Friday, March 31, 2006
Serge Trifkovic, discussing his new book at FrontPage, calls for some, I must say very sensible, immigration rules -- not all immigrants are created equal:
A foreigner who becomes naturalized has to declare, on oath, "that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by law. and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God." But for a Muslim to declare all of the above in good faith, and especially that he accepts the US Constitution as the source of his highest loyalty, is an act of apostasy par excellence, punishable by death under the Islamic law. The sharia, to a Muslim, is not an addition to the "secular" legal code with which it coexists with "the Constitution and laws of the United States of America"; it is the only true code, the only basis of obligation. To be legitimate, all political power therefore must rest exclusively with those who enjoy Allah's authority on the basis of his revealed will. America is illegitimate...
Read the rest. I agree with Trifkovic that we should be more serious and have a different standard for people coming here from places hostile to our way of life, and we should be very serious about screening individuals from such places, but the idea that we are going to cut off the entry of all Muslims -- even those who are not practicing as it seems he is arguing -- is just not going to happen.
(H/T: mal)