Subsidizing Madrassas No Way to Fight Them
- From: "Richard Shulman" <richardshulman5@xxxxxxx>
- Date: 8 Mar 2006 06:10:38 -0800
CONSERVATIVES FOR SUBSIDIZING MADRASSAS IN U.S. 14017 -
Shulman
BAD CASE? DEFEND IT WITH POOR LOGIC
The "NY Sun" favors government subsidy to private schools,
including the bulk of them that are religious. It objected to Sen.
Clinton's warning that jihadists could set up an Islamist school and
apply for the same subsidy. Its objection was put, "By this
reasoning, Mrs. Clinton should oppose the First Amendment. Why allow
religious freedom at all if people can start a jihadist mosque or a
racist church? The country already has laws outlawing terrorist
violence and violence motivated by racial hatred. Conspiracy laws may
be invoked against those planning such crimes. That's the way we
deal with racial and religious violent hatred in America, not by
dispensing with free speech or freedom of religion to begin with."
The editorial contends that the money belongs to the taxpayers rather
than the state (2/23).
No editor's argument is too irrelevant and no opponent's argument
is seen as relevant when the "Sun" advocates government subsidy for
religious schools. The editorial studiously misses the point of
Clinton's objection. I'll have to guess at it, because another
shortcoming and unfairness in "Sun" editorials is a failure to cite
specifically what the people it derides actually said. At least the
"Times" quotes people it rebuts.
Let the editor consult the Madison monument in Washington. Etched in
it is a quote from that founder of the Constitution, that forcible tax
collection from one person in behalf of another's religion is
tyranny.
In the case of Islamist schools, funding them would finance the
preaching of hatred and violence. What good are laws against violence
by graduates of schools that teach contempt of the laws and the
desirability of murdering us? There already are a few such schools,
and our laws don't stop their perverted campaign against our society.
We can't apprehend all conspirators in time and some murder on the
spur of the moment. If we increase their schools, we increase their
fifth column. That's no way to wage war!
Going beyond Clinton's objection, I think we should stop interpreting
the Islamist credo as a religion or curb the freedom of a religion such
as Islam, when it is at war with us.
Tax revenues don't belong to the people who pay them, but to the
whole jurisdiction.
AMERICANS SUE FRENCH BANK
Private individuals are acting creatively against Islamist terrorism.
Some Americans are suing a French bank for knowingly transferring funds
for jihad. Like European banks during WWII, Credit Lyonnais is accused
of fulfilling acting as an intermediary in what Hamas is going to
depend on more: fundraising (NY Sun, 2/24, P.5).
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