Sometimes strong evil requires equally strong opposition. Thats' the only cure- you won't hear Kazakhstanis wanting Shariah. I am not a Marxist but that could be a cure.
For instance, I won't want Marxism in Sweden today, but in Europe in the witch hunt era
... Marxism would immediately cure the malaise, I don't know a single Marxist who's honor killed, killed a witch or institutionalised wife beating.
Same with Islamists in some nations, an Afghanistan would infinitely better becoming a Commie nation.
I kinda agree. Even though I dislike Marxism, I regret that Turkey didn't fall into the Bolshevik camp instead of NATO. Communism would have collapsed anyway, and we would have been purged of Islam. But... communists come with their own baggage of crimes against humanity.
Anyway, Marxism is of course better than any kind of Islamic theocracy, but I still prefer a free market and individual rights.
When you really dive into history, it would amaze you how much nonmuslims had to do with the spread of islam.
Indonesia is a great example.
Without getting into too much history (there is a lot), they played a major role in "classifying" communites as "muslim", even if the people there never even heard of a quran or muhammed. Keep in mind, when they arrived islam was still fairly new, and centered around the trading ports (what the dutch really cared about). By classifying them as muslim, it helped in 2 ways: 1) organization 2) consolidating power under with the muslim traders, making life more easy for the dutch.
Later, during the cold war, after Indonesia became independent, the western nations pulled a real dick move (to understand indonesia, you must understand the javanese). There is Santri Islam, or orthodox islam and there is Agami Jawi (Javanese religion). Agama jawa is more of a spiritual philosophy than a religion (it is based off Kejawen, you can learn more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javanese_beliefs). People who keep the kejawen but also are muslim are called abangan muslims. Most Javanese were Abangan.
Indonesia was founded by Sukarno, who was an abangan (he even was proposing making Kejawen an official religion, but met opposition from non javanese who felt it would be an attempt to "javafy" them). Only problem.... Sukarno was getting too buddy buddy with the communists.
In fact, prior to 1965 Partai Komunis Indonesia (PKI) was the largest communist party outside the Soviet Union. Sukarno was also a supporter. This upset the anti communists (especially in the west) and as early as 1958 a coup attempt was made by CIA sponsered forces amongst the military and the political right-wing.
Then again in In August 1959 there was an attempt on behalf of the military to prevent the holding of the PKI congress. However the congress was held as scheduled, and was addressed by Sukarno himself.
Next thing you know, in in the 1960s a false flag operation by the
Thirtieth of September Movement gave the opening for western backed General Suharto to seize power leading to a violent anti communist purge that killed over 700,000 people.
Suharto, being the shrewd bastard that he was, knew he needed to get rid of the PKI for good....and what better way, than by enlisting the islamists.
With his support, the Islamic organization Ansor held anti-PKI rallies across Java, the main office of PKI was burned down, and on October 18 around a hundred PKI were killed by Ansor. This lead to the systematic extermination of the PKI, at the hands of islamists being supported by right wing generals and western powers.
The final nail in the coffin.....to kill the communist movement Atheism was outlawed.
Suharto continued to use the Islamists (like a rabid dog on a leash, and he treated them like dogs too, he was a right winger not an islamist) to put down any opposition. Well, he built them up....now he's gone and his little monsters still lives...and with all the Saudi oil money and Yemeni missionaries they are living larger every day.
There is a lot more to it, but you get the gist.
Topic: Pakistan - Taliban - Shariah Deal