Pakistan girl jailed, accused of blasphemy. Does Islam blaspheme the Constitution of the United States?

Our laws are based on the concepts of consent and due process. The difference between a boxing match and assault is consent. The difference between lovemaking and rape is consent. The difference between charity and theft is consent. The difference between employment and slavery is consent.

But, how does one give one's consent? It begins by being presented a choice; a choice to say yes AND a choice to say no. If someone puts a gun to my head and tells me I have a choice to do as they say or die, I do not have a true choice and thus, although they may get my acquiescence, they will not have my consent. For one cannot truly give one's consent unless one also has the option to withhold consent without threat or intimidation. In other words, in order for you to say yes, you must also have the choice to say no. You can't say no if you are only given the choice to say yes or die.

How does this relate to Islam? Islam holds that once one becomes a Muslim, they must remain a Muslim or face a death sentence. Islam spread largely by intimidation or historically by conquering others in battle and then forcing conversions of the defeated. Contrast this with other religions who seek to convert by spreading their ideas and who allow followers to join or leave at will. It is true that Catholicism also experienced a period of forced conversion and torture/death during the Inquisition but it was a notable exception to the rule. In Islam, this forced conversion has continued since its inception and has never abated. So, Islam is not a consent based religion. I can only think of one other belief system which so punishes the non-believer as Islam and that is communism.

So IMO, Islam, as it is currently practiced, is not a "religion" which is subject to First Amendment protections. It is a form of mental and physical slavery where the follower must remain so in perpetuity or face a death sentence. Since slavery was outlawed in the United States, Islam is also therefore illegal, until and unless a follower is allowed to leave the faith without threat or intimidation.

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