Jon Maples

This man says that Islam will end “haram,” which equates with “sin,” in the West, because the West is full of haram, and Islam is against sin, and that's why, he says, Islam is seen as a threat. What many Muslims do not understand is that, in this regard, Islam is profoundly inferior to Christianity. Let me explain. In Christianity, human beings are seen as sinful. Yet because they possess agency, because there is freedom of conscience, and because of the fruit of Christian theology in the West, people are allowed to live as they choose. That is why sin or immorality is visible in the West. You can see it because people do not have to hide it. They are free, even when they are living in sin, and the West was never built on a shame-honor culture. Islam, however, does not value human agency in the same way. It suppresses people and pushes them to conceal the same forms of immorality that human beings practice everywhere, including in the West. Instead of changing the heart and purifying the eyes, Islam covers women. Instead of teaching inner discipline, it licenses fornication. Instead of recognizing all people as equal regardless of religious affiliation, it institutionalizes the supremacy of one religious group. Islam cares about spectacle and appearance, not substance. That is why this man believes Islamic countries are purer than the West. He mistakes visible conformity for moral health. He believes appearances matter more than freedom. That is what Islam has taught him. Islam is a threat not because it opposes sin, but because it destroys honesty and authenticity. It produces a culture of hypocrisy and false self-righteousness. It undermines human agency, treats women as property, persecutes non-Muslims, and justifies violence against them. Worst of all, it trains people to perform righteousness while hiding reality. It is far better to live in a society where some immorality is visible but authenticity survives, than in a society that displays neither visible immorality nor authenticity, while beneath the surface it is far more corrupt.