Jihadi Du Jour: Religious Dhimmitude

The Jerusalem Post reports:

Dutch bishop suggests calling God Allah

A Dutch Catholic bishop who once said the hungry were entitled to steal bread and advocated condom use to prevent AIDS has made headlines again, this time by saying God should be called Allah.

“Allah is a very beautiful word for God. Shouldn’t we all say that from now on we will call God Allah?” Bishop Tiny Muskens said in an interview broadcast this week. “God doesn’t care what we call him.”

In an interview broadcast on Monday’s edition of current affairs show “Netwerk,” Muskens said he had worked in Indonesia where God is referred to as Allah in Christian services.

But a spokesman for one of the capital’s leading mosques said he was not happy with the statement.

As Islam in Europe says:

Netherlands: Why not call God Allah?

The simple reason - because one speaks Dutch in the Netherlands. God is Dutch (and English), Allah is Arabic. Arabic is a beautiful language, so why not just switch over completely?

Considering who this “bishop” is, considering his past ridiculous stances, we can can label his words as real affronts to the sensibilities of the West. It’s amazing how incorrect these appeasers and Political Correctness activist are, how far they are willing to go to avoid hurting the sensibilities of a minority while they trample with impunity on the rights and sensibilities of the majority. I can not see myself, even for the sake of appeasement, referring to God by any word other than God, except when praying in Hebrew as a proud Orthodox Jew. I also very much doubt that ANY of my CHRISTIAN friends would be willing to refer to Him as “Allah!”

Islam in Europe ends the short post on Bishop Muskens, as follows:

The Bishop of Breda, Tiny Muskens, thinks “Allah” is a beautiful word for God and suggests it from now on. He is aware that using the name “Allah” would be very emotional and therefore he says it must be thought about, prepared and weighed in advance.

“Allah is a very beautiful word for God. Shouldn’t we all say that from now on we will call God Allah?” Bishop Tiny Muskens said in an interview broadcast this week. “God doesn’t care what we call him.”

Catholic World, reports:

Bishop Muskens has a history of creating occasional controversy within the Church. He has broken with Vatican leadership to endorse the use of condoms as a means of preventing the spread of AIDS, and in 2006 he traveled to Uganda to endorse the work of a group called Stop AIDS Now, which emphasized condom distribution.

The Bishop of Breda, became Bishop in 1994 under Pope John Paul II. It would seem to me that his superiors should rebuke and defrock someone who so disregards the Bible whose teachings he is supposed to uphold and help spread. Perhaps then, he’ll convert to Islam in his rush to appease… but… do you think he would live long, if he dared (as a Muslim) advocate condom use to prevent AIDS? What idiocy passes for religion these days!!!

While it is absolutely wrong for the majority to harass or denigrate or otherwise tamper with the customs of a minority as long as these customs do not go against the laws of the majority, it is much worse when a minority’s rules begin to supersede those of the majority. Why? Because, gentle reader, that leads to a dictatorship, to a regime where the majority is ruled by a tyrannical iron-fisted despotic minority!

Tiny Muskens, Bishop of Breda - Netherlands