The Problem With Using the First Amendment in Defense of Islam Is That Its Goal Is to Violate the First Amendment

Can we ban Islam?

To protect “Islamic rights,” therefore, means depriving non-Muslims of freedom of religion.

White Rose Magazine recently asked me to explore the subject of the legal status of Islam and I dived into that in the article Can We Ban Islam.

The article looks at the status of religion and the parameters of what kind of illegal activities operating under the color of religion that the government can take action against.

“The first problem with using the First Amendment in defense of Islam is that its goal is to violate the First Amendment. Islam’s widely stated goal is to become a state religion, around the world and in America as well.

Sharia has been making steady advances in Africa and parts of Asia. Majorities of Muslims in the U.K. have said that they want Sharia law, and leading British figures such as the Archbishop of Canterbury have supported the introduction of Islamic law into the British legal system. Domestic advocates for Sharia are pushing for the normalization of Sharia law in the United States as well.

This would, in effect, turn Islam into an established religion in the United States, itself a violation of the First Amendment. Furthermore, Islam abridges the remaining portions of the First Amendment, which protect freedom of speech and the press. Islam rejects both of these. To protect “Islamic rights,” therefore, means depriving non-Muslims of freedom of religion—and both Muslims and non-Muslims of freedom of speech and the press.”

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