Whatever happened to pluralism?
Even if we take his comments at face value, as a progressive stance on intercultural and inter-faith understanding, there’s so much more to this than a criticism of Sharia Law. How about, say, immigration? Cultural intolerance and prejudice? Christian absolutism? Rule of Law and cultural self-determination?
Ultimately, what makes the mark of a good society is that the majority of people that are happy, with a minimal sacrifice from the minority. We need to realize that through all of this, it is not necessary to maintain the status quo nor, more specifically, is it necessary to maintain the current status quo so that the future doesn’t hold any other party’s values in the norm.
Perhaps an organic view of human society.
