Reply #13: I have a problem with the basic premise

[Mizmoon]

This is part of the reason why the threat from Islamic fascism has grown unchecked - this liberal (in the academic sense as opposed to political) idea that this oppression is just like in our own past and that it's all a big cultural pot calling the kettle black.

It is wrong to outlaw another religion, and it doesn't matter if the Crusaders did it, the Queen of England, or the Nazis. Today we all know that freedom of religion is a requirement for human freedom. Excusing it because of some sort of Western cultural guilt is a mistake.

It is wrong the way Islam oppresses women and we should say so.
It is wrong the way Islam oppresses other religions and we should say so.
Just as we do when Christians do it.
To ignore it is a betrayal of true liberalism.