the benefits of being members in a group.
Some muslim women show their muslim faith by the clothes they wear. And some Muslim show the same thing by a characteristic beard and sometimes by a distinctive hat.
In this way Muslims seems to express their faith in public more than supporters of other faiths. Muslims therefore gain more of the benefits mentioned for soccer team supporters than members of other faiths.
The stronger Muslims feel about themselves, the better is their position to succeed in strengthening the position of Sharia. Therefore it is important that supporters of other faiths and also those with atheist faiths (like fans of Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, of which some relate to Objectivism as firmly as any religious person) expand their public display of their faiths.
Some suggestions of symbols that will work:
Fox News Channel
Ayn Rand (or is she too unknown?)
Christianity
Judaism
Atheism
Capitalism
Sunday, 1 June 2008
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