TWAA: An Enlightened Culture Demands Law-Following From All, Not Some

If the West wants an equal society, we cannot treat minorities differently in matters of the law.

There’s a good chance that you, as one of my readers, know a decent amount about Islam. But one aspect can sometimes be glossed over: the inborn Islamist hatred of Jews. While I am not Jewish and feel no need to place them on pedestals above others, I cannot idly watch as my childhood religion justifies their (or any group’s) genocide. That’s why I spoke at the meeting of the U.K. Israel Alliance this spring, encouraging attendees to take the Islamist goal of Jewish elimination seriously. You don’t have to agree with the finer points of any religion to defend its right to exist.

What I’m Thinking About

Kindness to newcomers or outsiders is a wonderful attribute, whether in school, church, towns, workplaces, or societies. I will never forget the kindness shown by Dutch citizens when I was “fresh off the boat”–everything from a welcoming smile given in public to concrete assistance navigating Holland’s governmental systems. Those were indeed kind actions which virtually no one would contest. But I have been figuratively chewing on a different tack this week: far too many actions in the modern Western world toward minorities have been deemed “kind” when they are actually the opposite. Is it kind, for instance, for a mother to fail to discipline her toddler in a new environment like a restaurant? Of course not; it is damaging negligence disguised as mercy.