Re: Politics and the Church
Most Muslims are non-violent, peace loving people, even the ones that believe in Sharia. Islam is about a personal relationship with God, through Sharia Law. This is similar to a Jew's personal relationship with God through the Torah. In fact the Torah and Sharia Law are very similar to each other.
I can imagine God perhaps preferring a Sharia Law country to a law-less country like America. The Sharia Law country would be more or less similar to ancient Israel.
Contrary to popular opinion, muslims have no interest in converting a country like America to Sharia law, because it is against the Koran to mix church and state. Sharia law obliges muslims to defend other faiths from attack. Fundamentalists, or extremists, on the other hand, want to use Islam to overthrow democracy - there are many muslims who disagree with this, which is why muslim democratic countries still exist.
This parodox between "peace loving" and violence is not only found in Islam, it is also in Christianity. For example, Christianity is a peace loving religion, or so it claims. If that is true, then why do Christians ever go to war given the command to "love thy neighbor"? These sorts of "if Islam is so peaceful why do they....." arguments can also apply to Christianity.
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